“Anytime you have a year like we had last year, the Super Bowl, you look at it and say it’s hard to get better”, he says.
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Kubiak said after cornerback Aqib Talib’s shooting injury he won’t be at training camp.
The Super Bowl MVP recorded 11 sacks and 35 tackles in 2015 and excelled in the postseason, recording 2.5 sacks in the AFC Championship game followed by another 2.5 sack performance in the Super Bowl where he also forced two fumbles.
Mark Sanchez and Trevor Siemian are also on the roster, with Sanchez being the only one with any real National Football League experience.
“I’m aware of the expectations and we have high expectations for all of us”, said Miller. Sanchez was signed by the team in the off-season to be the starter, and will start the preseason as the first one to get reps.
Kubiak has said “we should know a lot more in about a week” about who has the inside track to the job, but he declined to say how deep into camp he’s willing to hold open the audition.
The victor will direct a Broncos offense that Elway reconstructed in the aftermath of Denver’s defensive-fueled Super Bowl 50 win over the Carolina Panthers.
The Broncos have just four offensive starters from the Super Bowl returning to their same position: center Matt Paradis, running back C.J. Anderson and wide receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Demaryius Thomas.
The Broncos certainly hope so, and did their best to present a completely unified front on Wednesday as they rang in a new football season together in Colorado. However, Osweiler bolted Denver for the Houston Texans, leaving the Broncos with a hole at quarterback during the off-season. But even if he is, possible National Football League punishment and legal ramifications hang over the star cornerback who was shot in his right leg in Dallas on June 5.
“I had a good meeting with Von (Wednesday) morning”, Elway said. He said he had great respect for Elway and is happy with the way things turned out.
Miller also talked about playing without Peyton Manning. “I feel like I’m in shape”, said Miller. “But we have high expectations on all of us”.
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The team, too, had wanted a deal done in June, and tensions rose on both sides until a phone call from Elway to Miller during the Fourth of July weekend kick-started talks again between the Broncos and Miller’s agent Joby Branion. “I feel like we got that done. This is the ultimate goal I had – to be here – a Bronco for life”.
