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The Peter King Podcast

John Elway, GM Denver Broncos, and Philip Rivers, QB San Diego Chargers

The Peter King Podcast

NBC Sports

Pro Football Talk, Football, Nbc, Nfl, Nbc Sports, The Mmqb, Peter King, Sports, Nfl Football, Pro Football, Football Morning In America

4.4872 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

John Elway, GM of the Denver Broncos and Philips Rivers, QB for the San Diego Chargers each sit down for a conversation with Peter King In this episode, John Elway talks about retirement, his subsequent career venture in car dealerships and getting back into football. The Football legend discusses the precious time he spent with his dad before he passed. He highlights the importance of building teams and choosing the players to surround himself with. Elway make a point of being the guy who talks the truth to players. He knows they might not like what he says but he wants to have a reputation for players trusting what comes from his mind. Elway gives an insight into off-the-field operations by discussing bringing Peyton Manning into the organization and the difficult talk of asking him to take a salary cut in his last year. Peter King also spoke to Philips Rivers about the chances that this may the last season for the Chargers in San Diego and what it means to him being back this year. Rivers explains why San Diego is a great football town and how sports have helped bring great things to the community. Rivers answers the question, would he move with the team or commute to Los Angeles…And what’s his sales pitch to keep the team in San Diego?

Transcript

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0:00.0

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Hello, I'm Peter King, and welcome to the MMQB Podcast with Peter King,

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where I take you inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL.

1:20.0

This week, John Elway, the architect of the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, joins me,

1:28.0

as well as his division nemesis Philip Rivers, a team in transition, the San Diego Chargers.

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So we'll talk about two AFC West foes.

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Starting with Elway, I thought what was really interesting in our conversation was about how he learns about the

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