Although John Elway gets pretty much all of the credit -- or blame -- for the way the Denver Broncos are constructed, he has plenty of help in the scouting department and front office.
One of Elway's most trusted guys in the front office is Matt Russell, the Broncos' Director of Player Personnel.
Russell, once a big time linebacker for the Colorado Buffaloes who was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft, has been working in the NFL as a scout or executive since 2001 when he broke into the business with the New England Patriots as a scout.