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SENDING HIS BEST
Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera announced Thursday that he has been diagnosed with cancer, and Fangio expressed his best wishes for the long-time defensive-minded coach.
"I know Ron a little bit," Fangio said. "Obviously [I'm] hopeful that he'll be able to overcome this. I've heard … it's a curable cancer, and Ron's a tough guy. Deep down in his gut, in his belly, his DNA, he's got a lot of toughness. I'm sure he's going to get through this as good as anybody can, and I expect him to beat it."
Rivera announced he has squamous cell carcinoma that is located in a lymph node. Rivera told ESPN that the cancer is "very treatable and curable."
WILKINSON EMBRACES DIFFICULT MATCHUP
Elijah Wilkinson has had a tough task as the team's starting right tackle during training camp. Nearly every day, he's faced off against Von Miller, who looks refreshed and energized after an eight-sack season in 2019.
On some plays, Wilkinson is able to keep Miller away from Lock. On others, Miller gets the best of the young tackle. Wilkinson, though, isn't afraid to match up with the three-time first-team All-Pro.
"You know, he's [a] Super Bowl MVP," Wilkinson said. "He's Von Miller — 58. Everybody knows him, but you can't look at it like that. You can't be like, 'Oh, he's Von Miller,' or 'Oh, he's Bradley Chubb.' He's No. 58, and I'm going to hit him. I'm not going out there soft setting or being scared to go out there. You just go out there and you hit him. He's the same. He puts his pants on just like I do. He puts his pads and helmet on just like I do. When you have a guy like that, he's No. 58. I'm not thinking about, 'It's Von Miller.' I'm thinking about my target, where I'm aiming at, how he's rushing, what I'm going to do to counter it — those kinds of things. If you think about all that, you're not going to win."
LOOKING FOR CONSISTENCY
In the Broncos' Week 16 game against the Lions last season, then-rookie defensive end Dre'Mont Jones recorded 2.5 sacks, five tackles, three quarterback hits and two tackles for loss. Jones was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week after the performance, and he thinks he's getting closer to being able to play like that on a consistent basis.
"I've been getting closer and closer each and every day," Jones said Friday. "I've felt like every day I've improved, I've grown, I've learned more about myself, I learned more about how to adjust when players are starting to know your tendencies as a pass rusher and as a player in the run. I think I'm getting close."