[pincemob]

Good program.  I did not know about the efforts by the Raiders & 49ers to get Elway.  I did know about his baseball prowess.  He was easily an All-Star talent, if not HOF. 

What I remember from the time, more than anything, is how unpopular Elway was for resisting the draft outcome.  What I hadn't appreciated from the coverage back then was how many other guys were doing the same, especially with the USFL angle.  I liked the footage of Jim Kelly dissing the Bills and going to the USFL, then continuing to denigrate Buffalo.  I doubt in this media age the sides could have reconciled... imagine how many times that clip would have played on Youtube (where he says "where would you rather be:  Houston or Buffalo").  Anyway, I thought Elway got inordinate and unfair criticism, especially given how clearly dysfunctional Baltimore was. 

I also did not remember Elway's wittiness.  When the reporter tries to call him a hippocrite for asserting he would play for an east coast baseball team (but not the east coast Colts), he says without hesitation "they play baseball in the summertime".  That was a good comeback. 

[pincemob]

Good program.  I did not know about the efforts by the Raiders & 49ers to get Elway.  I did know about his baseball prowess.  He was easily an All-Star talent, if not HOF. 

What I remember from the time, more than anything, is how unpopular Elway was for resisting the draft outcome.  What I hadn't appreciated from the coverage back then was how many other guys were doing the same, especially with the USFL angle.  I liked the footage of Jim Kelly dissing the Bills and going to the USFL, then continuing to denigrate Buffalo.  I doubt in this media age the sides could have reconciled... imagine how many times that clip would have played on Youtube (where he says "where would you rather be:  Houston or Buffalo").  Anyway, I thought Elway got inordinate and unfair criticism, especially given how clearly dysfunctional Baltimore was. 

I also did not remember Elway's wittiness.  When the reporter tries to call him a hippocrite for asserting he would play for an east coast baseball team (but not the east coast Colts), he says without hesitation "they play baseball in the summertime".  That was a good comeback.