ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Just as John Elway became better with age during his playing career, he’s become more sarcastic with age during his tenure as general manager. On Monday, Elway started his pre-draft press conference much like he’s done in year’s past, leading off with a sarcastic joke about how this will be the most productive press conference of the year.
If that wasn’t sarcastic enough, Elway later said the organization’s biggest need was to get a new general manager, the position which he holds — very comfortably, too.
While Elway’s sarcasm was a way to avoid giving away any pertinent information days leading up to the start of the draft on Thursday, the underlying philosophy of how he will approach the draft rang through loud and clear: the Broncos will draft the best player available (BPA).