When the Broncos opened training camp in August, they appeared committed to Todd Davis and Alexander Johnson as their starting inside linebackers, leaving Josey Jewell’s role undefined to observers … and to himself.
“I honestly had no idea,” he said in a phone interview with The Denver Post. “I was thinking if they were going to keep Todd, I would hopefully split time with somebody on defense, and I was probably going to play a lot of special teams.”
Things changed on Sept. 4, though.
Davis was released, opening the door for Jewell to be the starter alongside Johnson.