After what seemed like centuries, John Elway and Von Miller were able to agree on a contract that puts Miller in a Broncos jersey through the 2021 season.

The six-year extension, worth $114.5 million with $70 million guaranteed, solidifies that Miller will suit-up on Sundays after threatening that he would sit out if he remained under the league’s franchise tag option. This should give Broncos fans everywhere the ability to sleep soundly at night knowing that the face of the franchise and “Dancing With the Stars” favorite is set on being in orange and blue “FOR LIFE.”

But the negotiation practices used by Elway were somewhat anomalous and uncommon, at least according to Miller’s agent, Joby Branion.

“[Elway] is just extremely competitive. I can say that the negotiation approach that he and his team uses is a bit unorthodox and unconventional but you can’t argue with the effectiveness and we don’t know unless we’re in their room what their ultimate goals are,” Branion told Pro Football Talk. “They’re a little different but, hey, there are a lot of people that use a lot of different approaches to negotiate.”

Unconventional is not a bad thing. In fact, it is actually quite a compliment to Elway.

Philosophy expert Andrea Borghini says, “unconventionality requires some sort of creativity, the capacity to have a vision and the skills to carry it out.”

Elway’s alternative approach is a competitive advantage for the Broncos. His competitive nature and creative thinking has been a catalyst to carrying out his vision for this team. He has not only been innovative in managing the roster, but also in overseeing dollars and cents. Who else on planet earth could get Peyton Manning to take a $4 million pay cut? Some general managers might have reached for Colin Kaepernick and his $11.9 million salary, but not Elway.

These “unorthodox and unconventional” techniques are how he snagged arguably the biggest name to ever go through free agency in Manning, and also how he has signed the Broncos’ core group of defenders through the 2019 season.

With Elway at the helm, the Broncos will be good for a long time.