Elliss Shifts to Inside Linebacker, Broncos Excited

0:00It's April 6th. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is NFL News Today, your AI-powered football briefing. Bronkel's head coach Sean Payton dropped a surprise last week, saying he's eyeing some inside linebacker's NAS for Jonah Ellis this summer. Ellis, the team's 2024 third-round pick, comes from the Edd rusher spot, and this shift has folks talking, given Denver's rocky history. With defensive tweaks like this, Payton's got back up from inside the locker room and beyond. The fellow edge guy Nick Bonito calls Ellis the most versatile player and football, and his old Utah coach Kyle Wittingham backs it up, praising his. Block destroying physicality, flat out speed, and all around potential inside. The Ellis family tree screams NFL pedigree, fueling that confidence. Brothers Christian and Kayden are killing it as inside linebackers for the Patriots in Saints, while Dad Luther racked up two probals on the D-line, with the Lions and even closed his career with the Broncos. Ellis's 6'2-246 pound frame looks built to thumb the run, and he's already solid tackling

1:05on the edge in special teams. The big test? Picking up past defense quick, especially with edge depth from guys like Bonito, Cooper, Tillman, and rookie ques Robinson. Payton points to successes, like Fred Warner, starting wider before owning inside, so precedence exists. Whether this sticks full time, or just mixes snaps, Ellis could bring serious agapete and boost advanced Joseph Scheme right out the gate.