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Vance Joseph has been eyeing ways to use Bradley Chubb since February

While John Elway and his front office were scouting quarterbacks leading up the 2018 NFL Draft, Vance Joseph was drawing up ways he could use Bradley Chubb on defense.

Former defensive coordinator and now current Denver Broncos Vance Joseph had been eyeing their eventual fifth overall pick, Bradley Chubb, since at least February according to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated.

The Broncos were over the moon pleased to get Bradley Chubb, as evidenced by the visceral reaction in the war room when Denzel Ward came off the board at 4. As far back as February, Vance Joseph was drawing up ways that he’d use Chubb in tandem with fellow edge rushers Von Miller, Shane Ray and Shaquil Barrett. It just never seem realistic that Chubb would get to Denver at 5. Until he did.

The Broncos actual defensive coordinator, Joe Woods, will likely be trading notes with Joseph from now until to training camp as they look for ways to exploit the wealth of talent the team now possesses at the edge position.

Their ability to get creative could be the difference between generating the kind of consistent pressure this defense hasn’t produced since 2015 and generating a string of “almost got there’s.”

The irony here is that Breer also noted that all of the Broncos top executives had quarterbacks at the top of their boards.

We’ve mentioned there was Baker Mayfield love in the Broncos facility—consultant Gary Kubiak and scouting chief Matt Russell were the names I heard connected to him. But I was sure to maintain this ultimately was up to one man, and that was John Elway. And my understanding now is the one quarterback who Elway would have had a hard time passing on was USC’s Sam Darnold.

With both quarterbacks the big three loved off the board early, the player at the top of Joseph’s board was right there for taking. And based on Von Miller’s reaction to the drafting of Chubb, Joseph wasn’t the only one with Bradley Chubb at the top of their boards on draft day.

It’s going to be fun to watch this unfold leading up to Week 1 of the 2018 regular season.



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