'Tailor-made' for Broncos' defense, Bradley Chubb prepares to join NFL's elite pass rushers

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Former Bronco outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware has tried to help Chubb realize that success as an outside linebacker can come via avenues other than sacks. Ware first worked with Chubb in 2018 when he worked as a Pass Rush Consultant for the Broncos.


“I told him, ‘It’s not all about the sacks,’” Ware said in early June. “It’s how consistently you can get to the quarterback. The sacks will come, because a quarterback can just throw the ball away and it doesn’t count as a sack, but the pressures add up. He’s really taken on that mentality.”


While at Miller’s Pass Rush Summit, Chubb worked alongside elite NFL players like Aaron Donald, Calais Campbell, Melvin Ingram and Yannick Ngakoue.


Chubb worked with Ngakoue to learn the Jaguar rusher’s patented cross-chop move, and he said he could gain valuable information from each of the attendees.


“Everybody has a different approach to the game, and I feel like not everybody’s approach is going to fit with what I do,” Chubb said. “So all the great players, I’ve just got to take those perspectives and use it in my own game.”


It’s not yet clear how those moves and perspective will manifest themselves in Chubb’s game this fall. Von Miller, who plays opposite Chubb in the Broncos’ defense, certainly isn’t about to give away any sort of competitive advantage.


“He’s worked extremely hard this offseason,” Miller said Tuesday. “His moves, I don’t want to give away his secrets and what he’s got coming this season. He’s been working on some particular moves and they’re going to do a lot for him this year. You can tell the work he’s putting in every day on the field. Him being at the Pass Rush Summit — being around all of those guys — you can just tell he has a better grasp on the game and his game.


“It’s dope to see type of jump. I’m excited to see him go out and play some of these tackles this year.”


Miller knows from experience what Chubb can accomplish. A year after recording 11.5 sacks as a rookie, Miller exploded with 18.5 in his second season.


With Miller’s help, Ware’s advice and Fangio’s scheme, Chubb will look to take that step into the upper echelon of NFL pass rushers.


And in the process, his sack total could take a jump, too.