ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In the wake of the Broncos’ decision to agree to terms on a trade that sent outside linebacker Bradley Chubb to the Dolphins, General Manager George Paton was quite clear.
The move is not a white flag, and it’s not a sign that the Broncos are giving up on the 2022 campaign.
Instead, Paton said Tuesday, the team’s expectations have not changed — even as the Broncos move forward without Chubb and with a 3-5 record.
“The message is [that] we believe in this football team,” Paton said. “We believe in the depth we have at outside linebacker, our young pass rushers. We’ve invested a lot in that position. We believe in the leaders on this football team, especially the defensive leaders we have in D.J. Jones and Josey Jewell and Justin Simmons and Kareem Jackson, just to name a few. So we believe in this football team, we believe in our leadership, we believe in our depth. At the end of the day, we just felt it was the best thing for our football team moving forward.”
The Broncos will receive a 2023 first-round pick as part of the deal, and Paton said the compensation — which also included a future fourth-round pick and running back Chase Edmonds — was “too good to pass up.”
“It’s going to help us continue to build our football team,” Paton said, “but one thing’s for certain: our goals, our expectations, they do not change. We want to win, and we believe we can win, and, more importantly, we want to sustain success, and it’s going to help us continue to build this football team moving forward.”
Paton said it was not easy to part ways with Chubb, who he credited as a player and leader. The Broncos’ GM called Chubb “a total pro,” and said Denver wishes him the best as he moves forward in Miami. Paton wasn’t even sure there would be a deal to make. Until Tuesday morning, Paton believed the Broncos were going to move forward without a deal. While he did not reveal the specific nature of the negotiations, he said the Broncos would not have made a trade…
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