Tom Nalen

by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 6, 2008 5:56 PM MDT Comment 16 comments

I was perusing a wonderful website, coldhardfootballfacts.com. I cam across an article that was for the most underrated player in the NFL. I guess they had some poll. Well the poll takers got it wrong. CHFF crew went over the rosters of all 32 teams and came with a top 5. 5. London Fletcher, LB, Washington 4. Derrick Brooks, LB, Tampa Bay 3. Tra Thomas, T, Philadelphia 2. Aaron Smith, DE, Pittsburgh 1. Tom Nalen, C, DENVER Its nice when a site like CHFF recognizes a great player that lets his playing do the talking. My question is this, is Tom Nalen then best Offensive lineman in the history of the Broncos?

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Is Tom Nalen the best offensive lineman in Bronco history

Yes

28 votes

No, see below

12 votes

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Yes.

Broncos have had some very good OL’s over the years – tackles Dave Studdard amd Caludie Minor (and Zimmerman), guards Tom Glassic and Paul Howard come to mind. Also, a very good, undersized and underrated center from the 70’s – 80’s, whose name escapes my old brain right now, was a nalen type. But Nalen is the best ever.

while yet unspoken, you are master of the word. After it is spoken, the word is master of you.

by bradley on Sep 6, 2008 6:10 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Billy Bryan?

by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 6, 2008 6:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not the center ...

.. I was thinking of, if by naming Billy Bryan you meant that.

while yet unspoken, you are master of the word. After it is spoken, the word is master of you.

by bradley on Sep 6, 2008 6:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mike Montler

was another center, he was on the Super Bowl XII team

by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 7, 2008 2:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bobby Maples?

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by DesertBroncoFan on Sep 8, 2008 12:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I gotta go with Zimm.........................

He’s the stud LT we needed to get the 2 rings.

The player who thinks he can and the player who knows he can are two different players, which one are you???

by Broncofan on Sep 6, 2008 6:37 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

zimm only has 1

tony “t-bone” jones filled in admirably for ring #2. in fact, we were a more dominant team the second time around. not that he was better, just saying. for me, tom nalen is the best, followed by zimm. did you see what we looked like in the detroit game when nails(and lynch)went down? we were done. i like weigmann, though, and he should do well for us this season. i don’t expect tom to fully recover this season, unfortunately. he may not be back at all

by davecheffy on Sep 6, 2008 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right........................

Forgot about that, but we swung a trade to get Jones, my point is a stud LT is a must to be successful IMHO. When we were worried Zimm wasn’t coming back, we went out and got a stud. Lepsis was serviceable and an outstanding talent, however, he wasn’t the stud Jones and Zimm were. I really think it is pretty close to a tossup, because Nalen is one of the best centers to play the game and center is a critical pos. But no more critical than LT IMHO.

The player who thinks he can and the player who knows he can are two different players, which one are you???

by Broncofan on Sep 8, 2008 11:16 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just can’t forget Zimm… and Nalen is right there as well. Those two go down as two of the best ever, and I hope Clady realizes that and does his best to emulate them. so far, I love what I see, especially after he got manhandled a couple of times.

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by tannji on Sep 6, 2008 6:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs