Adam Schefter on Rumored "Vacation" with Then-Broncos Coach Mike Shanahan: "100 % False"

"“100 percent false. I was working on my book with him, and his family was on vacation. I flew in for two days of interviews. I stayed at a different hotel than his. Then I left. I was not on his bill, it was all mine. I never vacationed with him.”"

And what about the rumor that you were so close with Shanahan that after one of Denver’s Super bowl victories, you rode home on Pat Bowlen’s private jet?

"“False. That was a me and Pat Bowlen issue. The local Denver TV media – channel 4 and channel 9, each of whom I worked for at various points – that covered the team would fly on the team plane, and Bowlen told me, ‘if we win the Super Bowl, you can come on the team plane.’ It wasn’t his private jet. And it had nothing to do with Mike. I sat next to Pat. If you call Pat Bowlen, he’ll confirm this story.”"

We did not attempt to call Pat Bowlen to confirm the story in question.