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The Pro Football Hall of Fame has gotten quite the injection of orange and blue in recent years.
No team has more inductees in the last five years, as Denver has seen Terrell Davis (2017), Pat Bowlen (2019), Champ Bailey (2019), Steve Atwater (2020), John Lynch (2021) and Peyton Manning (2021) elected to receive their gold jackets.
But, as always, we want to see more Broncos in the Hall. While Tom Jackson and Rod Smith received consideration, Gradishar remains the greatest Bronco who is still waiting for his place in Canton, Bryan DeArdo wrote. The 14th overall pick in the 1974 draft, Gradishar earned All-Pro honors in 1977 while leading Denver s Orange Crush defense, a unit that helped spearhead the Broncos first Super Bowl appearance.