Definitely two of the best traditions on the team.

I went with Mecklenberg, TJ, and Gradishar at LB and Atwater and Thompson at SAF. Feel really bad that I couldn’t put Dennis Smith in as well. He’s equally worthy.

I just thought of this. Almost all of my offensive players played on the Superbowl winners. The only guys that weren’t on at least one are Lionel Taylor, Keith Bishop and Floyd Little.

My defense has a lot more variation:
DT: Pryce, Carter
DE: Fletcher, Jackson
LB: Mecklenberg, Gradishar, TJ
CB: Bailey, Wright
SAF: Atwater, Thompson

Tells me the Denver tradition is more defensive than offensive overall. Makes the last few seasons that much more ugly. If you ask people what single person is responsible for the spirit of the Broncos most people would say John Elway. I would lean that way, but I think a really good case could be made that the root of Broncos tradition is Joe Collier.

I think it is silly to limit the team to starters, as it destroys any capacity to balance out the team over time and to compensate for different types of teams and players.

For that reason, my all-star team is a 53 man roster, which allows for one player per year. Let’s not forget the older guys.

Dear ktown,
Picture this….Monday night football,its the Broncos vs the Chiefs and for the first time ever monday night football is trying a new invention called the helmet cam.Steve Atwater is the first and everyone at Mile High knows it.When they start the game all the talk is about the Cristian Okoye and how powerful a runner he was(Madden actually said unstopable) and when Steve Atwater was told this on the sidelines he became angry.When it was time for the defense to go on the field the turned on the helmet cam and caught Steve Atwater cursing at Okoye telling him to run the ball so that he could “knock the shit out of him” the play was a pass that was audibled to a sweep.On that play Atwater gets cross blocked but because of the conversation before Okoye and Atwater are talking directly to each other now,Atwater yells out to Okoye during their huddle and calls him a "pussy"and dares him to run up the middle,Okoye gets the play change to a dive play and while still on helmet cam and all miked up in Mile High stadium.. Okoye runs down the middle and the blocking is perfect with only Steve Atwater in front of him..Atwater is half the size of Okoye with a weight difference of over 90 pounds and Okoye is running forward with a full head of steam.Atwater is screaming at the top of his lungs and the collision is so loud it makes the whole stadium go silent… as soon as the dust settles there standing over Okoye is one of the Greatest safeties to play the game and he is still screaming but now he is screaming “not in my house!!!” over and over again to a fallen Okoye.The replay goes over the stadium big screen and since its a monday night game the monday night people are in charge of the replay the crowd see’s and this replay was a helmet cam replay…….
When the replay goes on it shows Atwater talking trash and screaming before the hit it also shows the impact that knocked Okoye 4 yards back on his back while Atwater never hit the ground..the impact was so loud on the replay that it sounded like a bomb and the crowd started the mile high stomp of approval with what still is a record decible level……
I was on that monday night football staff and on the sidelines for that game and it was a moment I will never forget…..