05-28-25 Hour 1 of Broncos Country Tonight with Zach Segars

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everybody, and welcome back to some more post Rockies
Broncos Country tonight. Once again filling in as your host,
You've got Zach Seegers here covering for Benjamin Albright and
Nick Ferguson. Today, we're going to look at the Denver
Broncos roster as it currently stands, and you know, what

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moves can they make to continue tinkering with that roster
between now and the start of the season. I think
a lot of people in Broncos Country are excited for
what this team could accomplish this year. It's probably the
most hopeful the fan base has been since. I guess
twenty twenty two is pretty hopeful. But you were going
off of pure speculation there, you know, you weren't building

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on top of an already proven product like they will
be this year. So it's I don't know, maybe the
most concrete hope, maybe the best way to put it
since heading into that twenty fifteen season where they won
the Super Bowl, and that's a really fun place for
this team to be. Yet in to that hope, you know,
they if they want to keep climbing the ladder, if

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they want to be able to hang with the AFC's elite.
They might want to make a few more additions to
their roster between now and the start of the season.
Make sure they're not heading into that matchup undermanned in
any way, shape or form, because as much as this
roster has improved, there are still some serious shortcomings on it.

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You know, the Broncos are still giving Russell Wilson, or
the money's already given to him, but their cap is
still accounting for thirty million dollars in Russell Wilson dead
cap space. You know, that's thirty million dollars less they
have to invest on their assortment of players than pretty
much anyone else in the league. You know that, not
to mention all the missing draft picks. That's a lot

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of talent the Broncos haven't been able to add that
other teams have been able to between the picks and
all that money. So there are definitely still some shortcomings,
but they can be addressed between now on the start
of the season. So how should the Broncos go about
addressing them? And what are those shortcomings? Chief among them
I think is linebacker, which might be surprising considering you know,

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they drafted ke Robinson, who maybe does a little bit
of that, but primarily they signed Drake Greenlaw, who's one
of their biggest, if not their biggest offseason acquisition and
amazing talent. You know, if healthy, is probably the best
linebacker the Broncos have had since Danny Trevathan, maybe even
longer back than that, but that if looms large. Injuries

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are a very real concern with Drake Greenlaw. He plays
a very violent, physical style and while that makes him
a great piece on the defense, it does leave him
vulnerable to injuries and therefore missed time. That's concerning when
you look at what the Broncos have aside him and
behind him in that room. Alex Singleton has been a

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subpar starting linebacker ever since his first year in Denver.
Twenty twenty two was a great season for Alex Singleton
and no one will debate that, but twenty twenty three
and twenty twenty four were both lackluster. You know, ranked
top ten in the league both those seasons in missed
tackle rate was a negative as a coverage player both

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those seasons as well, so you know, struggling as a tackler.
And I know the totals are good, but top ten
missed tackle rate, so struggling as an extent to it
to an extent as a tackler rather and then also
a problem in coverage. He's now on the wrong side
of thirty is Grant and Ben love laughing at with me,
but he's on the wrong side of thirty and coming
off in ACL taar, you know, and an ACL tear.

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He played the rest of the game on that. I'm
not a doctor, but there's a reason why generally they
don't advise you doing that after tearing and ACL. You know,
it has that created maybe some long term concerns in
terms of coming back from that injury. I don't know.
I don't have the degree, but I imagine it's not
a positive beyond that, you know, So you already have

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a problem as it stands. You know, your starters are
Green Lawn Singleton. Even if those guys are healthy for
all seventeen regular season games into the playoffs, there's a
chance Singleton isn't cutting it anymore. And that's a problem
area where the Broncos are maybe kicking themselves in October
for not upgrading it or giving themselves another option in

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case Singleton struggles. So right now, there are other options
in that room are justin Sernad, who I think was
good for much of last year as a backup player,
but should be put in that backup role, as demonstrated
by how he was picked on by opposing offenses down
the stretch. It took offenses a while to key in
on him, and he had some strong games, but those

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final few games of the season were Sternod's worst, and
with good reason. It was because defenses realized, hey, we
can go at this guy. Your offenses realized we can
go at this guy, and so they went at him,
and they went at him hart. Outside of that, you've
got Drew Sanders, who highly drafted guy, a lot of
athletic talent, exciting piece. He has yet to demonstrate really

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to any level that he can be a quality inside
linebacker in the NFL. He's a nice special teams piece,
you know, we've seen him make some splash plays here there,
but there really is nothing suggesting, Hey, if Singleton isn't
cutting it, you can put Drew Sanders in and you're fine.
There's nothing suggesting that that we've seen. Maybe he's looked
good in practice, but even then that's a big projection,

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a big leap of faith, you know, do you want?
And it could be a year where the Broncos are,
you know, borderline contenders. Do you want to thake that
on Drew Sanders being ready to pick up the slack
with how little we've seen. I don't think you do.
I don't think that's a wise gamble. But don't worry.
You know, there are solutions. We're not just highlighting problems

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here without any solutions, because there are some very appealing Frankly,
this isn't the case for all the Broncos remaining flaws,
but there are some pretty appealing inside linebackers out there
who you know, admittedly aren't difference makers at this point
their career, but could absolutely provide a little assurance or
depth in case of injury, you know that's always a

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present concern, or if Singleton just isn't uh to par
I think chief among those names are CJ. Moseley and
Jawan Bentley. Now. CJ. Mosley is going to be thirty three.
This season hasn't really been the same since he suffered
that serious injury with the Jets a few years back,

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but he is still even if he's not, you know,
one of the premium players at his position anymore. He
is still a quality starting linebacker. You know, he's not
a negative. He is a fine starting linebacker. You can
plug in and trust. He's not going to raise the
ceiling of the room probably, but he will undoubtedly give
it a higher floor than it currently has. And you know,

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let the Broncos know, hey, even if Singleton is nowhere
near the same guy coming off that ACL will be
fine because we've got a guy who is a very
solid starter we can plug in and go from there.
Also a really intelligent player. You know, this Broncos defense
is really really talented, but there's also a fair number

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of I mean, at least in comparison to thirty three
year old CJ. Mosley, in experience or younger players on
that defense. Mosley could provide some good veteran leadership. You know,
the Jets weren't competing in the playoffs, but he started
his career in Baltimore where he was on playoff teams
pretty perennially, knowing how to uphold that standard year over

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year on a great defense. You know, I think those
may be less pronounced elements or less obvious elements, are
also quality reasons why CJ. Mosley should be considered here
the other name Juwan Bentley, and that one's even more appealing.
He'll be just twenty nine this season and still has
a good bit left in the tank. He was a

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solid linebacker for the New England Patriots each of the
last few seasons, frankly, one of their better defensive starters.
It was surprising that they cut him this season. Now.
He's a bit of a thumper as a linebacker, a
guy you want defending the run, and you know, despite
how great green Laws movement skills are, that's a little redundant.

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Both those guys would be thumpers. However, Broncos already have
that problem with Alex Singleton. You know, it's not like
you're taking some coverage ace off the field to put
You're not taking Fred Warner off the field to put
Bentley on there, right, You're taking a player who's already
a coverage liability and probably replacing him with someone who's

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even less of one. If the Broncos were to sign Bentley, Frankly,
I think he probably beats Singleton in a fair training
camp competition. I think he's been better each of these
past two seasons, and was doing it in a worse
defensive ecosystem for a lot of that, and isn't coming
off a devastating ACL injury to where I think you

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feel more confident projecting what the twenty twenty five version
of Bentley is, or may be a better way to
put it. He's way less likely to have to suffer
a sharp, sharp decline, which you Singleton, considering the injury
and his age, is more likely to experience. And the Broncos, again,
given the depth in my room, just can't really afford

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that other side of the ball. Running back, you know,
despite that kind of coming into the off season is
the most squaring need they're leaving in the off season
with its still being in glaring need. I love R. J.
Harvey the draft prospect. I really liked Odric Estimate the
draft prospect. We really haven't seen either of those guys

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do anything in the NFL, and with Harvey it's because
he's a rookie, he just entered the league. But still
we haven't seen either of those guys do anything in
the NFL that suggests they can spearhead a above average
rushing attack. Now, I think it's a sensible gamble. I
could see it paying off for the Broncos. But once again,

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the floor in that room is very very low, you know,
because you've got Julia McLaughlin, You've got you know, Tyler Bidet,
Blake Watson. Last year's running back room was starved for help,
and we saw what those guys were allowed to offer. Then,
you know, why would you feel any amount of confidence
that this year would be much better when when they've

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already demonstrated you know, ah, when their numbers called, that's
what they're offering. Maybe Bidday takes a big leap, but
we're I know, he hasn't played a lot. We're like
in year five of his NFL career, it seems kind
of unlikely. Maybe Blake Watson can be the savior. But
if he's so great, why wasn't he cracking the rotation
at all last year when they were begging for someone

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to do it. Maybe it'll be Julie, But again, if
it is, why wasn't that happening last year so Gambles
could pay off and they could have a great run game. Like,
the ceiling is very high this year, you got too,
There's a lot of variants in there, but trigging that
variance down by adding a higher floor option, which you
know there aren't many out there, but there are some
out there I think would be wise. And really the

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option that sticks out like a sore thumb because it's
so much better than the rest is JK. Dobbins. Dobbins
was a subpar starter last year, but he would still
represent an upgrade on what the Broncos had at running
back last season. As a result, signing Dobbins grant, you
can only give him so much of a workload given

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his injury concerns, but signing Dobbins would pretty much ensure
the floor of the twenty twenty five Broncos running back
room couldn't be any lower than it was last season.
Plus you still have the seiling benefits of maybe Estimate
and Door Harvey are upgrades on what Dobbins could potentially

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offer you. And Dobbins gets relegated to that number three role,
but you'd feel find about that because he's proven he
contribute on special teams. He's proven he can contribute as
kind of that more niche role player, you know, a
pass protector, a limited role pass catcher, a short yardage back.
You know he can thrive in that more niche setting too.

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Now the Bronco or sorry, the Chargers released him in
a very creative way that makes it so that if
a team signs him, they're going to hurt themselves in
the compensatory pick formula, and the Broncos don't want to
do that. Neither does any other team. So we're kind
of seeing this holding pattern play out over the past
several months now. In June June first, I'm pretty sure

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when that embargo lists and you're able to sign these guys,
I think the Broncos would be very wise to make
sure they're at the front of the line when it
comes to JK. Dobbins. Just the run game is going
to be so important for Boonix's development and for this
team's hopes in twenty six or sorry, twenty twenty five

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and beyond into twenty twenty six into twenty twenty seven.
Don't put yourself in a position where you're maybe having
to ask your second year quarterback to carry the offense
on his back. That's how bad habits start to form.
That's how you can you know, ruin a player that
had such a promising first year. You know, Mac Jones
won Offensive Rookie of the Year or at least finished

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his runner up, very promising first campaign, trails off horribly
after that because they gave him not enough coaching around him,
not enough support around him. He kind of lost his confidence,
shriveled up, and really couldn't rEFInd his form. Now. I
don't think that happens with Bonix, but don't leave yourself

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open to that possibility. Don't put your in a put
yourself in a position where that could happen. Now, if
they're not able to pull off the JK. Dobbins signing,
it should be noted not all will be lost. There
are still there's still a decent backup play with Nick Chubb.
But Nick Chubb by really any way you want to
measure it. The yards per carry EPA per carrey rushing

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success rate was a worse running back than Javonte last year,
and that's with Javonte being one of the worst performing
running backs in the sport. Now, Nick Chubb is not
nearly as removed from that injury as Javonte Williams. Javonte
Williams injury was two years old last season. Chubb was
just one year removed, so in that sense, maybe another

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year off, he's better this year. He's back to being
a solid contributor. But last year really all he was
for the Cleveland He was what Javante was for the Broncos.
He was a pass blocker. You didn't expect him to
make plays as a receiver, and he was a negative
as a designed runner. He was just a guy you

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could trust to make the right call in pass protection
and hold up a little there. Now the Broncos need
estimate Harvey. Both inexperienced NFL backs. You want to backup
plan there to make sure you are protecting bone Nicks.
So if if not Dobbins, they should sign Hubbs, so
they have an option that you know, he might not

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raise the floor of the run game, but he will
raise the floor of your ability to protect the quarterback.
And that's obviously very important. Still, when these guys are
gonna cost about the same, you know, you look at
the running back market right now, it looks like neither
of these guys are going to sign for over three
million dollars. Two million dollars might be even out of

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their reach when the gap between the two options is
at least financially that small, but on the field seems
so large, you know, why not swing for Dobbins. Dobbins
Big Knock is going to be injuries. Well, Chubb has
that same concern, except it's much more present. So you know,
it makes sense why the Moroncos haven't done it so far.

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They don't want to, you know, burn a seventh round
pick this signing, which they'd probably be doing. But once
that comp pic deadline ends, they should be right on JK. Dobbins.
Bring him in and make sure you're providing Bonus with
some solid options at running back for the upcoming season.
Speaking of this upcoming season, the Denver Broncos have announced

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to Marrius Thomas is getting enshrined in their Ring of
Fame in Week seven against the New York Giants, which
other Denver Broncos deserve that honor and should be enshrined
alongside him. We'll talk about that in the next segment
coming up on KOA eight fifty am ninety four to
one FM night post Rockies Broncos Country Tonight. Filling in

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as your host once again, it's Zach Siegers here, coming
to you after a Rockies game, looking at the Broncos
and thank goodness we have the Broncos to distract ourselves
from Nuggets and Abs coming up short, the Rockies being
disp winning the Broncos. I think we've got a lot
of hope around that team in Denver this summer, and

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with good reason. Some exciting news that came out this
past week is that the team is going to be
honoring the late Damarius Thomas in their Week seven game
against the New York Giants when the Giants come to
town here in Denver. I think that's going to be
such a cool moment. Obviously, d Team means so much

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to this fan base. You you see so many posts
on social media about him even still and how much
he meant to fans specifically of my generation, you know,
the Millennials, the Gen z Ers. I think he's always
going to be one of the iconic players for those
fans for the decades of the twenty or the decade
of the twenty tens, which you know, was such a

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great time in franchise history with the Peyton Manning run
and the Tim Tebow run, you know, as fun as
that was, and Damarius Thomas is obviously huge parts of
all of that, you know, huge, huge part of the
greatest offense in NFL history with those twenty thirteen Denver Broncos.
So really cool to see him get that moment, Such

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a cool game to be at, such a cool experience.
Not only are you going to get to root against
Russell Wilson, but you're going to get to celebrate Damarius
Thomas in front of his family, you know, and to
celebrate the amazing player in person he was in this community.
But that got me thinking, who else might we see
added to that ring of fame that you know isn't

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up there already. Recent years we've had Shanahan and Manning,
so they've started checking off some of the big ones,
you know, Damarius Thomas now being another one of the
big no brainers checked off. Who else is kind of
on the outside looking in? So I came up with
a quick top ten list. I couldn't even be held
to ten. So we've got some honorable mentions for you

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as well. And let's start with those three active guys
who I think are going to be right in the
mix once their careers finish out. You know, they're still
playing right now, so who knows how things are going
to close out, But I think Garrett Bulls and Courtland Sutton,
you know, being with this franchise for nearly a decade each.

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That gets you a long ways towards you know, those
those types of honors and gets you up in the
different respective statistical leader boards. Sutton is starting to enter
some verified air in the Broncos receiving leaderboards career receiving
leader boards, so he'll have a strong case here shortly.
And with those guys being career long Broncos. Now, that

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could obviously change, which is why they're honorable mentions right now.
But if they retire as lifelong Broncos who you know,
give you a decade of service and a lot of
its high end play, I think it's more likely than
not that they end up in the Ring of Fame.
Justin Simmons two, you know, he he's not on the
Broncos now, but with I don't think it's impossible that

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he would come back to Denver at some point, even
if he doesn't. You know, he was the figurehead of
the team for a lengthy chapter in franchise history. Now
it wasn't a great chapter in franchise history, but that
wasn't Simmons' fault. And I think if you can honor
Floyd Little and all he did for the franchise and
what was also a not great chapter. So those three

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are all going to have strong cases. There is an
active player in the top ten, but it's such a
no brainer he couldn't be left off. Let's start off
at number ten. A bit of a sleeper Tyrone Braxton. Now,
for those of you who don't know, Braxton spent twelve

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years in Denver between eighty seven and ninety nine, had
a brief little sojourn with the Miami Dolphins. Was a
starring piece of the secondary that went back to back
with those Super Bowl titles in the late nineties, and
those twelve years in Denver are hard to beat. Finishes
with thirty four career interceptions, is the Bronco for touchdowns,

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eight forced fumbles, all of which rank very well on
all time leader boards. So I think Tyrone Braxton also
did it all as a twelfth round pick. Tyrone Braxton,
I think a little sleeper there for the number ten
spot as a guy on the outskirts of you know,
maybe consideration Ryan Clady opposite end of the spectrum, a

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very modern guy. First round pick was just a lock
down left tackle for the Denver Broncos from twenty eight
to twenty fourteen. During that time, he made four Pro Bowls,
two All Pro teams. The problem for him is just
a very short stop in Denver. Only played seven seasons,

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really only six, with the twenty thirteen season the year
the offense was at its best. Unfortunately, he only played
two games as a result of injury, and that really
hurts his case. Twenty eleven, twenty twelve, and twenty fourteen
are Pro Bowl seasons for him. He is an All
Pro though in two thousand and nine and twenty twelve,
so this was you know, peak of his powers. Second

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team All Pro. Also as a rookie, even finished third
and Offensive Rookie of the Year, which tells you how
incredible he was right from the jump as a tackle
to finish that well in the voting for an award
like Offensive Rookie of the Year. But injuries just cut
his career short. But when he was on the field,
he was amazing, one of the best tackles in the league.

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You know, he just unfortunately suffers from it being a
poor chapter in Bronco's history. Honestly, kind of a similar
case to Justin Simmons, except maybe his play was you know,
even more outstanding. And even more rare, just an even
shorter tenure, a less visible position, and as a result

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he gets forgot about some definitely more than he deserves
to be. But he is an all time great Denver
Bronco and lands at number nine on this list as
a result. Picking up the pace. Here we've got DeMarcus
Ware at eight and a Keep to Leave at seven.
Now these are very similar cases, so it was hard
for me to divorce the two obviously key pieces in

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the Broncos incredible run from you know, twenty eleven through
twenty fifteen, the Keep to Leave and you know they
hang around even a little after that twenty fifteen run,
but that being obviously the peak for the Broncos during
that chapter in their franchise history, and it keeps leaving
DeMarcus where we're incredible players. DeMarcus Ware. You know, everyone

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talks about von Miller's twenty fifteen run. DeMarcus Ware was
maybe the best player a period in those playoffs on
any team. You look at his stats and they are ridiculous,
getting multiple sacks and darn near every game, you know,
forcing turnovers and not to detract anything from von Vaughn
was amazing and deserved all his flowers as the Super

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Bowl MVP. Those two guys might have been the two
best players in that year's playoffs. They were possessed, and
you know, if they don't play at that level, who
knows if the Broncos win that Super Bowl. So that one,
you know, you have to give where credit there and
to leave. I mean, taleb is, you know, despite a
fairly short stint in Denver, one of the best cornerbacks

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in franchise history. And this is a franchise with incredible
cornerback history. You know, there's a lot of cornerbacks already
up there with Champ Bailey. Of course, Lewis Wright, Patrick's
Ertan's gonna be in that Ring of Fame one day,
no doubt. So keep to leave, you know, a ranking
favorably against those other defensive backs despite such a short stint,

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I think speaks volumes about the talent he was and
the impact he made in Denver. So he comes in
at number seven. At number six, I put one of
you know who I think is maybe the most slept
on Denver bron Go of all time. And maybe that's
just me showing my age here, but I think Trevor

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Price is criminally underrated, you know, not a big part
because he was a rookie in nineteen ninety seven, but
part of that back to back run for the Denver
Broncos in the late nineties. Really his peak years were
in the early two thousands, but during that run, which
was also a solid run for the Broncos, he makes
first team All Pro once, he makes second team All

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Pro another time, he has four straight Pro Bowl years,
and then in two thousand and three, despite not making
the Pro Bowl or getting the All Pro nod, he
finishes fourth in Defensive Player of the Year voting. And
if he hangs around for two thousand and six, which
was when he finally left Denver, he goes to Baltimore

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and is a fifth place defensive of the Player of
the Year entry. So if he finishes his career out
in Denver, this is probably already done and he's already
probably up there still as it stands, play starts one
hundred and fourteen games in his Broncos tenure over nine years,

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finished his his career with sixty four sacks, three hundred
and twenty five total tackles, sixty four tackles for loss.
His approximate value which is a Pro Football reference created
metric is Our ranks incredibly well. It's twenty fourth with
seventy five points of approximate value various Thomas had seventy

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six during his Broncos tenure. Just to demonstrate, you know,
he is, Trevor Price is right there in terms of
being deserving. Steve Foley's already in that Ring of Fame,
He's at seventy three. Price there at seventy five. Chris
Harris Junior, a guy who I think a lot of
people would love to see in that list, He's at
seventy four. Ryan Clady, who he just talked about, He's

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at seventy. So Trevor Price is absolutely in the range
in terms of, you know, contributions to the franchise to
get that nod to be in the Ring of Fame.
Just think he is another player suffering from playing in
an overlooked chapter of franchise history. Also probably hurts that
he spent five six seasons outside of Denver to you know,

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nine in Denver, so that's meaningful too, but it doesn't
change the fact he's one of the best players in
franchise history and probably deserves to have his name up
there kicking off the top five. Here Jake Plumber, Jake
the Snake, probably the third best quarterback in franchise history.

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Bow Nick's looking to change that. But you know, after
Peyton Manning and John Elway, there's a big drop to
number three. But I think Jake Plumber probably earns that
Nod continues to be beloved in the community. So that's
a nice plus two. The problem for him is he
had an incredibly short stint in Denver, only playing four
seasons with the Broncos, and you know that definitely holds

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him back. But you know, as a thirty nine and
fifteen record during those seasons, had a great run in
two thousand and five, of course that everyone remembers very fondly, fondly,
seventy one touchdowns to forty seven interceptions. You know, an
incredibly fun player, really the almost ideal archetype for that
Mike Shanahan offense, you know, not John Elway. But it

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did a fantastic job there. Things ended a little messy,
which I imagine also hurts him, but again, just playing the
quarterback position, being one of the best at that position
in France franchise history, he deserves mention al Wilson I
have at number four, one of my favorite players from
my youth. Just an awesome, you know, kind of old school,

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hard nosed middle linebacker and was just a beast. You know.
His career also cut tragically short early into my days
of watching the Denver Broncos. I still remember that going
down and how hard that was to watch at just
twenty nine. For him too, you know, because he entered
the NFL so young, five Pro Bowl nods, two All

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Pro nods, one of those being First team during his
eight years in Denver. But you could argue he was
just hitting his peak as two thousand and five and
two thousand and six, his last two seasons playing were
his two All Pro years. So if it doesn't get
cut short, you know how much how much higher a
team is even held in you know, talking about approximate

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value again, he's at seventy eight, Drelt Davis is at eighty,
Floyd Little, who's got his jersey retired, is at eighty three.
So he had a remarkable career in Denver. I think
he absolute Gary Zimmerman, you know, I guess that's a
very different case, a shorter stint, but the point stance
he was an amazing player in franchise history. Kind of
again suffers from being in that forgotten early two thousand's

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chapter for the franchise, but you know, that team was
still winning at a high level, and he was one
of the key cogs in the defense, you know, outside
of Champ Bailey, maybe the key cog. And the tragedy
of his situation also makes it easy to root for
him and want to see him immortalized with the franchise
because one has to think, you know, if that injury

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doesn't happen that, you know, two three more years of
that career, a couple more Pro Bowl nods, he's already
up there. And so I think that helps bolster his
case a little bit. Top three here, Chris Harris Junior.
You know, Chris Herris Junior. I think is is such
a great choice because he was at the height of
his powers as the nickel position was becoming more and

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more of a thing. Kind of helped pioneer, not piot
because you know, it dates back in football for a
long time, but as nickel was becoming the base defense
kind of pioneered that movement. As that elite nickel corner
helped change how all pro teams were built and voted
on because of how good he was in the Nickel.

(30:54):
It was absolutely one of the big contributors to that movement,
you know, and as a Nickel in an era when
they were welooked was in Who's the best corner in
the League debates with Patrick Peterson with Richard Sherman, vital
part of the Broncos great run. During that stretch of
the early twenty tens, things ended a little rough, you know,

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with him reportedly going to the Chargers for less money
I believe was the reporting at the time, and fans
of course took that personally. But you know, the stuff happens.
I think it would be a real shame if that
one moment, you know, where maybe tempers flared or emotions
got high clouded. What was such an amazing Broncos career

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and something that really should be immortalized, you know, not
all ten of these guys are going to see their
name in the Ring of Fame. I think all of
these top four really deserve it and should be in there.
Chris Harris, he hasn't been retired for long enough to
be considered. I think his day is coming soon, and
I hope I'm right in that number two surprised me.
I could have sworn this guy was already in the

(31:59):
Ring of Fame Ed McCaffrey. You know, granted, this is
another one where I'm talking a little before my era,
but one of I feel like the most famous, most
iconic broncos of the franchise's entire history. I think he
should absolutely be in the Ring of Him and then
also just a Colorado icon in general, with what he's

(32:21):
done at Valor and whatnot. And maybe you could argue
that shouldn't help his case. You know, I'd go to Valor.
I'm not the biggest fan, I idle root for them,
but you know, I do think being that type of
Colorado icon helps his case. He's another one where you know,
his career is probably even greater, and maybe he's already
in there if not for a tragic injury or a

(32:44):
tragic ending to his story. So I think that should
in a sense help or be considered that. You know,
not only was he a great player and part of
these incredible runs in franchises history, probably the peak of
the franchise, but it could have been even greater had
he not had a really unfortunate injury. Last, but not least,

(33:07):
and you know this one, no one's going to be
surprised by von Miller. Von Miller has to be number one.
You know, if anyone else is going to get their
jersey retired. No I talked a little about the Marus
Thomas at the front. Von Miller might be that guy.
Just such an iconic player in franchise history, you know,
a fan favorite of course, played here so long. Bouncing

(33:30):
around after the fact maybe hurts the case some, but
that might hurt the case for jersey retirement. He is
undeniably going up in that ring of fame and deservably
so he just has to retire and then wait the
required amount years, which I believe it's five, so we
can be considered for that illustrious honor. Coming up next,

(33:53):
we're gonna look at where this Denver Broncos roster is
still weak and how they can fix that before the
season gets here, because they're running out of time, but
there's still some weeks they can play with here, upgrade
that roster and make sure they're ready to compete in
a loaded AFC. Stick around for that more Broncos Country
tonight after the break on KOA fifty ninety four one FM,