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John Elway discusses Demaryius Thomas, more (transcript)

Demaryius Thomas and the Broncos agreed on a five-year, $70 million deal only minutes before the NFL's deadline Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after, Broncos general manager John Elway spoke local media via conference call about how the deal came to fruition and his expectations for the future with Thomas on board. Below is the full transcript of the call:

On how a player's character is factored into long-term deals:

"You look at the player as a whole, you look at the person as a whole. Whatever percentage you put to that is different in every case.