For a giant toddler, Chubb is holding his own during his first season in the NFL. He tallied 5.5 sacks in the month of October, which was second only to veterans Aaron Donald and Dee Ford.

And he expects to be even better.

"I'm nowhere near where I want to be," Chubb said. "I'm happy for the achievement, but right now, I just have to keep working and keep getting back to work and get a win."

It's not difficult to find motivation. On nearly every passing down, Chubb feels the internal race to the quarterback between him and his teammate.

"I feel like [on] every pass play, we have an internal race to the quarterback," Chubb said. "We might not say it out loud, but we want to get there first. When you have two guys, four guys doing that at one time, it's special."

Last month, Chubb had the upper hand by a half sack. Miller nearly equaled Chubb's total with five sacks of his own, but the fifth-overall pick of 2018 edged out the second-overall pick from 2011.

Through eight games, Chubb has gotten to the quarterback before Miller — or at the same time — enough to tally 7.0 sacks. If he keeps playing at that pace over the second half of the season, he could join Miller and LB Mike Croel as the only Broncos rookies to win NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Miller certainly thinks that honor could be headed Chubb's way.