Von Miller has said that he knew he would be a Denver Bronco when he met with John Elway for 15 minutes at the 2011 NFL scouting combine. Miller’s performance that week, still mind-boggling seven years later, said plenty. But it was in that meeting that Miller said he knew where he was headed.
He was right.
In 2014, when the Broncos were just weeks removed from their Super Bowl XLVIII loss, more clues were dropped about the Broncos’ draft intentions when Elway spoke of the value of “athleticism” and “numbers” in evaluating prospects at the combine.