Mike Bluem - Director of Football Administration for Broncos
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 10:25 am
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Bluem in love with salary cap demands
The 33-year-old thrives as the team's cap specialist
By Bill Williamson
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 04/22/2007 11:19:45 PM MDT
Mike Bluem has been the Broncos' director of football administration since 2001, working with the salary cap and player contracts. He started with the team as an intern in 1995.
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At Dove Valley, others are in charge of finding talent. It's Mike Bluem's job to find a way to get it done.
"I'm not the 'who.' I'm the 'how,"' said the precocious Broncos administrator, who has worked his way up from a 21-year-old intern to his current role of director of football administration at age 33. "It's my job to think of ways of helping the team, staying within league and cash-flow limits."
This weekend during the NFL draft, Bluem won't be responsible for adding the final pieces to the new-look Broncos roster. But the salary cap administrator is an important cog. It is Bluem's responsibility to determine whether the Broncos can afford to move up in the draft.