The Denver Broncos just had an enormous blessing bestowed upon their heads by the Football Gods. N.C. State edge rusher Bradley Chubb — arguably the best player in the 2018 NFL Draft — inexplicably fell to the Broncos at pick five overall.

GM John Elway made short work of turning in Denver’s Draft card and the Chubb pick was announced. That was the easy part.

The hard part is figuring out where to put Chubb and taking care to ensure he is developed the right way. Chubb’s development is not a topic that should be looked past without a thought.

It is of the utmost importance to this ball club, especially considering the relative inexperience of Head Coach Vance Joseph and some of the perplexing personnel decisions that were made in his first year in Denver.

For example, the Broncos invested a second round pick in defensive tackle DeMarcus Walker last year. Instead of playing him where he belongs on the defensive line, Coach Joseph — and his staff ostensibly — chose to stand Walker up at outside linebacker.

The big, athletic D-lineman who’d always played with his hand in the dirt, was suddenly being asked to not only lose a bunch of weight, but to learn new technique and principles — on top of the enormous learning curve every rookie has to endure in their leap to the National Football League.

It came as no surprise that Walker was ineffectual as a rookie and saw almost zero playing time. It was a gross waste of talent and Draft capital.

You see what I mean about Chubb’s development not exactly being a no-brainer? That’s not to say that it shouldn’t be a no-brainer. In the hands of most NFL coaching staffs, I wouldn’t doubt it too much.

But in Denver, under Coach Joseph, I have my misgivings. One factor that is playing into my reservations is the shake-up in the defensive coaching staff and the lack of clarity there.

At the end of Denver’s 5-11 season, the Broncos fired six coaches, including outside linebackers coach Fred Pagac. Since that time, the Broncos have replaced each and every coach who was jettisoned — except Coach Pug.

The Broncos have looked at hiring a ‘pass rushing’ coach, including DeMarcus Ware and Chad Brown — two former All-Pros. But Coach Joseph hasn’t pulled the trigger, although it bears mentioning that Ware declined so that he could pursue a TV career. Brown is still out there, though.

As it stands, the linebackers will be split up, but the way the Broncos will separately coach this unit is curious to say the least.

“The plan there is we’re going to have the three-down guys and our ‘Will’ backer in [Defensive Line Coach Bill] Kollar’s room,” Coach Joseph said back in March. “We’re going to have our ‘Sam’, ‘Mike’ and ‘Mo’ be with [Linebackers Coach] Reggie Herring. [Assistant Defensive Line Coach] Chris Beake is going to be our go-between between our outside backers and our front-four rushers, basically, as far as the scheme. We didn’t replace Coach ‘Pug’ (Outside Linebacker Coach Fred Pagac), but we adjusted our coaching rooms to basically put the ‘Will’ backer with Coach Kollar and keep the ‘Sam’, ‘Mike’ and ‘Mo’ with Coach Herring.”

Translation: Von Miller (Denver’s 'Will' LB) will join the down linemen in D-line Coach Bill Kollar’s room. Shane Ray and Shaquil Barrett — outside linebackers — will be in the same room as Brandon Marshall and Todd Davis — the off-ball linebackers — with Reggie Herring. In what football world it makes sense to split up your edge rushers into different coaching groups I'll never know.

After the Draft, Coach Joseph was point-blank asked what position Bradley Chubb will play and which coach he’ll be under.

“He’s going to be in the outside linebackers room,” Joseph said. “That’s obviously right now being split between [LB Coach] Reggie [Herring] and [DL Coach] Bill [Kollar]. He’s a SAM backer at the moment.”

Clear as mud. So, is Chubb going to be coached by Kollar? Or Herring? Alas, Joseph’s answer deprives us of clarity on the issue.

If the Broncos are going to remain committed to this unique approach to coaching the outside linebackers, there is one thing that should be prioritized above all others. Whichever room Von Miller is in, that’s where Bradley Chubb should be.

It would be a grievous football sin to part Chubb from Miller. And on paper, it would seem that based on Coach Joseph’s current plan, it’s a possibility.

If only the ‘Will’ linebacker will be with Bill Kollar, that’s Von Miller alone. However, Bradley Chubb projects as Denver’s other starting edge defender opposite of Miller, which would make him the ‘Sam’ or strongside linebacker, as Joseph opined.

If the Broncos don’t approach this issue carefully, it could seriously hamper the development of the No. 5 overall pick. Von Miller was an enormously talented and productive player from the moment he entered the league in 2011.

But when Denver paired the young upstart with the veteran DeMarcus Ware in 2014, it helped elevate the former No. 2 overall pick, catapulting him to the level we saw Miller playing at in 2015 when he dominated the playoffs and almost single-handedly delivered the team’s third Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl 50.

Before Ware arrived, Miller had already established himself as a star, but he had strayed off the path some. Miller was suspended for six games during the 2013 season, and Ware joined the team the following offseason. Just in time.

Miller has credited his mentorship under Ware as a primary factor in him turning his career around and avoiding the precipice of disaster. Now, as it relates to Bradley Chubb, there are no off-the-field or character concerns — at least for now. That’s not what’s necessarily at stake, though.

The Broncos need to attach Chubb to Miller’s hip pocket and do whatever they can to help foster the kind of relationship that Ware had with the Super Bowl 50 MVP for three seasons. The knowledge, experience and wisdom that Miller can impart to the uber-talented Chubb could pay immense dividends for the Broncos — both short and long term.

I'm not the first to question Denver's plan for Chubb and until we get clarity on the issue, I won't be last. One thing's for sure, however.

Woe be unto Vance Joseph if he screws it up.