Shannon Sharpe Shares Never Heard Before Stories About John Elway

[@sharkfence576]

I think elway on club shay shay would be awesome man

[@750zo]

Oh really...

[@randalljohnson7123]

I ADMIT THIS IS OWED TO US!!!!! THAT CONVO BETWEEN 7 AND 84 AND I HATE THE BRONCOS!!!! BUT CONVO IS NEEDED

[@broncosbest6441]

You know what even though I’m a Broncos fan it never occurred to me 😂. What a great idea!

[@mlackland7796]

That's the only comment that people should take from this video. 🎉 "That's his quarterback!" 😢😂

[@JayJay-jd3hp]

Facts or Peyton

[@SuperTirade]

Elway got Peyton Manning in the building. Built one of the greatest offenses of all time around him. And 2 years later, he built one of the best defenses of all time. That's a better resume than most GMs in the NFL

[@micahbinns2740]

A GM success hinges on the drafts, if you falter your team will...That was like a what 3 year run and crap after that..

[@mugiwara1431]

@@micahbinns2740 4yr along with a Super Bowl win 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@fifward6399]

He's talking about drafting QB's.

[@haydennyagah706]

Howie Roseman also built a Super Bowl roster around Carson Wentz and won it all with a backup QB. 3 years later drafted Jalen Hurts and made another Super Bowl run. Elway built a good team but he couldn't sustain it after Manning retired.

[@DoritosRus]

@@micahbinns2740ehhh Peyton got himself through the Door. Just like Brady in Tampa mapped the landscape and chose the best place to plug themselves and their system in. Denver had Talent outside got a slot big backs and a decent line. With a great defense. Peyton and Brady picked the 2nd team they went too not the other way around.

[@slickchick5811]

Shannon lights up whenever he talks about #7...so does everyone that played with the guy you talk to. Speaks volumes.

[@jaycutty8697]

Elway had the highest winning percentage of any executive/GM of first 5 years in NFL History. Dude won a playoff game with Tebow and made one of the riskiest moves in NFL history in bringing in Manning when the majority of the league was saying he was done while at the same time trading away the highest selling jersey player(Tebow) of the 2011 season. 5 straight division titles, 4/5 double digit winning seasons, 2013 greatest offense in NFL history to go along with an MVP QB award, and two Super Bowl appearances with 1 trophy. Not to mention the year after Peyton retired, Elway team went 9-7 with Trevor Siemien at QB.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

He also became a huge alcoholic which probably didn't help. The reality is that execs who can actually recognize QB talent is a very short list.

[@flacko_jody2130]

​@Paul-vf2wl the reality is Elway built a top 3 defense and top 2 offense in a span of 4 years.

[@llkumabear]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Paul-vf2wlBrother you have no idea who Elway is as a person, quit talking out of your ass.

[@quincee3376]

Damn. did he really have a drinking problem? I never knew about that. ​@@Paul-vf2wl

[@Paul-vf2wl]

@@llkumabear Sorry Mrs. Elway

[@skymanchronicles8936]

Elway would be on my MT. Rushmore, I’m an 80’s kid from Detroit. He was the ultimate in my mind back then!

[@jrod75]

You can see Sharpe get emotional when he was asked to speak at coach Reeves services. He madly respected coach and Elway because they believed in him when he was most vulnerable early in his career. He said without their support, he would not be in the HOF. That is what great leaders do for their teammates.

[@christophertarr9005]

Elway led his teams to 5 Super Bowls and won 2, was the reason Manning came to the Broncos and brought us to 2 more SB’s and won us another. He was part of all of theM

[@bvbxiong5791]

people outside of the Broncos don't really understand what a good leader and good captain Elway was. he made everyone around him better because everyone around him wanted to play for him! under and because of Elway, the Broncos were expected to make the playoffs nearly every year. the Broncos had a great locker room during the Elway seasons and that's an intangible that not every QB enjoys.

[@Riles3152]

John Elway on Club Shay Shay is long overdue...

[@Yeomannn]

This is the podcast Shannon needs to be doing permanently. Great flow.

[@jasonshumake777]

That’s crazy that Elway was that accurate that he would put it on the different parts of the body to let him know where the trouble was.

[@johnnyguitarwatson5288]

@Jasonshumake: beyond next level anticipation, aim, & accuracy! 🎯

[@804MRMAN]

*This ain't no interview, this Shannon in NFL therapy*

[@johngaltjkt62]

Dan Reeves was a great coach. Highly underrated.

[@svt80221]

He's got the same accolades, records and accomplishments as Marv Levy. Levy is in the HOF without a Super Bowl win. Reeves has lost as many Super Bowls as Levy but isn't in the HOF. That's mad disrespect for Reeves...but there's still time.

[@tiennhuynh28]

The relationship between Unc and Elway is whats lacking in todays game.

[@charlesdarks8850]

John Elway as an executive went to 2 SB and won 1 in 10 years. I'd love to be terrible like that in my life.

[@chancegamesone]

John was great at scouting any position other than QB. If you look at his draft picks, it's full of ballers except at QB.

[@charlesdarks8850]

@@chancegamesone I give you that, but saying a GM who goes to 2 SB in 10 years is terrible, is frankly laughable.

[@wb2943]

Elway picking QBs is what hurt that time frame for him in that span of management. Him getting Peyton from Indy was Fortunate. Irsy treated Peyton very disrespectfully so that was timing that just fit after they wasted a high draft pick on Tim Tebow.

[@buffalo.blackk]

That was all Peyton Manning. He was an established player and multi MVP. Not a lot of player analysis and development required from Elway. Outside of Manning, Elway had zero success.

[@charlesdarks8850]

@@buffalo.blackk he literally won a SB with the best defense ever and Manning throwing 9td and 17 int in 2015. You know shit.

[@anizares1]

Beast mode so funny in that he's himself all the time. His interviews are legendary when he played 😮

[@ChilleBruh]

Appreciate the pod fellas, love the content!

[@MrMuaythai84]

i am happy these oppressed black men are finally havign a voice

[@joebiggs5275]

That man is a legend! Show some RESPECT!!!

[@enriqueramirez7318]

He won a SB. More than most.

[@Natedawg726]

3 of my favorite players all-time! Loved this one with Unc!

[@joearmstrong3866]

Get beastmode in the HOF first time up

[@Dgreatest32]

He never won anything

[@ahmedthegreat3482]

​@@Dgreatest32, so no superbowl....

[@mark-r7v7q]

@@Dgreatest32 ?

[@DiarraHarris]

So?

[@MADM1-K3]

@@Dgreatest32 Bruh... Lynch is a HOFer, maybe not first ballot cuz the list gets more stacked all the time but... 2x All-pro 5x pro-bowler 2x NFL Rushing TD leader 17th All-time in rushing TDs 30th All-time in rushing yds Super Bowl Champion And arguably the greatest run in NFL history "He never won anything"

[@TempeSoldier123]

If I have to win one game, I’m picking Elway over any QB that has ever played. I said what I said.

[@theothesir]

The Drive?

[@TempeSoldier123]

@ what about it?

[@poldebruin1974]

god i could listen to this all day. a million times more interesting than what is on broadcast tv.

[@michaelcaffrey1897]

Elway drafted great defensive players, because that is what he watched on film. He drafted bad QB'S cause he was so great.

[@davidstowell8569]

Not a "terrible" executive. He did draft Von Miller and, more importantly, convinced Peyton Manning to sign with Denver. Without either of those guys, we don't win SB50.

[@bundown5463]

What a great story: goosebumps on this Steelers fan.

[@shawnstanley9620]

That what Jerry west a legendary executive, he was the logo and the best executive at judging talent and build dynasty

[@SLILLZ718]

Elway was an underrated GM. He did what's best for Denver. A lot of teams would have loved to be in Denver's position

[@TheStrategos392]

Terrible executive that got the Broncos to two Super Bowls and won one with a historically great defense. John Elway was a much better executive than people give him credit for. Yeah ok he missed out on the QB position, but the Broncos were still successful under his watch.

[@hl3425]

Big ups to unc very wise , educated and hard working man need more black men like you for an example

[@lawrencedeherrera5342]

Elway led the Broncos to two Superbowls! So it's ignorant to call him a terrible executive.

[@Beardo2517]

Manning lead them to two Bowls

[@JoshSimpson47]

@@Beardo2517 Manning couldn’t lift his fork to eat after the Colts cut him. Again the Colts cut him it was a huge risk signing him. Manning didn’t draft or sign the players around him either

[@Beardo2517]

@JoshSimpson47 Dude had the greatest regular season for a qb ever. Elway doesn't get his ring as gm if they kept Tebow

[@lawrencedeherrera5342]

@Beardo2517 Elway didkeepTebow so your point is meaningless. Regular season great and a post season choke artist. That's Manning +

[@Beardo2517]

@lawrencedeherrera5342 Did Elway keep Tebow as his number 1 qb?

[@erikpuka2627]

Outside of QB - 2015 Broncos is the most complete roster of the 21st century.

[@johnthrasher8146]

Great great segment! You guys rock!! Thanks! Those stories are gold.

[@maximumeffort4202]

Chemistry is amazing with these 3 guys

[@erickgross984]

Shannon on 1 of your podcast talk about John Elway Arm Strength 😊

[@Nyesafah]

Yo this is some of guy best content I’ve seen. Got a new fan

[@scottgibson807]

Love Marshawn just chilling with a blunt back there

[@KGilliam91]

UNC just explained why MJ couldn’t turn it around in DC & Charlotte. Great players don’t make great FO personnel.

[@rudemaestas105]

Elway won a Super Bowl and went to another as a GM it’s crazy how not drafting a qb can change peoples perception of what a good gm is

[@t-sports6773]

Im the same age as Shannon. Alrhough I didn't make it to the league, I also believed that all qbs at least tried to throw the ball in a manner to not get the receiver hurt.

[@bootsyboots5111]

He didn’t draft well but he got good free agents and coaches. Went to two super bowls got one championship. Not too shabby

[@bootsyboots5111]

Saying he’s a HORRIBLE executive is wild and ridiculous

[@michaelb.3982]

He missed on some draft picks, but he wasn't a bad GM.. He drafted Von Miller.

[@Mr-Orange-X]

John Elway as a GM had a bad end. However, he also had 2 Superbowl appearances. 3 AFC championships. Not a lot of GMs gave their teams that.

[@ostarakonrad9907]

Marshawn + shannon is goated

[@mercedesmaguire1413]

"Stop airing me out" 😂😂😂

[@jasonshumake777]

I do agree that extremely talented individuals do assume that it’s easy for everyone.

[@roycedot]

Jerry West won 2 championships with the Warriors in the FO and got the Grizzlies to their first playoff berth

[@printezstroman]

Exception, not the rule.

[@threeohhhthreee372]

Elway won a sb and was the reason Peyton sighed Seahawks always like to hate.

[@Sk82478]

Marshawn reminds of my boy wash. Some cool cats.

[@ivanrios5276]

Steve Kerr was a phenomenal athlete….. also an excellent coach.

[@chadnelson7762]

Not comparable to MJ... I think that's his point

[@tretre4435]

​@@chadnelson7762exactly. No shade there

[@ablethompson3492]

He was making the point that it's more common for an "average" or "good" player like Jackson or Kerr to be an excellent coach than a "generational" player because, broadly speaking, MJ can't coach/teach players to do the things that come naturally to him

[@flacko_jody2130]

​@@chadnelson7762his point is wrong no matter how yall try to defend it. Elway wasn't a failure at all

[@pignalio8583]

The man built the best offense of all time and one of the best if not the best defense of all time. He got us a lombardi. He was horrible at drafting quarterbacks and nobody would argue against that, but he got us a lombardi.

[@anthonyallen9094]

Protect uncle shay and beast mode!!!!! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾👑👑👑

[@fredrickjohnson9473]

You go protect them 👏

[@AnassMadrinio]

Elway wasn’t bad at building a team. He constructed the record-setting offense in 2013 and then pivoted to build an elite defense that won the Super Bowl in 2015. Key contributors like Malik Jackson and Derek Wolfe were his draft picks, and he made impactful signings like DeMarcus Ware. However, his major flaw was identifying quarterbacks an area where he consistently struggled.

[@Alex-tx6by]

glad Elway got to the experience the Mike Shanahan offense before his career was over. he was made for it.

[@ChrisJnes]

Snap count was hilarious. "It be loud in there bro."

[@jakobwedel3168]

"Terrible Executive". Yeah lets ignore the fact he built the statistically greatest offense ever and 2 years later built one of the most dominant defenses of all time, won 4 straight division titles and went to 2 super bowls in 3 years

[@Chrisxcellence]

I like the night cap collaboration, great content.

[@walkoff2]

I laughed a lot watching this. Very funny 😂😂😂

[@allgoodwoods219]

Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird are the exceptions to the conversation.

[@arnecruz]

Yes. Bird and West are rare.

[@kincamell2]

Gratitude

[@winjira]

Great interview- wise experience summary 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@villreee5939]

I love when you talk about the best coaches don't make the best players and the camera pans over to Mike Robinson😂

[@relaxcalm8847]

How about this he has a Super Bowl as an executive

[@firmgeneral]

Very good point!

[@matthewjohnson8117]

And before that they was running the league up and made it to Super Bowl. I get you get Peyton And things will change quick but the Super Bowl they won wasn’t because of manning. How many executives can say that in the NFL

[@1destinyslegacy]

​@matthewjohnson8117 but the reason they went to 2 was because of PM tbh...one they lost...one they won...

[@matthewjohnson8117]

@ the same PM that got benched that year for Brock Osweiler? Not one person that watched football at that time that gave Manning any credit for that chip. People always put an asterisk on his broncos chip because he was nowhere close to the reason they won that year…. Terrible take brother

[@1destinyslegacy]

@matthewjohnson8117 so he wasn't the reason they made it to the SB literally when he got on the team? The defense wasn't up 2 par until 2016...where they did indeed "carry" him...but as you clearly saw...it went both ways...he carried them...they carried him...thats the point of being on a team...right?

[@samrcharles]

That was a good segment 😂

[@CDubb442]

That why Jerry west and Larry Bird are impressive Hell even Lenny Wilkins. all three Hall of Fame players and really good executives or coaches.

[@BmgGaming_ent]

When you gotta respect unc so you don’t tell em say pause 😂😂😂😂

[@LibraLee88]

Coach riding me is sports talk men understand that. Grown ass men look stupid saying PAUSE grow up

[@jimismith1159]

He couldn't draft a QB. But, he did help build a Superbowl winning team.

[@zaddybigd735]

Say what you want about John Elway being a GM. Yeah, he never drafted the franchise quarterback. He went 0 for 3, BUT he made the right decision ditching Tebow for Manning & bring in KEY PLAYERS to go to 2 Super Bowls & winning 1 out of 2. John Elway was a hella of a ride. Definitely was not a failure & not a horrible GM.

[@jibberjabber1957]

2 SB and one win and signed Manning and built the No Fly Zone. He wasn’t a bad executive. He had a bad run after Bowlen died because the ship had no rudder.

[@adamdoss1]

Get the GOAT on #7 the GOAT

[@marksprinkle]

In 1994 at the Lake Tahoe celebrity golf tournament, I watched John Elway take a Sharpie marker from a ten year old kid asking for an autograph just to draw an "X" through the Raiders logo on his hat.

[@sting6ph]

Larry Bird begs to differ. Smalll sample size though

[@m_js5709]

Bird is so rare. Legendary player, great coach, and great exec. He is like a unicorn lol

[@shamarimiddlebrooks1214]

It be loud in there 😂

[@chart562002]

….he won a championship as a GM. He built an all time offense and all time defense within a few years of each other. QBs are hard to find after that.

[@MichaelLemosKilluminati5176_]

I wouldn't call him a terrible exec. Drafted Von Miller and put the team together that won the SB and is the reason why we got Peyton. But him not being able to draft a QB is very true

[@stephenchilada]

I don't know if "terrible" is accurate. Drafted a lot of good players who significantly contributed to the Broncos. Now yes, terrible at drafting QBs but at least has a Superbowl and showed decent ability of drafting other positions, ironically mostly defensive guys

[@SunniMerlot]

I wish we can swap Ocho for one of these two so we can have opinions and stuff too. All Ocho wants to do is take up for players

[@bracamontez13]

He won a SB as an executive so what’s he talkin

[@cagentz8581]

Absolutely criminal that Dan Reeves is not in the HoF.

[@-JackVenom]

Took the team to 5 sb as a quarterback winning two & two as a gm winning one more . John Elway is the reason there are three superbowl trophies in Denver. You can dog him all you want but if not for him the broncos would probably be in another city by now.

[@joearmstrong3866]

And John Elway is on the Mt Rushmore easy, 1/3 of his career was in Superbowls

[@MJ-rl7pj]

And look at the players on his teams when he lost vs the people he played against.

[@pincfx]

Hearing Shannon just talking ball is 1000 time better than Club Shay Sha.👍👍 But I know the celebrity drama brings more clicks. 😑

[@johnhall1664]

Larry Bird was great as executive and coach

[@CyraXFactor]

Elway never wanted to be an executive or a GM or a coach. He was very heavily pressured into it. He wanted to be retired and that’s it. But in the end he got convinced and brought Denver back to their former glory, before the downfall of swings and misses at a QB after Manning.

[@MrSilus2000]

He has a Superbowl ring as an executive.

[@Grateboy2114]

Ill use your logic to say: So does Trent Dilfer at QB 😂

[@MrSilus2000]

@Grateboy2114 you're comparing one player on the team to the general manager who signs everybody on the team. He's the single point of failure

[@weezyFatmosphere]

How hard is it to pick manning after you already know he’s good?

[@matthewjohnson8117]

@@weezyFatmosphere manning arm was done when they won a superbowl. So clip that notion. He built a monster defense and put a great coaching staff around them. And this was 2 years after the offense being the reason they made it to the superbowl. That’s a good executive

[@weezyFatmosphere]

@ what happened after manning retired huh 🤔

[@ShinobiDrip999]

Elway was good at building a winning team just couldn't draft QBs. Those Manning teams were insane. Still the best offense of all time, 4 players had 10 or more tds. And one of the best defenses of all time in the No Fly Zone as well.

[@CHR15-ow2tz]

Steve Kerr was a good GM for the Phoenix Suns

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

He built a Super Bowl winning team, so seems a bit silly to call him terrible.

[@danneytee]

i think he became more of a business man and lost fire as an executive. But to be fair he had some success in early years as executive

[@richarddorsey284]

What sound is they theme song

[@joetenorio4930]

Elway went to two Super Bowls, winning one, built the highest scoring offense in NFL history and a dominate defense with his draft picks and free agency additions. He was 96-74 record as a GM. There are a lot of words to describe Elway as a GM but “terrible” is not one of them. For as much league knowledge these two claim to have they sound as bad as casuals.

[@golf18fitness81]

Someone needs to have Mark Davis listen to this podcast segment to tamper expectations that Tom Brady is the Raiders savior.

[@walterbeaulieukootenayslim]

I played centre and I guessed couple snaps over the years, and have asked to double check.

[@Youknowwhoin2024]

Elway's biggest mistake was giving Con Miller a contract... Would've been perfect trade bait for next QB

[@casteine]

Bad executive?? He went to two supers and won one as an executive. Give me a "bad" executive any day of the week.

[@CavHDeu]

Bo will learn that too

[@johnnypunish]

LOL! He picked up Peyton Manning! Win! There were just NO big Peyton Manning types available to him thereafter so he tried to make do with what was out there. ELITE QBs are far and few between

[@jasonshumake777]

Can’t really call him the worst executive he did bring a Super Bowl win through his GM duties.

[@SONOFJUDAH0203]

Well it was easy for you not for everyone else 😂😂😂

[@WestlawnFilms]

I mean the very first player Elway drafted was Von Miller, so, uh, not too shabby