When John Elway took over the Denver Broncos, he demanded some things. Firstly, he wielded complete authority over football operations. When it came to the act of kneeling, there was absolutely no ambiguity: he made it clear they wouldn’t be doing it within his realm. But two of his players continue to buck the system by taking knees in away games. First of all, Elway personally invaded the area and drove them out on the spot.
However, after a clash with the Players Association, the two were reinstated. “He can’t tell us what to do in San Francisco or New York,” wide receiver DeJ’ose Barron said, “if it’s not in his zone, he has no control.”
The technique worked well for Barron and his teammate, defensive end LaVart Tubols, until recently, when Elway announced he would cut players and send them to unrestricted free agency. “Go ahead and see if anyone signs you, and ask Colin Kaepernick how it works,” Elway told reporters.
The next step for the players will be to try to sue the Broncos over their off-season salaries, which Elway already says he would “love to pay to get rid of”. He doesn’t move. Our sports desk fields questions all day about our source for the story because we seem to have one and Sports Illustrated doesn’t. That’s because we tend to be a bit lax with liberal standards of journalism’, which means we want to have your completely uncensored information that you can go ahead and do as you please Our inside source says no more than what secondary or tertiary knowledge of the situation and may or may not be reliable or unreliable.