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Tillery hasn’t listened to media criticism in the weeks leading up to the draft Bradley Chubb Jersey , he’s heard questions about his game from teams. And there’s one question in particularly with which he disagrees.“I’ve heard, ‘Does Jerry Tillery love football?'” Tillery told PFT on Wednesday. “I think that’s inaccurate and unfair.”So why does he gets that question?“I don’t know, I can’t speak for people,” Tillery said. “I can tell you the work I’ve put into being the best defensive lineman in the world, being the best in this draft. . . . I’m looking to show that next year.”He may love football, but he probably didn’t love practice during his first three seasons at Notre Dame.“My freshman, sophomore, and junior year, the left side of our offensive line was Quinten Nelson and Mike McGlinchey Derek Wolfe Jersey , two pretty good football players in this league,” Tillery said. “That kind of molds you as a player. They definitely helped me become a better player and I made them better as well. We had a lot of great battles for sure.”Tillery was facing no battles of any kind of Wednesday, conducting the interview from Hawaii, where he has escaped the pre-draft stress while he waits on Thursday or Friday night for the phone to ring. After visits to eight different teams and with a shoulder that has fully healed after recent surgery, that phone definitely will be ringing. The deal won’t guarantee Chris Harris Jr. stays in Denver beyond this season, but the contract adjustment he agreed to Tuesday will get the cornerback back to work.Harris received a pay raise, accepting a $12.05 million deal for his season, Mike Klis of Denver’s 9News reports. The deal includes a $650,000 reporting bonus for showing up to organized team activities Wednesday and another $600 Chris Harris Jersey ,000 reporting bonus for training camp, per Klis.“We have a lot of respect for Chris as a player and for everything he’s meant to our organization,” Broncos General Manager John Elway said in a release by the team announcing the deal. “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 will get a chance to obtain an annual salary in the neighborhood of $15 million per season in free agency next spring, barring a new deal with the Broncos before then. Until then, he’ll have to be content with a little more than $3 million in extra pay.He was scheduled to make $7.8 million in base salary in 2019 after already receiving a $1 million option bonus.Harris has played in Denver for eight seasons, started most of the past seven seasons and made four Pro Bowls.