Gary Zimmerman Jersey , Broncos General Manager John Elway told Peter King that he believes quarterback Joe Flacco is “coming into his prime” heading into the 2019 season.That’s generally not the way most people feel about 34-year-old quarterbacks without a recent history of great success, but it was enough for Elway to pass on a quarterback in the first round of the draft. Elway’s made some bad bets at quarterback in the past, though, and he didn’t pass up the chance to trade up for Drew Lock in the second round.Elway told Mike Klis of KUSA that he couldn’t pass up “great value” at that point in the draft and suggested that he’s learned from past experiences that you want to be ahead of the curve on having a young quarterback ready to replace a veteran starter.“You’re always trying to find an answer to the quarterback position Tom Jackson Jersey ,” Elway said. “You can’t wait till you don’t have one. We’ve been working on it and you’re always working on it. We feel good about what we have in Drew and his ability over the next couple years to continue to grow and make some strides. Hopefully, he’s that guy for the future.”The last time the Broncos replaced a veteran quarterback was in 2016 when Peyton Manning retired and the team drafted Paxton Lynch in the first round. Lynch flopped and the team’s gone three years without a playoff berth while running through several quarterbacks. Elway hopes this year’s dual approach stops that carousel from spinning for years to come. Von Miller walked into Broncos training camp with the all-time sack record on his mind.But new coach Vic Fangio also has him focusing on all the other non-sack things he can do for the team, and how that can make him even better than piling up stats.Miller told Peter King of NBC’s that he appreciated the work Fangio and outside linebackers coach Brandon Staley were putting in to make him a more complete player by stressing the fundamentals of things like pass coverage.“I got a great coach here, one of the best coaches I’ve ever had in my life Dennis Smith Jersey ,” Miller said. “We have great leadership here but he’s an outside linebacker guy. He’s coached a lot of great ones. I wanna be his greatest product yet. It’s the little things, like coach Fangio says. When you really focus on the little things it turns into a change of game. It turns into a whole different athlete. I bought into that. I bought into my outside linebackers coach as well, coach Staley. He stays up super late thinking about how to make me better . . . I can really appreciate that. I bought into whatever those coaching points that they give me.”Staley came with Fangio from Chicago, where the linebackers had 51 sacks the last two seasons Terrell Davis Jersey , the third-most in the league.But working with Miller on footwork and drops — and having him buy into it _ should have a carryover effect, as all the non-Von Millers on the Broncos roster see their best player going to new lengths to improve.