Dave Dameshek

Elway goes to five, loses the first three, as I've mentioned ad nauseum, the first two at least.

Those Broncos rosters had no business getting a sniff of a Super Bowl appearance, but John Elway dragged them there, and they got whipped, and that was kind of the story of Elway's career.

It was like, man, he flops in the big spots, like...

Man, you would too if Sammy Winder were your feature back and Steve Watson and Vance Johnson were your pass catchers.

You probably wouldn't do well against Montana and those other high-end teams that you were facing when you get to the 86 Giants and all of that.

No, well, I mean, you know, I can obviously advocate for Bradshaw, although it was tenuous when he was going to even be... They draft him in 70, the year after they draft Mean Joe Green, by the way.

Bradshaw is borderline flailing and can't win out against Joe Gilliam, the big arm guy, who was his competition.

But by Super Bowl IX in 74, he, you know...

People will say he was a passenger for that one.

He has a decent game against the Vikings, and then in Super Bowl X, that passenger throws a 64-yard dime to win the Super Bowl against the mighty Dallas Cowboys to prove his salt, and then goes on to win two more.

Before him, though, how about one O.J.

Simpson?

Orenthal James Simpson was a first-round pick.

Bruce Smith, in the conversation at least for best defensive player of all time, was a first overall pick.

Matthew Stafford in Aught 9.

Here's the thing about Peyton, Zazz.

What kind of human being are you?

It's sort of like the Solo versus Skywalker debate.

It defines who you are on some level.

I always say I would rather have been the San Diego Chargers running up to that draft than I would be the Indianapolis Colts, which is to say I don't want to have to make the choice.