Broncos field Chubb calls; no plans to trade WRs

Of each the teams that are considering trades, the 1 that seems the astir apt to marque 1 earlier Tuesday's commercialized deadline is the Denver Broncos.

The Broncos person heard from aggregate teams funny successful trading for prima extracurricular linebacker Bradley Chubb, sources told ESPN.

One squad adjacent has been consenting to commercialized its first-round draught pick, on with different compensation, successful speech for Chubb, according to sources.

Although they are fielding commercialized inquiries connected Chubb, the Broncos bash not program to commercialized Jerry Jeudy oregon KJ Hamler contempt getting calls connected the third-year wide receivers, according to sources acquainted with the team's thinking.

The Broncos, who play Sunday successful London against the Jacksonville Jaguars, alternatively privation to usage Jeudy and Hamler to get their struggling discourtesy backmost to life, the sources told ESPN. Denver inactive could yet commercialized 1 of the receivers by Tuesday, but it lone would beryllium for what the squad believed to beryllium a beardown offer, according to sources.

There figures to beryllium nary shortage of beardown offers for Chubb, who is having 1 of his champion seasons with 5.5 sacks done Denver's archetypal 7 games. Any squad that agrees to the required commercialized compensation besides volition privation to enactment retired a declaration hold for Chubb, who is successful the last twelvemonth of his rookie deal.

If the Broncos don't commercialized Chubb by Tuesday, they besides volition enactment connected signing him to keeping him successful Denver long-term, according to sources. So Chubb is expected to get a lucrative woody whether he's with Denver oregon elsewhere, and sources told ESPN his caller declaration is expected to beryllium worthy much than $20 cardinal annually.

One twelvemonth ago, the Broncos traded Von Miller to the Los Angeles Rams conscionable earlier the deadline for second- and third-round picks, and Chubb is apt to fetch adjacent much successful compensation should Denver determine to woody him.

Chubb said this past Friday that helium is "not adjacent reasoning about" the commercialized speculation and emphasized that helium "hundred percent" wants to stay with the Broncos.

Chubb, 26, missed each but 4 games successful 2019 with a torn ACL and missed 10 games past play due to the fact that of bony spurs successful some ankles. He had a career-best 12 sacks successful 2018 aft being drafted No. 5 wide that year.