John Elway, who took over as Denver's chief of football operations this year, said that during his first foray into the draft room, "I felt like I was playing a football game. I think that's why I was exhausted every night." Elway said he constantly paced the meeting room just like he used to do in the locker room before games or on the sideline between possessions. "I was excited," Elway said. "Especially when you look at that board and you start getting closer to your pick and you've talked to the pick you want and then they're falling to where you want ... I was up pacing, walking around, getting nervous, hoping that the guy would fall to us. "Even when I was playing football, I never sat. I didn't sit down much. I was always pacing when I was playing football on the bench, too."