The Greatest Broncos All Time...By The Numbers - #4

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Brett Lorenzo Favre. We should appoint him as our honorary “Greatest Bronco to Wear #4.” Think about it. We could have John Madden give his induction speech and Anthony Irwin Kornheiser give the toast at the dinner celebration. And maybe, just maybe, #4 himself would grace us with his presence. I hear if you touch his jersey he’ll grant you three wishes!

sorry, couldn’t resist… :)

Granted SG, theres nothing wrong with throwing a dart blindfold. In this case you were probably correct to do so. On the other hand, I have time with nothing better to do, so I choose to waste it researching usless information.

Based on our choices:

Micah Knorr P/K 2002-04 …..He did have a 41.7 avg for 3 years in Denver but is boring
Ruben Rodriguez P 1992…..Plucked from a Construction site he almost saved the day.
Chris Norman P 1986…Just the name makes me sick. Lost us the game vs NYG in 1996
Robert Thompson WR 1987… We was a rookie in Denver, never caught one pass
Rick Duncan K 1967…...2 for 5fg + 3xpts / Then he became a punter and was just as bad.

I’m going out on a limb, and calling Ruben Rodriquez the greatest Bronco to wear #4.

In 1992, Mike Horan tore a knee ligament in week 7 against the Oilers. He was out indefinately. Reeves had to find a replacement that was not on a roster somewhere. In comes RR (Ruben Rodriguez). He had not punted since he was cut in Seattle’s training camp in 1990.

Somehow, Reeves found Rodriguez working in construction in San Diego. He brought RR and two or three other punters in. Ruben got the job. Ironically his first game was in San Diego where he lived.

RR played in 5 games and actually did a fairly good job. His 5 game record was 25 punts for a 42.6 avg. Finally came the Monday night game against Seattle. Denver lost the game 13-16. Rodriguez was placed on waivers Tuesday morning.

I don’t know if he shanked one on Monday night, but Reeves brought in a guy named Darren Parker that was much worse. A few weeks later, the Denver Post reported:

Rodriguez, remember, was the replacement punter the Denver Broncos fired a couple of weeks ago for not knowing the right side of the field from the left side of the field. He had a problem with the two basic lateral directions, but not with either “high” or “far.”

“I was averaging 41.5 yards gross and 34 yards net,” he said. “They told me I couldn’t do the directional and placement stuff they wanted with punts. I really feel I was a scapegoat.”

From their new replacement punter, rookie Daren Parker, the Broncos got neither direction

Doesnt have anyone worthy. On RR, I remember that Seattle game. The seachickens were horrible and the Broncos were coming in to the game 7-4 after a loss to the faders (0-24) and Elway was hurt and Maddox was starting. seattle was 1-10 and Denver needed a win badly. Of course a rookie qb is not going to win many games but this was a no brainer. But reeves was Reeves and the Broncos could not get out of their own way. I think RR had more yards in punts than the Broncos had in total offense.

Crap from Charger fans that year cuz after that loss Denver and the chargers were tied for 2nd and we all know how that season ended with a 3rd place finish. BUT Elway was hurt for 4 games and the Broncos went 0-4 in those games. But that year was horrible offensive year. Denver lost to Phily 30-0, Washington 34-3, raiders 24-0, and KC 42-20. Not to mention only scoring against Seattle 13 and 10 points. Man, I hope those days of inept offensives NEVER come back!!!

It was 3 weeks earlier against the Giants at Mile Hi. That Dallas game was something becuz Reeves rotated Shawn Moore and Tommy Maddox that game. Just like RB’s.
Ya we lost that game 31-27. Aikman got the lead late, whereas Moore/Maddox could not pull an Elway and lead a comeback. This was also the season where Elway led the Broncos to 2 TD’s in the last 5 minutes against the Chefs. (this could be a great post Elways greatest comebacks)

I would love to have revenge on those guys in a super bowl, Also the niners. But they suck so bad I dont know if they will ever see the playoffs again. (well for a while at least)

I have beaten the niners 253-0. It was probably more but the score quit going up after 253 points! Plus I was the MVP QB!!!

but since it was personal (to me) I played some cheat cards

Rick Duncan
Richard Joe Duncan

Position: P-K
Height: 6-0 Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: August 14, 1941 in Mattoon, IL
College: Eastern Montana

History with league

Year Age Tm G GS
1967 26 DEN 2 0
1968 27 PHI 1 0
1969 28 DET 1 0
Career 4 0
1 yr DEN 2 0
1 yr DET 1 0
1 yr PHI 1 0

Kicking
FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP%
5 2 40.00% 3 3 100.00%


5 2 40.00% 3 3 100.00%
5 2 40.00% 3 3 100.00%
Punting
Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P

5 228 55 0 45.6
3 77 29 0 25.7
8 305 55 0 38.1

3 77 29 0 25.7
5 228 55 0 45.6