If John Elway slashed the salary of his Hall of Fame quarterback by $4 million after Peyton Manning threw 39 touchdown passes in 2014, then you know Elway won't blink while staring down receiver Demaryius Thomas during the heat of contract negotiations.
There for a minute Thursday, while Elway was bashing Thomas for boycotting offseason workouts during a salary dispute, his lack of empathy for a player made Elway sound Belichickian, with a hard-line stance that would do Baltimore's Ozzie Newsome or any coldhearted NFL executive proud.
"To be dead honest, I see absolutely zero value in him being away from here.