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ENGLEWOOD Royce Freeman Jersey , Colo. (AP) — Chris Harris Jr. finally feels appreciated — financially.“Oh yeah, definitely more satisfied for what I do on the field. I definitely get more respect around the league for what I’ve done and I mean, that’s what it’s about,” Harris said Wednesday following his first workout with the Denver Broncos this offseason.“You want to feel appreciated for the work that you’ve done and the work that you’re about to put in.“I’m about to put in more work. You can talk about the past, of what I’ve done. But I’m excited about the future, about what I’m about to do.”The Broncos’ four-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro returned to the team after general manager John Elway agreed to give him a $3 million raise this season , bumping his salary to $12.05 million.That’s more in line with what the league’s other elite cornerbacks are making and it’s a significant bump for a player who signed a $2,000 bonus coming out of college nine years ago and who played the past four seasons on a team-friendly deal that paid him an average of about $8 million a year.Asked who won the standoff, Harris, who called his absence a “roller-coaster offseason,” demurred.“Oh man, it wasn’t about winning,” Harris said . “It was just about getting back to the field. And winning games on the field. So, that’s the only thing I’m worried about. I’m not even worried about the dispute or anything. Everything’s in the past and now it’s just about winning football games.”Harris, who turns 30 in June, skipped the Broncos’ first two months of offseason workouts hoping to get an extension averaging about $15 million, something Elway wouldn’t budge on.“I thought I was going to get traded, I did, at one time in the offseason,” Harris said.Eventually, both sides settled on a raise this year from the $8.9 million Harris was due, which included a $1 million option bonus paid out in March.The raise made Harris the highest-paid cornerback on the team, just ahead of newcomer Kareem Jackson, whose three-year, $33 million free agent deal included a $9 million signing bonus and $3 million salary this season.Although Harris is set to become an unrestricted free agent after this season, Elway hinted that the Broncos could seek to keep him in Denver , tweeting “this contract adjustment recognizes his value to our team and the high expectations we have for Chris as a Bronco this season and hopefully for years to come.”Harris said he would love to stay in Denver beyond this season.“I’m going to do my thing and then at the end of the year or whatever, I’m definitely going to give them a fair chance, for sure John Elway Jersey ,” he said.The last remaining member of the “No Fly Zone” secondary that was the backbone of Denver’s Super Bowl 50 triumph, Harris is the only defensive back in the NFL with multiple interceptions in each of the past seven seasons.Harris said Denver’s new defense, which features more zone coverage and more versatile defensive backs, is the kind of scheme he’s long been advocating and should allow him to make even more plays on the football.“Now, I don’t have to cover a guy in man-to-man and cover him all over the field like I have in the past. Now, I can read and I think my picks will go way up because I’m going to have a chance to read the quarterback more,” Harris said. “I’ll get a chance to show you all a different skillset.”Harris spent several weeks working out with his personal trainer in Dallas and said he could learn new coach Vic Fangio’s defense in a day.Fangio wasn’t so sure.“He told me he’ll learn fast, but I have to see it, not hear it,” said Fangio.Harris is eager to show Fangio and 31 other head coaches he’s still an elite cornerback who deserves to be compensated like one.“Every time I step on this field I’m going to bring a swagger to this defense,” Harris said. “I’m going to bring a different mentality to this defense and I’m ready to take on whomever.” ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Von Miller is preparing to make his preseason debut this weekend against the Chicago Bears.Of course, the star linebacker was all set to play last weekend against Minnesota when he said “the call came from upstairs” that he’d be held out.Coach Vance Joseph had insisted all week that Miller would play in the preseason opener, explaining, “he’s had a great camp and we have no reason not to play Von. Von is in good health and good spirits, so why not?”Because he could get hurt in a meaningless game and put a damper on their 2018 season, which apparently was the reason general manager John Elway nixed the notion of Miller playing against the Vikings.So, Miller was helpless to keep Kirk Cousins from driving 75 yards for an opening touchdown in the Vikings’ 42-28 win .After the game, Joseph said, “Obviously, Von is valuable to our football team. He’s a guy who we can’t lose, so we didn’t play him, simple as that.”Because the call was made so late, Miller was already taped up and didn’t get a chance to work out with strength coach Loren Landow before the game like other players who weren’t going to play.“I wouldn’t say that I was upset. I was just ready to play,” Miller said Wednesday after the Bears-Broncos joint practice . “I hadn’t played since the Pro Bowl. … So, I was pretty excited to play. I was ready to go out there with my brothers.”Miller said he was pumping up first-round draft pick Bradley Chubb and other rookies only to learn he would be rooting them on instead of leading the way.“Me and Chubb, we talked about sacks before the game,” Miller said. “With the rookies, it’s a hard deal to get the rookies right. So Womens Joe Flacco Jersey , I was getting Chubb right and the other guys right and I’m getting ready to go out there on the field and they said I wasn’t going to play.”Defensive coordinator Joe Woods said he expects Miller to play Saturday night, but when asked what he thought, Miller said, “I don’t know.”Either way, it won’t change his preparation.“I just approach it the same way every week,” Miller said. “I just go into it like I’m going to play.”The Broncos usually throttle back Miller in practice because, in the words of his coach, he can “wreck practice” he’s so good.That’s not a concern when he’s facing another team like the Bears, though.“No, I’m definitely trying to wreck it,” Miller said with a laugh.Bears coach Matt Nagy said facing Miller for two days of joint practices — and maybe again Saturday night — can only help his young team.“What a great challenge for our offensive linemen, to be tested by some of the best in the league,” Nagy said.Unlike past years when the Broncos got into scuffles during joint practices, things didn’t get too chippy with the Bears.“We just want to come out here and get better,” Miller said. “Both organizations, we didn’t have the type of season that we (wanted to) last year. So, I think coming out here and fighting each other and making it into a Battle Royale is the last thing on both teams’ minds.”CAMP SCARE: The Broncos got a scare when rookie receiver and training camp sensation Courtland Sutton was slow getting up after diving for a pass and then went to the trainer’s room. But Joseph said, “He’s OK. But he’s fine. Yep, good news there.”Also, cornerback Chris Harris Jr. (strained oblique) and edge rusher Shaq Barrett (minor hamstring pull) sat out practice in hopes of getting better by game night, Joseph said.HIDEOUS HAIRCUTS : Miller, who said his job description is sacking quarterbacks and telling jokes, is known as the Broncos’ biggest prankster. But he said he had nothing to do with the hideous haircuts the veterans gave the rookies this week.“I like to mess with the rookies, of course, but haircuts are not my thing,” Miller said.Notes: WR Carlos Henderson, who was placed on the Broncos’ reserve/did not report list, has been suspended without pay by the NFL for the season opener over his offseason arrest for marijuana possession in Louisiana.