Thread: Ring of Fame- 2016

Originally Posted by Dapper Dan

As is every hard hitting safety I've watched. TJ Ward is a liability in coverage.

Apples and oranges my friend, Lynch had nowhere near the coverage skills Ward does, not even in his prime.

Agreeing with most here Lynch should not be in with all the great Broncos under consideration. Maybe if we were the Jags or something.

Originally Posted by tomjonesrocks

Agreeing with most here Lynch should not be in with all the great Broncos under consideration. Maybe if we were the Jags or something.

I'm not even sure he's the 5th best strong safety to play for the Broncos.

Originally Posted by Dapper Dan

As is every hard hitting safety I've watched. TJ Ward is a liability in coverage.

Not really.

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

Apples and oranges my friend, Lynch had nowhere near the coverage skills Ward does, not even in his prime.

Apples and Oranges are different colors. I think I know what you're getting at, you racist!

Originally Posted by Jaded

Not really.

Yes

Originally Posted by Dapper Dan

Apples and Oranges are different colors. I think I know what you're getting at, you racist!

Hard hitting S's are rapists and criminals, it's science.

Originally Posted by Jaded

Hard hitting S's are rapists and criminals, it's science.

True. Champ Bailey was a soft hitting safety.

Originally Posted by Dapper Dan

True. Champ Bailey was a soft hitting safety.

And a damn good punt returner

Originally Posted by Dapper Dan

I think Lynch made it to the Pro Bowl every season in Denver.

If memory serves a number of Broncos have been to the Pro-Bowl a majority of their career and aren't in the Ring. I just don't see why Lynch should be there aside from his voluntary charitable work while in Denver. But it's not for us to decide. It's for those unknown persons that determine whether Lynch and a significant impact on the franchise.

I like Lynch, but I'm not thrilled about this. His impact on the Broncos was good, but not really significant.

Originally Posted by atwater27

Simon most definitely deserves it. Its about time one of the very best defensive players in our history is honored. I love Lynch but I think McCaffrey, Trevor Pryce and Al Wilson deserve it more. As Broncos.

Big Al was on 104.3 saying the same group as you. He said Al Wilson would probably never make it because of fallings out he had with the Broncos due to his injury.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

As if there was any debate Peyton would be in the rof, this confirms it since Lynch got in. Takes away the argument of not making your name as a Bronco.

I agree. I was the one thinking tht Manning should NOT be a RoF'er...but now that Lynch made it, it's a given. I can't believe that Lynch is a RoF'er...and it completely changes my view of the RoF. I have always loved Lynch as a player, and as a guy. I ROOT for the way he played, and missed his style of football on the football field. But I absolutely do NOT believe that he should be in the Denver Broncos RoF.

So although I have the highest respect for Lynch, his induction takes away from the RoF for me.

Originally Posted by GEM

http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-an...a-07d1bf5dc57b

Jason Elam, Simon Fletcher, and John Lynch.

Great class, but I think Ed McCaffrey should be there before Lynch. Loved Lynch, but he was a liability in coverage by the time he came to Denver. His rep was built in Tampa Bay. Eddie Mac and his 2 SB wins should be up on that ring.

Agreed, but I've always had a strong bias against safeties who are weak in coverage: A safety's not just a LB who takes a running start (Kam Chancellor notwithstanding.) It's strange that, in an era when passing's more prevalent than ever—to the point LBs THEMSELVES often make their living off coverage skills at the expense of run-stopping, many a FS is an awful centerfielder hired to stuff the occasional run.

None of that's to take anything away from Lynch; what he lacked in Denver wasn't skill but YOUTH. But that just underscores why so many people (including me) will always think of him as a Buc SB Champ first and foremost, and a Bronco second or never. He totally bought into the Broncos AS a Bronco while he was one, but that wasn't very long, and his best days were behind him by then.

McCaffrey's a great counterexample: While not his first nor even SECOND team, he devoted most of his career and ALL his best years to Broncos championships.

Originally Posted by VonDoom

That Ring of Fame is getting pretty crowded. I like all these guys, though. I'm surprised Eddie isn't in yet. I hadn't even thought about it until I was reading this thread

Same here.....I thought EddieMac was already in the ROF.

All 3 picks are solid.