Aqib Talib doesn’t want to talk about Deflategate or the footballs Tom Brady throws.

“That’s New England’s problem,” he said Tuesday. “We got enough problems in Denver.”

The Broncos’ secondary, however, isn’t one.

In his first season in Denver, Talib teamed with Chris Harris, his former Kansas teammate, to form one of the league’s finest cornerback duos.

Harris, Talib and safety T.J. Ward all made the Pro Bowl and safety Rahim Moore parlayed his play into a sizable raise as a free agent. Bradley Roby also impressed as a rookie and is now being asked to take on multiple jobs in the secondary, at cornerback and maybe some safety.

On the whole, the Broncos’ secondary was a force and they got their due.

But the sour, and unexpected early ending to the season trumped the accolades. Especially for Talib, who had perhaps his worst game of the season in the playoff loss to Indianapolis trying to cover receiver T.Y. Hilton.

“I feel like we were recognized enough,” Talib said. “It could be better, but if we had finished later in the season, we would have gotten even more recognition, so that’s what we worried about.”

With a new set of coaches and a new playbook, Talib is hoping for a longer playoff run after the upcoming season.

The Broncos’ cornerback group is one of the few constants on a team that has undergone numerous changes along the sideline and in personnel.

“All of us in the back end, we’re learning a whole new defense together,” he said. “There’s a lot of knowledge in that back end, so we’re all able to help each other out in different ways.”

Talib, however, made one change on his own soon after the loss to Indianapolis.

“I got a new trainer out in Dallas,” he said. “We do a lot of different things, working on staying low, changing directions. He has a totally different approach to training, so I have changed it up this year.”

The secondary will continue to morph as defensive coordinator Wade Phillips installs new packages and schemes in his 3-4 defense.

Harris and Talib combined for seven interceptions a season ago, the second most among cornerback tandems behind San Francisco’s Perrish Cox and Chris Culliver (nine).

In 2015, Talib will tell you to expect more speed. More big plays. More freedom to adapt to what an offense presents.

But as the changes unfold, he and Harris — and Roby, too, as he tries to improve the C-minus grade he gave himself for last season — have an advantage.

“We’re going to try to raise each other’s level even higher,” Harris said. “He’s seen that I didn’t give up any touchdowns last year, so I’m pretty sure he’s going to come out there and be like, ‘OK, I’m going to try to do that and not give up any touchdowns.’ Just that competition between me and him is going to make each other better and make us better. And I like that.”

Nicki Jhabvala: njhabvala@denverpost.com or twitter.com/nickijhabvala