Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - Denver Broncos' Miles Scott Could Be SLEEPER Option at Safety
Episode Date: July 3, 2026Denver Broncos rookie safety Miles Scott could end up being a sleeper option at the safety position going into 2026. With Brandon Jones and Talanoa Hufanga solidified as the two starters and Devon Key... likely filling in the third spot at safety, Scott has an opportunity to compete with JL Skinner and Tycen Anderson for defensive reps behind Key and a large role on special teams. Cody Roark and Sayre Bedinger break down the outlook on the Broncos seventh-round rookie safety. Cody Roark is a credentialed beat reporter for Mile High Sports and covers the Broncos daily in person. Sayre Bedinger is the site expert for Predominantly Orange. Both bring Broncos Country the most in-depth and objective coverage of the Denver Broncos. WANT MORE DAILY DENVER BRONCOS CONTENT? For all of the latest Denver Broncos news today -- Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms 🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/podcasts/locked-on-broncos/ Locked On NFL League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Draft, & More 🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/leagues/nfl/ 📲 Cody Roark Twitter / (https://twitter.com/codyroarknfl) 📲 Cody Roark Instagram / (https://instagram.com/codyroarknfl) 📲 Sayre Bedinger Twitter / (https://twitter.com/sayrebedinger) Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. one 📲 https://lockedonbroncos.supercast.com/ TEXT LINE: Support the show and interact with us on Denver Broncos rumors, News, Game Previews, Q&A's, and more. 📲 https://joinsubtext.com/c/lockedonbroncos 📲 TEXT: (720) 580-5759 📢 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Odoo Great organizations win because operations matter. And that’s why you should get Odoo. Try for free today at https://Odoo.com/lockedon. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. From the opening whistle to the final kick, Let There Be Goals on FanDuel. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started now. Square If you’re starting a business, or running one that deserves better tools, Square helps you sell, manage, and grow without slowing down. Right now, you can get up to $200 off Square hardware at https://square.com/go/LockedOnNFL. Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Denver Broncos rookie safety, Miles Scott, might just be the sleeper at the safety position.
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started now as we break down Miles Scott, the wide receiver converted to safety at Illinois
and where he will fit into the Bronco safety rotation potentially as a rookie, what his
usage may be like his production, and more importantly, how he impacts Denver safety room
and where he can elevate some competition at a position that has a little bit of concern
regarding the future outlook in terms of contract length, etc. Plus, we'll also go through
maybe his rookie projection, why the Broncos drafted him and what he can immediately bring to the table.
I'm excited to break down Miles Scott here, Sarah, because this is one of those picks.
I think obviously as we get down into these roster predictions coming up here in the month of July,
as we look at every position battle, every position room, Miles Scott is an interesting name because
seventh round pick, a lot of people write off a seventh round pick and say, yeah, this guy's not going to make the roster.
He was just added on the back end.
I felt like in this year's draft specifically, Denver, they had how many seventh round picks, three of them.
I felt like this entire draft really outside of where they opened up with Tyler O'Neum, Jonah Coleman,
I felt like they've added guys who have a chance to at least stick on this roster and compete for a spot.
I know that.
And that's funny because like when we went into this draft, we were like, man, the Broncos have all these picks and it doesn't feel likely that however many rookies they bring in are going to be able to even make this team.
So do they trade and try to get even fewer picks, but target more guys?
But after like the draft, like you said, it really did feel like, man, like I, the more I think about it,
the more I kind of like the idea of this guy being on the team.
Miles Scott is a fascinating prospect.
You mentioned it.
Former wide receiver converted to the safety position and pretty much just immediately
became a hit at the safety position.
Like I believe he, his first ever interception was a pick six, right?
And first game that he had.
So Miles Scott has ball skills absolutely as a former wide receiver.
He's got size as a former wide receiver.
But the one thing that you wonder about, the seven interceptions that he made in three seasons,
not a surprise for a former receiver, but certainly playing defense a lot different.
The tackles, 131 solo tackles, 182 combined tackles in three years at Illinois,
that to me right there is indicative of a guy who just loves football.
And I know that, well, that's kind of a sweeping statement.
Why would you say that?
Because a freaking former wide receiver who became a safety to stick on the team, to make the team,
he became a tackling machine at the safety position and became somebody who was a heat-seeking missile out there.
One of the things that George Peyton talks about, Cody, this is a bit of a rant, a bit of a tangent here.
But one of the things that George Payton has talked about as folks have asked him like,
hey, how do you guys evaluate players differently with like NIL and all the transatl,
And one of the things that George Peyton said, and I'm paraphrasing, but it stood out to me a lot,
is basically the fact that you figure out who really loves the game.
Like you figure out who really loves football in the way that you scout these guys.
To me, a guy who was a wide receiver prospect at the Division I level who decided to stay at the
school that he committed to, switch sides of the field completely, switch positions to stay there
and become an NFL prospect.
that's a guy that loves football
and that's a guy who fits in with this culture and organization.
Yeah, I wasn't.
You know, he even played a wide receiver alongside Pat Bryant.
Those two are very close.
But it goes back to the story and what he had told us right after he was drafted,
he was approached by his coach to say,
hey, I want to try you out at safety here in the spring.
If you don't like it, we'll switch you back.
And he even said at first it was very tough.
It was learning a whole bunch of new things I never knew before.
But then he learned that he could translate his knowledge of being a white,
wide receiver and how to attack defenses, how to use that to his advantage.
And one thing that I say has stood out about OTAs and minicamp, rookie minicamp with Miles Scott.
When I watch him, he's number 39.
So for fans that are going to be attending training camp practices, keep an eye out for number 39.
Love that number.
That was my number in high school.
Fantastic number there, Miles Scott.
But the thing that stands out is you see when he's lined up in Denver's too high safety
look initially, he's looking at, okay, am I to the boundary side or am I to the field
side. The boundary side, when you hear people talk about that folks that don't know, the boundary
is the short side of the field. The shortest side in terms of where the ball is at on the hash,
the field side is the wide side of the field there. He plays both those spots well, but he's looking
at the formation the receivers are in, whether it's twins, which is two receivers or trips, which is
three receivers. And he's identifying, okay, where do I need to be? I already know our coverage,
but how does it change based on this formation and where guys are lined up? He's very smart. He
communicates well, I think, with the other defensive backs.
But you have to learn how to love that, right?
Like, think about this.
You play wide receiver.
And you're just like, you know, this is where I'm at.
I'm wide receiver, wide receiver.
Like, hey, look, we got a lot of guys at wide receiver.
They're very talented.
You're talented.
But we're going to switch you to safety.
And for most guys, like in that situation, because of the NIL, because of the transfer portal,
most guys now in college today, say, you know what?
I'm going to transfer.
I can go play wide receiver somewhere else.
No, that's not Miles Scott.
That's not his DNA.
He embraced it.
And he said once he really kind of got that pick six and he kind of, you know, got his first few
tackles.
He's like, I love this.
And he has never looked back.
And that I think is a remarkable trait about the type of player he is, the type of human
being he is when you talk about high character makeup.
He was the green dot guy as a safety for obviously that defense in Illinois.
They put a lot of trust in him.
And he certainly encompass that too.
I remember watching, I believe it was against Northwestern.
I think he had two interceptions in that game.
This guy has the ball hawk skills.
He's got the size.
and he's got the physicality, I think, to make things work,
which I think if anyone has a seventh round pick is going to make this roster,
I think Miles Scott has a really great chance of doing that specifically here at safety.
I would say that Miles Scott has sort of become like the,
maybe the most underrated player in this Broncos draft class.
And I know he's a seventh round pick.
So I think that makes sense, right?
It tracks.
But like you said,
the way that he embraced his role,
becoming the green dot guy at Illinois,
and becoming somebody who was a two-time captain
and transitioning from the wide receiver position,
not just embracing playing defense,
but playing it so well to get recognized by NFL teams.
I don't know, Cody.
I just feel like this guy screams what the Broncos are all about,
especially on the defensive side of the ball,
where you've got guys like J-Quan-McMillan,
who's gone from being an undrafted player
to probably in the very near future being a big-money contract guy,
Talaoufonga, I believe,
was a late round guy or undrafted out of USC and has become one of the best
safeties in the NFL.
So you look at all these different players on that side of the ball.
And you could kind of see that Malcolm Roach undrafted.
I don't remember where DJ Jones was drafted, Cody.
I mean, the Broncos at every level, Alex Singleton had to go to the CFL.
Like this is the mentality that has helped a lot of the starters on this defense.
Just embrace where you're at.
Embrace where your feet are at and be ready when your moment comes.
That sort of embodies where Miles Scott has been.
It's like embrace where your feet are at and be ready when your moment comes.
Coach comes to you and says, I see something in you, right?
I see in you a potential starting safety for this team.
And Miles Scott is like, you know what?
Screw that.
I'm not just going to be a starting safety.
I'm going to wear the green dot for you.
I'm going to pick off seven passes.
I'm going to be a two-time captain.
And I'm going to get drafted to the NFL.
That's the type of player and person that really makes up the deal.
DNA of this Denver Broncos defense.
And I watch him too as well when the Broncos transition to their special
teams periods. He's always one of the first guys that's trying to get another rep.
I like that.
Like he takes it upon himself to go out there and say, you know what?
Like I'm going to get this initial.
I'm going to come back.
I'm going to try to get an extra one in versus, you know, you got a lot of guys rotating in,
especially as gunners, as jammers.
Miles Scott is a guy that can get a lot of work in.
And I think as we see the preseason play out as we see training camp,
he's one of those guys I encourage Broncos country.
Pay attention to number 39.
Please, you heard it here first here on Lockdown Broncos.
But the safety room right now for Denver,
they have quite a few players at that position.
How will Scott impact that safety room and who could he potentially push for a roster spot?
We'll dive deeper to that here on today's episode of the show.
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Jingle from one of the best episodes of the office that ever existed.
But it's not Michael Scott we're talking about today.
It's Miles Scott we're talking about today.
But he could potentially be a major impact in the safety room.
Again, the DNA of this team, of this, even the safety position as a sort of microcosm of that.
Devin Key, another great example.
You know, he was a nobody before he got to Denver, became a number.
an all-pro special teams guy, Miles Scott has a chance to be the next one in line there.
I think he's going to have a huge impact in this rotation.
Well, and I think you have to look at the outlook of this room.
What does it look like from a contract length standpoint?
Talo, Hufanga, I think after this year, we'll have one more year left on his deal.
Brandon Jones is in the final year of his deal.
Devin Key and J.L. Skinner, they're on the last year of their deals here in Denver.
So this is a position that could have some turnover in the next year or so,
where it could look entirely different two years down the line here.
Now, obviously, you hope that guys, I think Talano Hufonga is a second contract guy with Denver.
I think they'll give him one.
You have to hope that Brandon Jones is Brennan went healthy.
Man, he's been so impactful in his, you know, role coming in and really replacing Justin Simmons,
where I remember when that initially happened, you and I did an episode saying, man,
the Broncos, they did Justin Simmons dirty.
And it's like, you're not going to get anybody who can come in and replace what Justin did.
And certainly, like, Brandon hasn't had the amount of takeaways that Justin certainly had.
but impact-wise, Brandon's been very good for Denver.
He's been, I'd say, far over the expectations we initially had when Denver signed him.
Devin Key has the potential to be a future starter, whereas Vance Joseph has gone to great lengths of saying
if Devin Key had to start for us on Monday night or Sunday, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
That's how much they believe in him.
J.L. Skinner's kind of been this really good special teams ace.
We haven't seen too many reps for him on the field defensively at safety,
but he has played that big nickel role from time to time.
there's been a couple of packages he's been used in.
And then they go out this off season.
They signed Tyson Anderson, who was a safety prospect for the Cincinnati Bengals,
didn't play much defense except for last year.
And the numbers weren't necessarily great.
He was mainly a special teams guy.
This is where Miles Scott has a chance to come in and say,
hey, I can be a valuable asset for you, not only on special teams,
but I could potentially play for you and start for you defensively down the line.
I think Miles Scott has a better projection to do that defensively
than I would say a guy like Tyson Anderson,
and not to get too far ahead of our training camp preview of this room,
I have a really strong feeling right now that Miles Scott will edge out Tyson Anderson for a spot on this roster.
I could see that happening for sure.
And we know we've heard vaguely mentioned a couple of times throughout the course of the offseason by Sean Peyton.
Like, hey, if a guy is getting more reps on offense or defense and he used to be a primary special teams guy,
that means that it's next man up on special teams.
I don't think after earning first team all pro and basically setting the Broncos franchise record for special teams tackles in a season that they're going to just pull Devin key out of there.
But let's say a situation does arise where Devin has to start defensively for whatever reason.
If he's the third guy at that position, that's a, I mean, that's a possibility that exists anywhere on the roster.
If that ends up happening, you need somebody to replace him on special teams.
And so that's where I think Miles Scott can make himself undeniable right away.
is just to say, we feel comfortable keeping Devin Key in that third safety spot because
Miles Scott impressed us so much on special teams.
And so that's where I think he's going to make his hay right away.
I think there is a conversation about down the line, but immediately you want to go in there
and make an impression, impress Darren Rizzy.
If you can impress Darren Rizzi, you are going to absolutely 100% make this team.
Like that, he's one of the most trusted voices in Sean Payton's ear.
And he's one of those guys who does, I think, probably have quite a bit of sway,
especially at the bottom of the roster as that, you know, comes time for that to be assembled.
And one thing that Sean Payton has said, I mean, we've asked in this.
I've asked him this personally, you know, when you look at other guys that aren't necessarily starters,
the depth chart, you know, what do you think of the depth of this position?
Donna said, you know, when you're not starting on offense or defense,
you have to be having an impact on special teams.
It's a non-negotiable, you know, because you can't just sit on the 53-man roster
and take up a space, unless your depth.
Like, for example, like we talked about C Casey earlier in the week where, man, that Broncos offensive line, they already have their starter solidified.
Their depth, pretty dang good.
You could be on the roster and not play.
You might be a game day inactive.
J.L. Skinner was that for a large portion of his rookie year, remember.
And now for a guy like Miles, I don't see that being a thing.
I don't see him being a game day inactive.
I see him being a core four special teams player for Denver.
And to what you had mentioned there about, you know, if you have an injury that pops up, I mean, these are things.
you have to always kind of keep in the back of your mind.
Is Miles Scott the third safety? No.
I think he has a chance to be that fourth safety for you, though.
Whereas you look at J.L. Skinner, unless Denver plans, and I love J.L. Skinner and what he can do.
I don't think we've seen enough of him defensively, and I'll pound the drum on that,
but we have not seen him use defensively.
Because of that, I think that's where Miles Scott can absolutely come in.
And if he can pick up the nuances of Vance's defense, and let's say in the preseason,
and say we're going through and we're taking a look at, you know, how he's playing special
teams wise as well, whether he's a gunner, a jammer, whatever it may be.
Let's say he's going down there and he's making plays on special teams.
He's coming up with tackles.
But then when he's getting his opportunities on the field defensively, I don't know who
he's going to be playing alongside.
It could be Tyson Anderson or J.L. Skinner potentially.
But if he's out there and he's making plays, let's say he has an interception.
He has a couple of passes tipped or whatever or he has a force fumble.
If he has one or two total forced takeaways for Denver's
defense in the preseason, it solidifies his spot easily, not even a question here.
And if he goes through on special teams, he's making these tackles, making these big plays,
he's not going to be one of those guys that you're going to say, hey, we're going to put
your three waivers to bring it back.
He's going to be on the 53.
And I think it speaks to the luxury that the Broncos have, bringing back 94% of last year snaps,
and not only having solidified starters, but by bringing back key depth as well, like,
you don't have to ask a seventh round pick like Miles Scott to come in and be,
like you said, your number three safety right away,
just because, well, we weren't able to allocate funds
or we haven't properly developed other guys.
So like this seventh round pick is already just even on a talent basis,
already better than some of the other guys at his position.
The Broncos aren't perfect in that regard from a roster standpoint,
but certainly at the safety position,
even with guys who are not necessarily household names,
you even have an all pro who you might ask 20 fans,
hey, what did you think of Devin Key last season?
And I don't want to disrespect any Broncos fans out there.
Listeners of the show would know who he is.
But I don't think every Broncos fan out there if you're texting the group chat is going to be like,
oh yeah, Devin Key, franchise record holder of tackles in a season.
These guys don't necessarily stand out as household names, but they have developed in-house
as quality backups, quality special teams, guys.
It affords a player like Miles Scott, the luxury of coming in as a rookie.
and having that pressure just lifted off in a way.
And it allows the coaches to coach him differently
because you're not trying to coach him to get him ready
for a role of week one necessarily.
You're trying to coach him to get him ready
for his long-term future with the team
and his ability to contribute on game days.
It changes everything about the way you perceive a guy
from the coaches on down when you have that roster situation.
So I think Miles Scott is really stepping into a great situation.
overall, especially with the players, the veterans in front of him.
Well, with Talano, Hufanga, and Brandon Jones set as starters ahead of him,
Devin, keep being the third safety for Denver's defense.
How does it impact Scott's potential usage in production?
Where are some appropriate lines we can set for him?
We'll break all that down here on today's episode of the show.
Mayo Scott may not start for the Broncos in 2026, but he can have a big impact on special
teams and potentially in a rotational role on the defensive side of the ball.
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it's where you get your team every single day. Sarah, let's go into this. Now, I don't think
anyone is saying that Miles Scott is going to start for the Broncos year one, maybe even year two.
I mean, year two, I think there's a real possibility depending on what Denver does from
a personnel side in terms of expiring contracts where they're at, cost control. But as a rookie,
Miles Scott, I think our best overall projection for him, operating on the assumption he makes the 53 men roster.
To me, I think special teams is where we're going to see a primary bulk of the hay being made for him.
Where are we said in the line at here in terms of tackles, I would say, for him on special teams?
Let's say he is one of those key guys, becomes a court war specialist, and he primarily plays special teams.
I feel like 13 and a half total tackles solo combined combination of both of those.
13 and a half I feel like is pretty reasonable here for him coming into it.
Where are you at?
Yeah, I'll take the under on that.
I'm looking at J.L. Skinner last year, 12 total tackles for J.L. Skinner.
I feel like that might be one of those, I don't know if sealing is the right word, Cody,
but I think that that's kind of roughly the range.
Right. So I think that Devin Key, what was his, what was his number?
Because he obviously broke the team's franchise.
26 special teams tackles for him.
26 special teams tackles.
I mean, man, he was making every play.
Okay.
So let's say, let's say there is some to go around maybe this year, right?
Maybe Miles Scott gets there first on.
I could see 13 and a half being a good number to kind of just like, hey, we're going to monitor this as it goes along.
Jeopardy rules, or not Jeopardy, but Price is right rules, Cody.
if you go over, you win, I guess, in this.
It's kind of the opposite of prices right.
What am I on down right now?
You know what I'm talking about.
You get what I'm saying.
So if he hits the under here, this is Price is right.
Oh, you're not close.
You didn't estimate him enough.
Why don't you estimate him better next time?
Miles Scott, I think, is one of those guys that is going to be a factor in this.
He kind of just strikes me.
We talked about the solo tackles earlier in the episode.
He strikes me as the type of guy that he like,
likes competing against his own teammates in terms of rocking up the stats.
So I could see, you know, J.L. Skinner, Devin Key, Miles Scott,
maybe a little competition between these guys this year, say, hey, who can get to the ball first?
And maybe who could be that player that's starting to punch the ball out more?
We know the Broncos want to create more takeaways.
Maybe they're not just going to the defensive guys and saying, hey, guys, when you get to the
quarterback, punch the ball out, hey, when the ball comes your direction, pick it off.
When it, when it hits you in the hands, catch it.
Maybe they're saying to the special teams guys as well, Devin, you got 26 tackles.
Like, punch that ball out, you know, or try, try to punch it out.
But obviously, you want them to be sure tacklers as well.
I'm just spitball in here, you know, but I think maybe there's an option there for these guys to have a little in-house competition.
I know I said it at 13 and a half.
I mean, I think that's like best case scenario.
Like, man, he's a true core four guy.
13 and a half he reaches that.
I mean, if that were the case, the Broncos, I mean, who, who.
They're in good hands with, you know, with him.
I think even if he had six total tackles on the year, just as a special teams player, that's fine.
But I also think he can have an impact in other ways, Sarah.
You know, we talk about if he's a gunner, so to speak, or if he's another player there.
I don't know if, you know, he could even be a personal protector.
That's a very important role inside of this, you know, special team structure here for Denver, especially on punt.
And usually it's a safety who's that up man or it's, you know, one of your better backup linebackers.
Miles has the opportunity here to, I think, if he can get downfield,
let's say he makes tackles on return guys, or let's say he's a gunner and he gets
downfield, he beats the jammer and he's a guy that is, you know, knocking the ball into play,
keeping it inside the five-yard line, preventing it from going out on a touchback.
Like those are other elevated impacts that Miles, I think,
and certainly have for Denver on special teams.
This is where he's going to have to make his hay right away as a rookie.
And look, I think you're always in a scenario here as well.
You always have to monitor the injury.
We know Devin Key's going to be the first up,
but I think that Miles will be the next man up
in the event that there are two injuries at the safety position.
Knock on wood, the Denver stays healthy at that room this year.
It's so important for them.
But special teams is going to be where he really gets his opportunity to make plays.
And so I'm looking at it on punt, either as a gunner,
as a personal protector.
I'm looking at a kickoff as one of those outside gunners,
maybe next to or opposite of Devin Keel.
Like, best case scenario, can Miles Scott be that type
of player on the other side of the field where Devin Key is.
And can Denver have two guys that are like, hey, sure, fire.
We know our left side, right side guy.
They're going to get down there.
They're going to make the play.
If Devin doesn't make it, Miles is going to make it.
And vice versa.
That's what I think you want Miles to become.
And just knowing who he is as a competitor,
I think he's going to try to take it upon himself to go out there
and try to get those opportunities this upcoming season.
I do too.
And I'm excited about the fact that the Broncos have a couple of new faces on the defensive
coaching staff and the defense.
defensive backs. We know Vance Joseph is a defensive backs guy, kind of by trade, right?
But you bring in Robert Livingston, you bring in Doug Belk.
George Payton, we know, can't resist taking at least one defensive back in every draft that he has.
He usually takes two or three.
But this was the one that they kind of collaborated on.
And you know, day three of the NFL draft is a lot of times where your scouts, your coaches
are going to bang the table for certain guys.
I kind of can't help but think, like Miles Scott was one of those guys that Robert
Livingston, Doug Belker out there saying like, hey, let's go get this guy because we have a vision
for him that we could see a role. And this is a pessimistic way to look at it and think of it, Cody.
But like, to be honest, Tallanoa Hufanga came into Denver with a lot of injury history
concerns. Brandon Jones missed a lot of time last year. I mean, it's not out of the realm of
possibility we've seen. How many times have we seen the last handful of seasons, the safety
position get really tested. PJ Lock has had to play.
Kevin Key has had to play.
Other guys have had to play.
So it's not out of the realm of possibility that the coaching staff is banging the
table for this guy for the very reason of, hey, in the event, something happens.
This is a guy that we think as a green dot player at college that we can trust.
Well, and the background that they've done with Illinois players specifically.
I mean, it's been one of those programs that the scouting department that Denver has.
They've done deep dives in.
And this date's all the way back to Pat Bryant.
I mean, not just, you know, when they drafted him last year,
they didn't just look at him last year.
They looked at him for about two years prior to him being drafted.
And they were kind of saying, you know, behind the scenes,
I thought Luca Evans did a great job of putting this out this off season.
The Broncos kind of did this off the record.
Hey, we want to know about this guy.
We want to see this guy's practice reps against this cornerback specifically.
I believe it was it Tarek Woolen, if I'm not mistaken,
that they were looking at in terms of that.
But they wanted all the background information on this guy and practice.
You know, they got the game tape.
But we want to see the practice.
this tape of this. We already know, like we've talked to coaches, we've talked to players.
We know who he is as a human. We know who he is as a teammate. But we want to know this.
We want to see how he did in these situations. And then it's projecting that fit inside of your
team and inside of your culture. Same exact thing as has taken place here with, obviously,
with Miles Scott as Illinois has become kind of this new pipeline to Denver.
It was Texas at one point, Oklahoma. You get some Oregon connections now, Utah, and now Illinois.
I mean, the Broncos, they're building this team with a really good makeup of teams that I would say prepared their players to be really good players at the NFL level.
Miles Scott could in fact be just that here next for your Denver Broncos in Broncos.
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