Denver Native (Carol)
09-04-2012, 04:54 PM
The NFL's free agency era is usually traced back to 1993, the first year of unrestricted free agents and the legitimate opportunity for players to change from one team to another.
There had been "Plan B" free agency in the four years before 1993, but it was a quagmire of rules and restrictions that didn't actually allow the movement of many of the league's higher-profile players.
So, dial back to '93 and the face of the Broncos, the franchise's most important player, is John Elway. He arrived in Denver through one of the most prominent trades in league history.
rest - http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_21461482/year-two-boss-john-elway-has-given-broncos
There had been "Plan B" free agency in the four years before 1993, but it was a quagmire of rules and restrictions that didn't actually allow the movement of many of the league's higher-profile players.
So, dial back to '93 and the face of the Broncos, the franchise's most important player, is John Elway. He arrived in Denver through one of the most prominent trades in league history.
rest - http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_21461482/year-two-boss-john-elway-has-given-broncos