PHOENIX -- Two and a half weeks into the new league year, the waters of the free-agent market are calmer. When this week's NFL annual meeting concludes, John Elway's eyes will turn ahead to the draft.
In the eyes of the Broncos' executive vice president and general manger, it's so far, so good.
"We've got a long way to go; we've got the draft ahead of us. But I'm excited about the first steps we've taken," Elway told Broncos TV on Sunday at the NFL Annual Meeting.
The first steps were big ones -- as much literally as physically, given the size of the Broncos' pickups along the offensive and defensive lines: 1,294 pounds of man, mass and muscle named Ron Leary, Menelik Watson, Domata Peko and Zach Kerr.