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Elway to Marino is an Eye Opener

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I guess you can say I’ve flip-flopped. I’d like to think that my change of heart is akin to a juror drawing a conclusion after the introduction of more evidence. Listen in or read below…

Last week I opined that I could never root for the Broncos because that would amount to indirectly supporting John Elway, who since 1983, has been among my top 10 most despised athletes (or former athletes) on the planet.

The smug way in which he dissed Baltimore repeatedly and according to his agent Marvin Demoff, said that he would rather collect garbage than play football in here in the Land of Pleasant Living.

So this weekend a buddy of mine asked me if I had ever seen the ESPN 30 for 30 episode, Elway to Marino. At the time I had not, but last night that all changed.

And so did my level of disdain for the toothy Cardinal from Stanford.

I watched the episode with eyes wide open. I tried to put myself into the mind of this talented 22-year old kid who had the world by the you-know-whats.

On one hand, there was father Jack Elway who convinced John that he would not flourish under Frank Kush. On the other hand was a strategic agent looking to make a name for himself by manipulating the Baltimore Colts and pressuring them into trading 1983’s No. 1 pick.

They even schooled John on which words to use during press conferences to further distance himself from Baltimore and help create an unrecoverable divide between Elway and the Colts.

Colts General Manager Ernie Accorsi maintains to this day that if given the chance he would have signed Elway and that in doing so, save the Colts for Baltimore.

Maybe. But we’ll never know for sure.

What I do know is that for me and many others like me, Elway was a logical scapegoat when all along the real villains were Jack Elway, Demoff and of course the devil in disguise, Bob Irsay.

I can see clearly now.

Go Owen Daniels. Go Gary Kubiak. Go Peyton Manning. Go Broncos.

ESPN 30 for 30 – Elway to Marino – La Draft NFL… by touchdownactu

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