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Lock said artificial crowd noise was not to blame for the mistake.
"No, the pick that we threw early, it was a pump," Lock said. "It was [a] called pump in the huddle. Mr. Lock didn't throw the pump. He threw the normal curl. He didn't throw the pump. That will result in a pick most of the time if you do that. That one's on me. Other than that, I feel like we were on the same page. That was the one time where it was just bad. It wasn't good football. It wasn't a good play by me. Other than that, I think those guys did a good job today. It got a little wet, got a little rainy. I thought they did a great job today. I just have to do better."
Over the ensuing series, the offense had its share of bright spots. Lock completed a pass in traffic to Sutton in the red zone. He found Jerry Jeudy down the field, and the rookie made a bobbling catch. He floated a touch pass to Royce Freeman that Josey Jewell had no chance to break up, despite applying perfect coverage.
Most of those positive plays, though, were followed by a dropped pass, a batted ball at the line of scrimmage or an overthrow. Justin Simmons added an interception near the end of the first half, and Von Miller would've had at least a couple of sacks in game action.
Lock said after the session that he was upset by his performance, but that he'd use it to come back stronger during Monday's practice.
"I feel like if you do find a quarterback that's not upset and hurt to the core after a practice where you kind of get your butt kicked, then you've got the wrong guy leading your team," Lock said. "Of course, right now I'm upset. I would have rather played a lot better, but it's a learning moment for me. That's where you have to go after the fact, after you get out [of] the 'Wow, that was bad' [mindset]. … You can do that for probably a half hour after the game. Obviously, the emotions are running high. I'm going to do that probably for the next 10 more minutes. Then I'm going to let it go. I'm going to figure out what I did wrong, watch my feet. I'm going to watch the plays. I'm going to watch what the defense did, see if they brought something different today. I'm going to just really try and correct myself over the next days until we get out there Monday."
Head Coach Vic Fangio said he believed that while Lock's performance wasn't perfect on Saturday, he's done an admirable job during training camp of avoiding making the same mistake on multiple occasions.
"I do think so, and I think today will be a very good learning experience for him and for the entire offense," Fangio said. "You know, there were some interceptions out there. There's a story behind every interception, whether it be a poor read on his part, poor throw on his part, poor route on someone else's part or a route not being run exactly the way he's anticipating it. We'll get to the bottom of those and get to the story behind each and every one. I do think it's something he can correct, but I thought today was a very valuable day for him."