ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Broncos president of football operations John Elway called allegations about him included in Brian Flores' lawsuit against the league and three teams "false and defamatory.''
The Broncos interviewed Flores for the team's head-coaching job in 2019.
Elway released a lengthy statement Thursday in response to Flores' potential class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the Dolphins, Giants and Broncos that was filed earlier this week. In the lawsuit, Flores and his representatives allege Elway and team CEO Joe Ellis "showed up an hour late to the interview. They looked completely disheveled, and it was obvious that they had drinking heavily the night before.