<p>ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — On the day they introduced first-round draft pick <a href="https://twitter.com/arniestapleton/status/1388234768169398272?s=20">Pat Surtain II</a>, the Denver Broncos exercised the fifth-year option on linebacker Bradley Chubb.</p>
<p>Teams have until Monday to exercise the fifth-year option on rookie contracts for their 2018 first-round draft picks.</p>
<p>Chubb earned a Pro Bowl berth last season after bouncing back from a torn ACL with 7½ sacks and more than 60 quarterback knockdowns and hits.</p>
<p>The fifth overall pick in 2018, Chubb signed a four-year rookie deal worth $27.27 million, including a nearly $18 million signing bonus.</p>
<p>He’s due $920,000 in base salary this season along with a $3.9 million roster bonus. Next year’s salary will jump to $12.72 million.</p>
<p>The most impressive part of Chubb’s comeback that culminated in his <a href="https://twitter.com/MTR_90/status/1341509411420786689?s=20">tearful reaction to a Pro Bowl berth</a> is that he did it with Von Miller on the sideline.</p>
<p>Chubb’s surgically repaired knee, which he injured in his fourth game in 2019, was still bothering him in training camp last summer and even into the season, which began with a sackless September.</p>
<p>Miller missed the 2020 season with an ankle injury and the team picked up his 2021 option last month.</p>
<p>Miller and Chubb are hoping to play a full year together in 2021 for the first time since Chubb’s rookie year, when the duo teamed up for 26½ sacks, including Chubb’s dozen, a franchise rookie record.</p>
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