John Elway not worried about potential Christian McCaffrey attention

John Elway doesn’t seem worried at all about a potential media circus if Christian McCaffrey were to wind up in Denver with the Broncos…

John Elway and the Denver Broncos don’t seem concerned about Christian McCaffrey’s ability to play football, nor are they concerned about the potential media circus if Denver is lucky enough to have a chance to draft him in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft:

When Elway was asked about whether or not he was worried McCaffrey would attract a media circus, Elway simply said, “No.”

After he answered that question, Elway followed up with what the Broncos are concerned about with McCaffrey, and that’s his ability to play the game of football.

No concerns there. “That he can do,” Elway responded in a press conference we transcribed from Facebook Live.

McCaffrey can flat out play, and he’s likely going to be a top 10 selection. Elway joked around when asked why he brought in McCaffrey for a pre-draft visit, saying because he’s ‘close’, it was ‘free’, they wanted to meet with him, and they ‘like him a lot’.

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Elway’s response — to me — sounded like someone resigned to the fact that he won’t be able to get him on draft night. It wasn’t a sad tone, but it was a tone of acceptance. The Broncos would obviously love to get a player like McCaffrey, who fits multiple areas of need for them, but they seem to know that it’s not happening.

Rumors are growing stronger by the day that the Carolina Panthers, the team the Broncos defeated in Super Bowl 50, will select McCaffrey with the eighth overall pick in this year’s draft. That sounds a bit rich but it’s been talked about since February and no one has really wavered from it.

If you want to take a pre-draft rumor to the bank, that could be the one.

The Broncos aren’t likely to get Christian McCaffrey, but it should comfort some to know that they think extremely highly of him.