The 80s-early 90s were the peak of jersey designs in the NFL. The mid-90s kicked off the swooping logo designs that all seemed to be plugged from a similar graphic design template, plus the horrible dark/metallic color schemes. If every team went back to a 1990 throwback for one week, sales would go through the roof.
Great upload! Thanks for including the Alcoa "Fantastic Finishes" featurette--I used to love those! My pick for the three best defensive units in Broncos' history: 2015 of course, the '77 "Orange Crush" and that forgotten '84 squad that was better at forcing turnovers than any team I've seen before or since.
I try to leave Fantastic Finishes in there anytime I can. If you count 77-79 as all one defense, I agree with you. The 78 and 79 defenses were amazing. But the 84 defense was probably the most "Joel Collier" of all of them. Completely forcing mistakes all season long, then in the playoffs they got run over by a power football team. I'd put 89 and especially 91 in there, that performance against Buffalo in the AFC CG was an all timer!
An early look at 2 of the "Class of 83". Elway is obvious but Eason was a shooting star. Dolphins and Broncos became instant contenders. The Patriots were already having success but Eason made the offense more potent. Just an incredible draft class. O'Brien was no slouch.
Agreed, every one of the 83 guys except Blackledge(Who is a great announcer and was an awesome CFB QB), would have been incredible with the current rules, current coaching decisions, current focus on offense. :Elway and Marino would have been unstoppable, Kelly, too. O'Brien would be a better version of Matt Ryan and Eason if he could avoid the occasional hits, would be a legit 4000 yd passer. Totally different leage
Growing up a Patriots fan in the 70s and 80s, they always lost these types of games, and they always seemed to just miss the playoffs because they lost them.
How about @02:10, where the graphic headed with "The Series" reads, "Patriots lead 12-10." This game was the beginning of an 11-game winning streak for Denver over New England (including one playoff game), which lasted for Elway's entire tenure as the Broncos's quarterback.
Too bad the 80s videos clips are so blurry. People done realize how powerful Elway’s arm was. He was a skinny guy but his legs are built like a running back, all of his power comes from his legs.
That's when denver had the real orange crush defense they always seemed to make big turnovers just at the right time to win the game they were fast and great at team tackling the ball carrier the real mile high mystique
