Greenlaw will serve as one of the two starting inside linebackers in defensive coordinator Vance Joseph's scheme this fall. He will be joined by Alex Singleton (after Singleton returns from a broken thumb with a club) when the Broncos host the Tennessee Titans in their season opener on Sept. 7 ( view the full schedule ).

"I was a foster kid growing up, so there's not a lot of times that people just wanted me," Greenlaw said. "It just made me feel special. It made me feel like this is the place where I needed to be."

Denver Broncos fans got their first look at linebacker Dre Greenlaw in full pads at Monday’s training camp practice, and Sean Payton was quite complimentary.