Over a 12-year career, Cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie had flashes of brilliance where he was twice named to the Pro Bowl.

A First Rounder from Tennessee State, DRC’s first stop was the Arizona Cardinals, where he was an All-Rookie in 2008 and Pro Bowler in 2009.  After a decent 2010 season, Rodgers-Cromartie was traded to Philadelphia, though a move to the nickel position was not a good fit for him.  

After a year in Denver (2013), where he helped the Broncos win the AFC Championship, Rodgers-Cromartie went to the Pro Bowl again in 2015 when he played for the New York Giants.  He finished his career with a year in Oakland and one in Washington, with Rodgers-Cromartie recording 30 career Interceptions.

Despite playing for a college juggernaut like Penn State, Linebacker Cameron Wake was not drafted in 2005.  He signed with the New York Giants as a Free Agent but failed to make the team; he kept working out and hoping for an opportunity, but it took a detour to Canada to get him to the NFL.

Wake made the B.C. Lions in 2007, and in the next two seasons, he was named the CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player in both of them.  The NFL couldn’t ignore that, and he signed with the Miami Dolphins, one of several teams interested in the former Nittany Lion.

Wake was a backup as a 27-year-old NFL rookie, but he became a regular starter on the edge the year after and was one of the top pass-rushers over the next nine seasons.  He went to five Pro Bowls, was a First Team All-Pro in 2012, and had five 10-plus Sack years, peaking with 15 in 2012.  

Age caught up to Wake, and his final season in Tennessee (2019) was sub-standard compared to what he did before, but he accumulated 100.5 Sacks, an incredible accomplishment considering when he made it to the NFL.

The Video Game Hall of Fame has announced four new inductees to their Hall, which comprises:

Animal Crossing

Microsoft Flight Simulator

StarCraft

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

They beat out:

Call of Duty

Farmville

FIFA International Soccer

Guitar Hero

Mattel Football

Pole Position, Portal

Tron

The Video Game Hall of Fame is located in the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester.  

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Denver Broncos of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NFL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This our first revision in two years, with one significant jump and one new entry.

1. John Elway

2. Shannon Sharpe

3. Von Miller

4. Randy Gradishar

5. Champ Bailey

You can find the entire list here.

Although he was out for the 2020 Season, his strong 2019 brought Miller to the top five, up from his previous #6 rank.

Wide Receiver, Emmanuel Sanders, who is no longer with the club, debuts at #50.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.