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1. For every Super Bowl-winning architect, there is the inevitable raid of that builder's work. It comes from the NFL's birds of free agency, circling overhead and strategically invading from places like Houston, Jacksonville and Chicago.Official Nike Cleveland Browns Jerseys Denver Broncos general manager John Elway knows this predatory game because he is the executive who most recently perfected it. Lest anyone forget, that's how these Broncos won the Super Bowl in February, loaded with a roster accentuated by players groomed elsewhere. Specifically, with the prize free-agent assemblage of 2014: cornerback Aqib Talib, linebacker DeMarcus Ware, safety T.J. Ward and wideout Emmanuel Sanders. That class was seized to maximize the descending championship opportunities of quarterback Peyton Manning. Now that it has, Elway has been greeted with the opposite edge of his own free-agent sword. Chiefly the loss of vital young players, whose talents and opportunities intersected at the perfect moment. Budding quarterback starter Brock Osweiler, cornerstone defensive end Malik Jackson, hardhat linebacker Danny Trevathan was a trio that represented the flagship free-agent haul of 2016. That group was divvied up and sent to various corners of the NFL. This is what makes Elway the most challenged general manager of this offseason.Cheap Wholesale He lost vital pieces but not the championship expectations that they helped instill. Cleveland Browns Jerseys That's not to say there aren't tough jobs elsewhere. In truth, little comes easy to any NFL general manager. Guys like the New Orleans Saints' Mickey Loomis and New York Jets' Mike Maccagnan find themselves in need of talent but are firmly pressed against their salary cap limits. The Philadelphia Eagles' Howie Roseman is pressing the reset button on a litany of recent roster mistakes. And Paul DePodesta, the Cleveland Browns' chief strategy officer, is attempting to revive a decaying franchise with methods that have apparently drawn mockery among his peers. But Elway is under a different pressure. In only four years, he has made a handful of aggressive moves that have defined his suddenly elite profile as an executive: the dumping of Tim Tebow and the serendipitous Manning sweepstakes in 2012; the successful salary cap splurge of 2014; and the overhaul of the head coach and coordinator positions prior to the 2015 season. If you're running a finger along the timeline that turned the Broncos into a Super Bowl champion, it's impossible to miss those offseason pivot points. All three were high-risk and high-reward. And all three were Elway-inspired, his executive adaptation of squeezing a frozen rope completion into triple coverage. What he faces now will say as much about him as an executive as anything he has already accomplished. As hard as it is to build a Super Bowl roster, it might be more difficult to retool a championship team when the rest of the league comes swooping in to pick it apart. Particularly when there is no Manning to be had in the offseason, and little cap space to exchange free-agency cannon fire.