Denver Native (Carol)
03-16-2015, 01:13 PM
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- There are times when John Elway can’t say the word “process" without a bit of a smirk, maybe a chuckle.
Because he knows when NFL decision-makers say “process’’ there is a large segment of the football-loving populations that rolls its eyes with a not-again look. Because NFL decision-makers say “process’’ a lot during free agency and the work up to the draft.
And Elway, now in his fifth season as the Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager, has said last season’s spending binge in free agency for the Broncos was “part of the process, what we needed to do,’’ as the team made so many big splashes there wasn't much water left in the pool. The Denver Broncos reeled in Aqib Talib, DeMarcus Ware, T.J. Ward and Emmanuel Sanders on the way to their fourth consecutive AFC West title as all four of those players played in the Pro Bowl.
And Elway said this year’s approach, not quite all of the way at the other end of the spectrum of, say, the Green Bay Packers, who have not yet signed a player from another team in free agency, but close. At least far closer than it was a year ago.
rest - http://espn.go.com/blog/denver-broncos/post/_/id/12412/broncos-show-difference-a-year-can-make-in-free-agency
Because he knows when NFL decision-makers say “process’’ there is a large segment of the football-loving populations that rolls its eyes with a not-again look. Because NFL decision-makers say “process’’ a lot during free agency and the work up to the draft.
And Elway, now in his fifth season as the Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager, has said last season’s spending binge in free agency for the Broncos was “part of the process, what we needed to do,’’ as the team made so many big splashes there wasn't much water left in the pool. The Denver Broncos reeled in Aqib Talib, DeMarcus Ware, T.J. Ward and Emmanuel Sanders on the way to their fourth consecutive AFC West title as all four of those players played in the Pro Bowl.
And Elway said this year’s approach, not quite all of the way at the other end of the spectrum of, say, the Green Bay Packers, who have not yet signed a player from another team in free agency, but close. At least far closer than it was a year ago.
rest - http://espn.go.com/blog/denver-broncos/post/_/id/12412/broncos-show-difference-a-year-can-make-in-free-agency