The advice, paired with Miller's natural talent, seems to have worked. Miller has thrown together double-digit sack performances in each of the last two seasons.

Along the way, both players have thrived outside of football. Miller's love of chickens and "weird" personality is well documented, but Ware also puts football away when he leaves the UCHealth Training Center. On the outside, you're more likely to find him taking photos in a national park, trout fishing in Utah or playing with his band than you are to find him stressing about a defensive package.

"When I leave work, there's no more football," Ware says. "It's DeMarcus' time, because I put everything 100 percent in that I can here at work, and then once I leave here, now it's the other guy: the real, intuitive, chill, relaxed dude. And that's what a lot of people don't see."

Inside the building, however, they're all business – except for the dancing show Miller puts on at nearly every practice.

"I play with joy," Miller says. "There's nothing funny about losing games or getting beat or anything like that, so there's definitely a serious element there, as well. [Head] Coach [Gary] Kubiak, he always talks about a switch and turning it on and turning it off. I think I'm a prime example of that.