Broncos coach Vic Fangio and general manager John Elway joined together Monday at the team’s practice facility to discuss the 2019 football season coming to an end. Below are the highlights.

Elway on where the franchise is headed: “When you finish 4-1, you’re excited about that, and this is the first time really in three years that we’ve finished strong. … They played hard the whole year. That, number one, is the most exciting thing. … We were at a very low point where we needed something to get us going in the other direction. … We’ve bounced off the bottom and we’re headed up.”

Elway on whether Drew Lock is the team’s quarterback of the future: “I don’t see any (other) options right now. He did a heckuva job and won four out of five games we played with him, but he still has a long way to go. … We don’t like to show our hand, but I think it’s unrealistic to say that we’re going in a different direction.”

Elway on the midseason trade of wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders to the 49ers: “It’s against my nature to trade good football players. … It was difficult, but looking at the big picture of where we were, where Emmanuel was, and what was going on with our football team, and the future considerations that we ended up getting, it made it all worthwhile. At that point in time, maybe losing a good football player was the best thing for our football team.”

Fangio on the play of Lock this season: “The time off that he had from when he was injured until he could start practicing again, he really grew as a football player mentally and emotionally. I think it was a time for him to step back and take a look at what playing quarterback in the NFL is really like, day-to-day and on a weekly basis. He really got better prepared to play during those 10 or 12 weeks of inactivity. … I think the way we handled his playing, when we put him in and all of that, was just perfect.”

Fangio on his relationship with Elway: “It has been great from my perspective. If I need something or want to run something by John, I just walk by and do it. And it’s the same thing if he has something he wants say to me, whether it be (about) personnel or scheme. I think it has been seamless and great.”

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