Lock said he'll enjoy the win for the evening before turning ahead to Houston and how he can improve on a performance in which the offense still failed to break 24 points and struggled to move the ball for chunks of time.

Fangio knows Lock will eventually need to do more and that it's not time to anoint the rookie second-round pick as the team's savior at quarterback. But it was a decent beginning.

"I think it was a good start for him," Fangio said. "Did we light up the scoreboard? No. Did we get a ton of first downs? No. I think we only had 11 first downs or something like that. We got some short fields, which helped us get some points, but I think there's promise there. I really do. I'm just not ready to put him in Canton [in the Pro Football Hall of Fame] yet. I think it was a great start for him, something that he can build upon because obviously we didn't light up the scoreboard or have a ton of yards and first downs, but I think in many, many ways it's probably a good way for him to start [because] of the fact that we got the win and there's still a lot of room for improvement."

Count his teammates among those eager to see the next step in the development of Drew Lock.

"Everyone knows that the quarterback is the leader of the offense," Sutton said. "Drew went out there and put it together. What he did, it was awesome. Everybody follows behind what the quarterback does, so Drew having that swag, it ultimately rubs off on everyone in the offense. It ultimately rubs off on the team. Like I said, it's really good to be able to see him go out there and play with that confidence and swag.