Since John Elway joined the Broncos’ front office in 2011, the team has been among the more forward-thinking NFL franchises, embracing iPad playbooks, revamping the team’s nutritional program and cafeteria, hiring a director of advanced analytics to assist Gary Kubiak with in-game trends, even turning to wearable technology to monitor players’ exertion in practice to reduce the chance of overuse injuries. During the offseason, Kubiak said the use of virtual reality for training was considered, but the team opted to hold off on implementing the technology in practices. For now. “We had them come out here.