The Broncos are changing the way they coach. Or at least the way they coach the offensive line.
The team announced Friday that recent offensive-line coaching hire Sean Kugler will coach the team’s interior linemen, while Chris Strausser, according to an NFL source, is expected to be the offensive line-tackles coach.
A 28-year coaching veteran, Kugler has 18 seasons of experience coaching the offensive line specifically and has 11 years of experience in the NFL. For the last five years, he was the head coach at his alma mater, the University of Texas-El Paso.
Kugler was on the Steelers staff and helped guide center Maurkice Pouncey to his first three s selections. He also coached Pro Bowl tackle Jason Peters and coached former Broncos tackle at Boise State in 2006, when Clady earned first-team All-America honors.
Strausser, who was hired by the Broncos last season as assistant offensive line coach under , was a part of the staff that helped recruit Clady to Boise State, and has 28 years of coaching experience, the majority of which have been at the college level.
Another honor for Miller. Broncos linebacker was selected second-team all-pro by The Associated Press. The selection is the sixth for Miller, who named to the second team in 2011 and ’14, and the first team in 2012, ’15 and ’16.
Miller led the Broncos with 10 sacks last season to bring his career total to 83.5, the most in the NFL since he entered the league in 2011. He also became the first player in franchise history with six 10-sack seasons.
Miller also had a team-high 23 quarterback hits and 17 tackles for loss. According to Pro Football Focus, who named Miller the top edge defender in 2017, the Broncos’ veteran linebacker led his position in total pressures, with 83 over 447 pass-rush snaps.
Footnote. Phil Rauscher, according to a league source, is close to being named Washington’s assistant offensive line coach. Rauscher was an assistant to Broncos head coach last season.
