Happy Labor Day, Omelette readers! Former Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil announced his retirement from the NFL late last week.
From 2006-12, Dumervil recorded 63½ sacks for Denver, which ranks him fifth among the franchise’s career leaders. And he probably would have racked up many, many more if it weren’t for a slow-moving fax machine that ended his tenure in the Mile High City in 2013.
Here’s a look back into The Denver Post archives from that odd day:
Elvis Dumervil lost his spot on the Broncos’ roster because of tardy paperwork and what appears to be a slow-moving fax machine.
One minute, the Broncos were celebrating a new contract that retained Dumervil. Six agonizing minutes later, the Broncos were furious at having to release a three-time Pro Bowler with 63 ½ career sacks off their roster.
Call this the Dumervil Deadline Debacle.
The upstairs floor at Dove Valley was thrown into chaos Friday afternoon when the signature pages on a revised contract from Dumervil, who was in Miami, and his agent Marty Magid, who was in Philadelphia, didn’t show up on the Broncos’ fax machine, which was in Englewood, until 2:06 p.m. — 6 minutes and one second past the deadline to file contracts to the NFL office.
When the Broncos did not have the paperwork, they released Dumervil in lieu of guaranteeing his $12 million salary for the 2013 season. By cutting Dumervil, the Broncos are confronted with $4.869 million in dead money they can’t spend against their $123 million salary cup.
— , The Denver Post
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