ENGLEWOOD, Colo — Denver Broncos owners Greg Penner and Carrie Walton Penner along with the recently revised Ring of Fame committee have decided it's never too late to honor yesterday’s heroes.it has elected two of the most prominent players from its first Super Bowl team, tight endDenver’s famed Orange Crush era is almost always associated with the 1977 season. That team has been reprised in 2024.
How Odoms fell through the Ring of Fame cracks is mystifying considering he outproduced two other tight ends from his era who were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And those great ballplayers from the Broncos’ Orange Crush years all say Odoms was their most underrated teammate.“Riley was a fantastic athlete. He could crash down on the O-line,’’ said Broncos’ receiver Haven Moses. “He was very instrumental in the run game and the softest hands for a tight end I had ever seen. He ran great routes. That’s what made us so successful because when you have a tight end like that it puts a lot of pressure on the strong side of the defense.
After one season in the WFL, Foley returned to the Broncos, who had taken him in the 8th round of the 1975 draft , and started to play cornerback. He came off the bench in the first 10 games of the season, but replaced the injured Calvin Jones as the starting right cornerback for the final six games. Foley never left the starting lineup again, except for injury and his retirement after the 1986 season.
That was the thing about that Orange Crush defense in the late-1970s, early-1980s. They didn’t just force turnovers, they did something with them. Foley had 622 return yards with his 44 interceptions, including a 40-yard touchdown return against Seattle’s Dave Krieg in the final game of the 1984 season.
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