ESPN Sale, Two Bronco Stories for One Friday

Bill Williamson is still showing Denver some love at his new digs for ESPN with a nice writeup on Shannon Sharpe being a 7th round pick.  This goes hand in hand with our “Draft Memory Lane” video on Shannon.  It sounds like our future hall of famer had an even worse combine than Mecklenburg.

“Shannon probably had the worst workout in the history of the combine,” Hill said. “He had a lot of dropped balls. It just wasn’t very good. But I still had a second-round grade on him. He was a talent. I’m just glad he was there for us when we took him.”

This article also has a good little back story on Sharpe and Elway’s history together.

“It was all John Elway,” said Sharpe of the quarterback who was in his eighth NFL season when Sharpe came to Denver. “He was really the first one to tell me I could make it. He said, ‘Sharpie, you could really be good. You are big, you are fast. You could be something if you just put it together and studied and get serious.’

“I remember one game; I was out there at H-back and John was pointing to me, telling me where I had to be on every play. That wasn’t right. John didn’t have to be worrying about some rookie not being in the right place. I drove home from the stadium that day and promised myself I would be prepared for John. And from that point, it was all good but it wasn’t easy.”

For the full writeup check out For Sharpe, the waiting was the hardest part

Similar the the NFL Network Top ten draft steal videos we posted earlier, ESPN is running the same type of segment.  “Brady is the Gold Standard for Draft Steals” This one has Shannon higher than TD, but neither is above #3 Steve Largent.  But hey at least Maurice Clarett is the only Bronco pick (at the bottom too) in their all time draft busts list.  That makes me feel better after writing that 2003 Draft post.