A career is a compilation of moments, most of them pretty normal and a few that, if you are lucky, stand out as incredible, remarkable, even extraordinary events.

Those are the kinds of moments that have you remembering where you were when the event took place.

I have been fortunate enough to be part of the two greatest single player acquisition press conferences in Denver Broncos history, almost 30 years removed from each other.

The other Bronco who was present at both is John Elway.

At the first one, back in 1983, he was the guest of honor as he joined the team by trade from the Baltimore Colts.

Since then a lot has happened, including the move of the Colts from Baltimore to Indianapolis.

And now, here we are in 2012, somewhat of a surreal moment as we watched Broncos Executive Vice President of Football Operations and Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway introduce his enormous and astonishing quarterback free agent signing—Peyton Manning, certain future Hall of Famer recently released by the Indianapolis franchise.