Man, you’d think the Denver Broncos could get a little respect around here!
I get that it’s been an up and down season, but at the end of the day, the Broncos are 12-4 and the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs; they deserved more than just two All-Pro nods.
This is a team that ranks first in nearly every defensive category, and both Pro Football Focus and Football Outsiders have Denver’s defense graded as the best unit in football, by a wide margin. If there was any unit that deserved multiple first-team All-Pro nods on the defensive side of the ball, it was the Denver Broncos, not the Carolina Panthers or Arizona Cardinals.
I mean, if Khalil Mack can get two first-team All-Pro nods by himself, you’d think the Broncos could too!
Heck, even a couple more second-team honors would have sufficed.
There are a lot of options to choose from, but here are the Denver Broncos’ three biggest All-Pro snubs:
3. Brandon Marshall
As Troy Renck reported earlier today, Brandon Marshall did receive some All-Pro votes, as did Aqib Talib, but apparently not enough. My guess is that the majority of voters still believe that the only Brandon Marshall in the league is a wide receiver for the New York Jets.
This Brandon Marshall, though — our Brandon Marshall — is one of the best linebackers in the league, and he absolutely deserved an All-Pro selection — an Pro Bowl nod would have been nice, too.
“Oh yeah, definitely,” Marshall said Friday on whether the Broncos defense deserved more All-Pro consideration. “I think so. I mean we have the No. 1 defense in the league in many categories and we have a lot of players that are excellent. We’ve got two All-Pro players. It’s a shame. It’s a travesty.”
Marshall is the voice and brain of the No. 1 defense in the NFL, and I truly can’t think of four inside linebackers more deserving than him.
