"It's an attitude game and you have to acquire guys with those attitudes. You can't hope that players have that. You have to go find those guys."
It wasn't entirely the offense's fault when Denver missed the playoffs a year after winning it all, however. Tops in the league in run defense on their way to winning Super Bowl 50, the Broncos slid to 29th last season after losing Malik Jackson to free agency and Vance Walker to a camp knee injury.
"You want guys who love to play and hate to lose," Joseph said. "These eight guys we picked this weekend all fit into that category: They love to win, they hate to lose and they're tough guys. But they're all good kids, so we're excited about that.
Fournette and McCaffrey were both top-10 picks.
NOTES: The Broncos picked up the fifth-year option on CB Bradley Roby, who will make $8.526 million in 2018. ... Elway made a flurry of trades Saturday, the most notable one sending fourth-year RB Kapri Bibbs to the 49ers for a fourth-round pick next year. ... Elway on K Brandon McManus having not yet signed his restricted free-agent tender worth $2.76 million: "That's all right. It's up there (in the front office), so when he wants to come sign it, he can come sign it."
Joseph called Kelly "my favorite quarterback in the draft."
Butt, a versatile tight end who can block and run routes, was considered a potential first-round pick until he injured his right knee against Florida State in the Orange Bowl.
"We want to have that same mentality on the offensive side that we have on the defensive side right now," Elway said.
Russell Okung left in free agency over the winter and Ronald Leary and Menelik Watson arrived, adding some venom to the offensive line.
Butt, who will collect on an insurance policy for slipping down the draft, insists he'll be ready for the start of the season. He had surgery Jan. 10 to repair his right ACL,Cheap NFL Jerseys Store, the same one he tore in 2014.
"I'll never regret playing in a football game in my life," Butt said Saturday. "I don't play football because of the money or the fame or the hype or anything. I play football because it's what I love to do. I was dedicated to my team at Michigan. I'm going to be a dedicated Denver Bronco."
Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly brings an attitude that has often crossed the line. Elway said fellow Hall of Famer Jim Kelly personally vouched for his nephew, so Elway signed off on the selection.
RETURNERS' ARRIVAL: Elway also used this draft to address special teams holes. Langley, Henderson and wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie will vie for those returner duties.
"He beat 'Bama twice. That's tough to do as a college quarterback,: he said. "He's a tough guy. He's smart. He's made some childish mistakes in the past but he's learned from those things, so I'm comfortable with him."
His latest injury made him this year's cautionary tale after running backs Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffrey skipped their bowl games a year after Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith cost himself millions by blowing out his left knee in the Fiesta Bowl.
"I definitely have a mean streak in me," declared a defiant Langley in which could just be the mantra for No. 7's seventh draft class.
Adding to an already wicked defense are Florida State end DeMarcus Walker and Lamar cornerback Brendan Langley , whose 22 bench press reps were the most among the 60 DBs at the combine.
"I think right now they're confident in the way I handle myself and the way I prepare for football games,Cheap NFL Jerseys," Kelly said. "So, I think they're excited to get me and I'm really excited to be a part of a great franchise."

"I called his uncle and he said, 'He's a good kid.' I said,Wholesale NBA Jerseys China, 'OK, that's all I need,'" Elway recounted. "I trust Jim with that."
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — John Elway and Vance Joseph used free agency to target toughness in the trenches. In the draft,Cheap Jerseys From China, Denver's new duo zeroed in on prospects with an attitude.
Elway, who expects Kelly to be healthy by late August, said the vetting process included a call to his fellow Hall of Famer.
ROLLING DICE
The imbalance in the locker room last year led to squabbling,Cheap NFL Jerseys, particularly between the league's leading secondary and the leaky O-line, which the DBs criticized for not pumping enough iron or carrying its weight.
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