AFC Notes: Broncos, Dolphins, Texans

Broncos

Broncosโ€™ new DC Ejiro Evero intends on bringing an aggressive pass rush in Denverโ€™s system next season.

โ€œYou have to affect the quarterback,โ€ Evero said, via BroncosWire. โ€œIf you canโ€™t get there with four, youโ€™ve got to bring five. If you canโ€™t get there with five, youโ€™ve got to bring six.โ€

Evero added that they will blitz strategically but they will determine their full scheme once the roster is finalized. 

โ€œWeโ€™ll bring pressure when we need to. Thatโ€™s just going to all depend on the rush. Itโ€™s hard to say right now what exactly are we going to be โ€ฆ. Once we get the roster finalized and all that, then weโ€™re going to truly know what weโ€™re going to be and what our identity is going to be in terms of the coverages, pressures, and those things that weโ€™re going to run.โ€

Dolphins

Dolphins WR coach Wes Welker said his job is to take WR Jaylen Waddle โ€œto the next level.โ€

โ€œThat kid is top-notch. Ton of talent. Speed. Passion for the game,โ€ Welker said, via PFT. โ€œThatโ€™s what you want to work with. Iโ€™m excited to work with him and hopefully take him to the next level.โ€

Texans

Texans HC Lovie Smith doesnโ€™t see any reason why his team canโ€™t turn things around from this season and make a run to the Super Bowl as the Bengals did in 2021.

โ€œWe won four games this year. The Bengals won four the year before, and this was a big year for them,โ€ Smith said, via Peter King of NBC Sports. โ€œWe donโ€™t have to wonder โ€” we just saw a team do it. Someoneโ€™s going to make that jump. Someone always does. Why not us?โ€

As for QB Davis Mills, Smith is excited about the young quarterbackโ€™s potential despite it still being early in the evaluation process.

โ€œWhat gives me optimism is โ€ฆ I got a chance to see Davis Mills. How many special quarterbacks are there out there? There are a few. But there are a lot of good quarterbacks. I think we will have a good quarterback for the Houston Texans.โ€ Smith said. โ€œWe have the third pick in the draft right now. Thereโ€™s a possibility of us getting a great quarterback added to our team, or a lot of draft picks to get in more players. Something positiveโ€™s going to come out of that.โ€

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