ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- With the NFL draft approaching, John Elway said he often thinks of one lesson he learned from his father, Jack, who once served as the Denver Broncos' director of scouting.
“His No. 1 philosophy was speed," said John Elway, the Broncos' head football decision-maker. “So I never forget the speed factor ... up and down the roster. And when I took this job [in 2011], one of my first goals was to improve our speed."
When the Broncos stare down their draft board this week, as the picks unfold around the league, Elway will clearly break some of the ties in the team’s final discussions about players with speed in mind.