ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos president of football operations/general manager John Elway called the staff of his team's IT department "heroes'' in the run-up to this week's draft and said he expects any problems when the picks are officially made to be minimal.
Elway and representatives from every other team went through a dry run of the draft Monday morning with a two-round practice session. There were some early technical issues, that some in the league said included a 20-minute delay for the Cincinnati Bengals to make the first pick as well as too many of those on the call not using a mute function, but Elway said things eventually evened out.