On Tuesday, Pat Surtain displayed how he’s made a “night and day” jump from Year 1 to Year 2

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos didn’t throw a single interception in the first week of OTAs.

On Tuesday, at the start of the second week of OTAs, Pat Surtain changed that on the very first play.

As Wilson dropped back to pass and scanned the field, Tim Patrick ran a corner route from the left hash breaking to the left sideline. Despite Surtain in coverage, Wilson tossed it up to the 6-foot-4 receiver.

Although Patrick has two inches on Surtain, No. 2 came down with the ball, secured it and took off for the end zone.

Pick-six Surtain.

“I thought that was a great reactionary play for him and that was the first pick of the OTAs in the offseason,” Nathaniel Hackett said after practice about the interception, adding that the offense “messed that one up,” while giving Surtain credit for making a play. “We’re going to be hearing about that, but that was a [heck] of a job across the board. The defense is coming along really well.”

Pick-sixes aren’t new to Surtain. In fact, in his very first NFL game, albeit in the preseason against the Vikings, the first-round pick took a 30-yard interception to the house.

In Week 12, Surtain went 70 yards to the house after picking off Justin Herbert.

“I say this all the time about Pat. A guy with that size, speed, and the technique that he has is rare to be that young,” Kareem Jackson said about his teammate in the secondary after Tuesday’s practice. “I know he wants to get better in every aspect.”

Tuesday’s pick-six was just a glimpse into Surtain’s development from being a “rare” talented rookie to becoming one of the best corners in the NFL.

“He comes out every day and puts the work in,” Jackson said. “Just the little things—he’s been honing in on the small details. I sit next to him in the meetings, so the little stuff I see, I try to help him.”

While the former No. 9-overall pick didn’t get get a Pro-Bowl nod as a rookie, he was as deserving as any Bronco to get that honor.

This offseason, he’s taking his game to a new level.

“It’s been night and day difference from his rookie year, and he had one hell of a rookie year,” Jackson stated. “Seeing him now, he’s so much more patient in everything that he does. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what he does on Sundays.”

Surtain’s patience was displayed on his pick-six on Tuesday as he waited for the play, and ball, to come to him before making his break on it. But Tuesday wasn’t the only example of Surtain’s rise.

“We’ve gotten after him a couple of times and he made an incredible play last week that was just awesome to see. A great route by Courtland [Sutton], and he was able to recover,” Hackett added after practice. “It’s just fun to see the guys get out there and challenge each other every day.”

Surtain’s “night and day difference” from his rookie year to this year would put him in All-Pro conversations. No. 2 becoming a bonafide shutdown corner would be extra sweet for the Broncos in the AFC West as they attempt to slow down Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert and Derek Carr.

On Tuesday, Surtain once again displayed why he can be Pick-six Pat.