Rod Smith epitomized excellence and profesionalism in the NFL.

He is what every player should strive for.

Yes, that includes Elway and Floyd Little! Best Wishes Rod!

Rod Smith was an Undrafted Free Agent. That mean at least 224 players were selected, and his name appeared nowhere among them. He only went on to START on two Super Bowl teams and be counted among the Pro Bowlers.

What Rod Smith achieved was illogical and seemingly impossible. I have one more opportunity to say he is my favorite active player.

Should Rod be nominated to the Hall of Fame? Well, I’m a Broncos fan, of course. But who else has done more to get to the top than he has?

of no classier player in the NFL than Rod Smith.

Will Rod be a first-ballot HOF? No, but he’ll have his day in Canton eventually. For a guy basically coming out of nowhere, he’s done more than anyone could have expected.

If there is any player who exemplifies the h.o.f. (de-emphasis added), Rod Smith is that man.

This is a no brainer and he should be in the HOF without a doubt. Not only was he the best undrafted WR in the NFL, he is also a class act and as UnarmingMermaid stated…...epitomized excellence and professionalism in the NFL.

I would prefer to see about 10 other Broncos enshrined before Rod Smith.

Why do we even ask these questions. The Hall of Fame voters is a collection of Sports Jouranists. Listened to the media the last 20 years? They are a collection of biased individuals. Yes, the political bias even runs rampant in the Sports media.

Look at Denvers Representative – Jeff Legwold, a transplant from Nashville in recent years. He still doesn’t know what year Elway was drafted. This guy spouts his game predictions and personal ctitcism about a team that he knows nothing about, and he’s Denvers representative on the Hall of Fame? What a farce.

And yes, I like Rod Smith, but before Little? Taylor? They are more deserving.

Rod Smith should be a first ballot HOFer in my mind. I agree there are Broncos who should be there as well but Rod has done so much for the team that i dont see how he can be denied.

He will be inducted one day. But I look forward to seeing him on the ring of fame.

The best undrafted player ever!! I will never forget his first TD pass.
Plus one of a few players to have 100 receptions against 3 teams. The AFC West is happy that he retired. But he has passed the torch to Marshall as a threat at WR everytime he plays

...voted on by players and coaches. the nhl has awards voted on in this way, but not for career achievement. who knows better about a player than someone who lined up against him, game-planned for him, etc. i think rod would get in easily in this format, as he is well-respected by his peers and coaches league-wide. i agree the people voting on the hall are not the most qualified, but it is also a difficult task to determine “the man” in the ultimate team sport. does montana get in without walsh? rice? hard to determine, there’s simply too many factors for a sports writer to consider. let the players/coaches decide, they know better

I love that part of the NFL Films videos where Elway calls Rod’s number for that 50 yd hail mary TD vs the Redskins.

In my top 5 favorite Broncos of all time, he exemplifies the words: team, class, professional, humble, work-ethic, leader… should we keep going here?

And I definitely think HoF material, without a doubt. Perhaps 2nd ballot at worst!!! His numbers match up with several HoFers already, but I would almost say that his non-statistical-based attributes should impress even more. His zero-missed off-season sessions, his blocking ability, his leadership on and off the field, his tutelage of younger players, his rise from humble roots (see Denver Post story on his knee injury in college… didn’t know that before), etc etc etc.

Sure it took Monk a long time to get in and we don’t have some very deserving Broncos there too… but 2 wrongs don’t make a right! Rod needs to be in there…

As I have said a few times before on this site… I will wear my #80 jersey with pride even though he is no longer playing the game.

In Rod we trust…

-tunga.

throw in some 97-98 Bronco videos… sigh… good ol nostalgia.

A hero of play and character. You will be remembered.