Franchise Firsts
This week the Denver Broncos host the Pittsburgh Steelers in week three of preseason play, a Sunday night telecast sure to generate nice national interest via FOX.
The Broncos have an interesting history with the Pittsburgh franchise, and here are a few “franchise firsts” on the series.
Broncos Considered Among Most Valuable
Terrell Davis. Shannon Sharpe. Steve Atwater. Randy Gradishar. Tom Jackson. Karl Mecklenburg. Tom Nalen. Louis Wright. Lyle Alzado. Rick Upchurch.
They are some of the best players to ever don a Broncos uniform. None were picked higher than the 14th overall selection in the NFL draft, and one was picked as late as the 310th overall selection in the 12th round.
Not coincidentally, they are all up for consideration to be named one of the 75 Most Valuable Draft Picks in league history.
Fans can vote on NFL.com now — voting ends April 18 — choosing between pairs of players randomly generated from a list of 320 all-time most valuable draft picks as chosen by NFL.com editors. After choosing the winners of 30 random matchups, fans can begin to build their own Top 10 list, and continue voting from there to alter their top 10.
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Seven Broncos Among Hall of Fame Class of 2009 Nominees
Gary Zimmerman just entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2008.
The class of 2009 has seven former Broncos among the 133 players, coaches and contributers who make up the preliminary list of nominees for election to the Hall of Fame’s newest class.
Former Denver Broncos S Steve Atwater (1989-98), RB Terrell Davis (1995-2002), LB Tom Jackson (1973-86), LB Karl Mecklenburg (1983-94), Head Coach Dan Reeves (1981-92), TE Shannon Sharpe (1990-99, 2002-03) and CB Louis Wright (1975-86) are the Broncos who made the preliminary list of modern-era nominees.
Sharpe is one of 11 first-year eligible nominees for election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, meaning this is the first year he met all of the requirements for induction — meaning he’s been retired at least five years.
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