Nougat on a Verizon Nexus 6?

One of my co-workers has a Verizon-branded Nexus 6. He is still awaiting the Nougat update. I flashed my 6P using the OTA from Google and have offered to help him with his since I have the tools on my computer to do it. Is there a down-side to doing this? Will we render his phone useless since it's Verizon-branded or will it just take the standard OTA file in stride?

Thanks