jsthomp2007 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Okay...I am just trying trying to burn through days till TC starts with some rather cheesy topics. But what can a man really do? Watch Canadian football...maybe? With that said, in the last topic Simon Fletcher came up as a guy who never made a Pro Bowl...so, let's see who the must underrated Broncos are of all-time (which actually seems like a harder topic to discern): Simon Fletcher Jake Plummer Steve Watson Tyrone Braxton Rich Karlis Reuben Carter Craig Morton (he did lead the Broncos to its first Super Bowl) Haven Moses Brian Habib/Tony Jones Ray Crockett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeNBlue86 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I’m a younger fan so I don’t remember the 70s, 80s, even early 90s. But Al Wilson, DeMaryius Thomas, Elvis dumervil, and Peyton Manning come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germ-x Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 After looking at the top 10 lists posted in another thread, I’d have to say Rod Smith. Smith I don’t think replicates what he did in Denver on almost any other team. Small, average athlete. But in terms of Broncos players that get left off of lists and who was an all time great in Denver, he has to be at or near the top of this underrated list. He was an iron man once taking over the starting job, missing less than a handful of games. In his prime was a perennial 1000 yard WR. The only real knock was he wasn’t a big red zone threat and TD producer. Also a high character and class act type of person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7DnBrnc53 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 What about Bob Swenson, one of the OLB's on the Orange Crush defense? He didn't get a whole lot of pub, but he was one of the best LB's in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ11 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Ian Gold and DJ Williams had nice runs with us. Some random names that came to mind. I remember really wanting us to take Steven Jackson over DJ Williams that draft tho lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal_VT Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Aforementioned Plummer, Rod Smith (definitely one of my favorites), Al Wilson. Can we consider Champ Bailey underrated? Screw all this recent Revis talk, Champ's prime lasted 2x as long! Very surprised Trevor Pryce hasn't come up yet, he was great early on in his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bMiller031 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Brandon Lloyd, Kevin Vickerson, Ryan Clady, Tom Nalen, Matt Lepsis, Clinton Portis & WR Brandon Marshall (albeit short stints), Wesley Woodyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsthomp2007 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 6 hours ago, Royal_VT said: Aforementioned Plummer, Rod Smith (definitely one of my favorites), Al Wilson. Can we consider Champ Bailey underrated? Screw all this recent Revis talk, Champ's prime lasted 2x as long! Very surprised Trevor Pryce hasn't come up yet, he was great early on in his career. Oh shoot...Trevor Pryce....at one point was considered the best DL in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I'll go with a Top 3- Lionel Taylor Ray Crockett/Braxton Rich Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicman29 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Barney Chavous, Riley Odem, Otis Armstrong, billy Thompson, steve foley, rick upchurch, just to name a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRNA Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 18 hours ago, BullsandBroncos said: I'll go with a Top 3- Lionel Taylor Ray Crockett/Braxton Rich Jackson Add in Wright, Gradishar and Mecklenberg and it's a pretty nice list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234567 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Al Wilson and Steve Atwater. Atwater got plenty of credit during his playing days, but it's like the entire planet forgot about him the minute he retired. Dude was one of the best safeties to ever play the game for the better part of a decade, but you never hear the "experts" give him props for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal_VT Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I think this is the thread that you can read someones answer and guesstimate their age the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 12:02 PM, AKRNA said: Add in Wright, Gradishar and Mecklenberg and it's a pretty nice list. What about Goose Gousolin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRNA Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 16 hours ago, BullsandBroncos said: What about Goose Gousolin He was great in Denver in the fledgling AFL but wouldn't have made it in the NFL. It wasn't until the late 60's (when the merger was imminent) before AFL talent really closed the gap with the NFL Wright, Gradishar and Mecklenberg however were arguably the best at their positions, league wide, for most of their careers. All three should be in the HOF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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