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Training Camp Preview: Defensive line

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- You hear Bill Kollar long before you see him.

The newly constructed hill on the west side of the practice fields isn't enough to keep his voice from echoing to Broncos Parkway and beyond. His sentiments borrow from myriad influences culled from over three decades as a coach and eight years as a player in the NFL, where he played under renowned line teachers Chuck Studley in Cincinnati and the loquacious Abe Gibron in Tampa Bay.

The result is two parts drill sergeant, three parts professor and one part caustic comic.

"Bill is loud, but he's got a great knack for getting on people, getting them to go harder, but for them to like him," Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips said.