Denver Broncos Twitter Reaction John Elway Possible Ownership Update | Westword

John Elway is unquestionably the greatest player in the history of the Denver Broncos, and during his early years as an executive with the team, his acquisition of Peyton Manning and other top talent led to a great four-year stretch and the Super Bowl 50 championship. But the squad has been so terrible since then that Elway has torched an astonishing amount of the goodwill he’d accrued — so much so that reports he might be making a bid to purchase the team are filling many Broncos fans with terror. Ever since late Broncos owner Pat Bowlen handed over control of the franchise as he battled  Alzheimer’s back in 2014, the ownership situation has been in flux, and after a series of bizarre shenanigans essentially took presumed heir John Bowlen out of the running, things have gotten messier and messier thanks to intra-family lawsuits and more. No wonder that in early 2020, Joe Ellis, who heads the trust currently running day-to-day operations, conceded that a sale could be in the team’s future — and a court ruling earlier this month appears to have removed most of the impediments to such a transaction. Shortly thereafter, the Gazette’s Woody Paige tweeted that six…
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