It’s become tradition on this site to refer to any former Bronco as an “old friend” when he makes news with another team. In honor of one of the most notable current old friends coming back to Denver tonight, I thought I’d put together a reference list of former Broncos that are active in the league today. I built this list manually, so it’s likely I forgot a few people–please speak up so I can add them to the list.
And yes, in 2016 one team sticks out blatantly as being a safe space for old friends.
Buffalo
- Lerentee McCray
Miami
- Adam Gase
- Chris Kuper1
New England
- Josh McDaniels*
NY Jets
- Ryan Clady
- Brandon Marshall3
- Eric Decker
Baltimore
- Elvis Dumervil
Cleveland
- Britton Colquitt
Pittsburgh
- Ryan Harris
Houston
- Rick Smith
- Brock Osweiler
- Chris Clark
Indianapolis
- Mike Adams
Jacksonville
- Julius Thomas
- Malik Jackson
Tennessee
- Wesley Woodyard
- Perrish Cox2
- Brett Kern
Oakland
- Jack Del Rio
San Diego
- Mike McCoy
- Orlando Franklin
Dallas
- Mark Sanchez
NY Giants
- Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
Washington
- David Bruton
- Vernon Davis
- Kory Lichtensteiger
- Vinston Painter
Chicago
- John Fox
- Jay Cutler
- Danny Trevathan
- Eddie Royal
- Tracy Porter
- Mitch Unrein
- Lamin Barrow
- Connor Barth
- Ben McDaniels
- Ed Donatell
Detroit
- Matt Prater
Minnesota
- Ronnie Hillman
Atlanta4
- Jacob Tamme
- Ben Garland
Arizona
- Evan Mathis
- Aaron Brewer
- Bobby Turner
- Richard Smith
- Marquand Manuel
San Francisco
- Zane Beadles
Seattle
- Stephen Hauschka
- Sealver Siliga
*C’mon, you knew an asterisk had to be placed by him in an list entitled “Old Friends”.
1Yes, I was surprised but happy to learn that he’s entered coaching.
2Without a doubt, this is the one former Bronco I just can’t refer to as an “old friend”.
3However, if I’m going to be adamant in creating footnote 2, then in the interest of fairness there should probably be a footnote here. I might write more on this later this week.
4I feel like Kyle Shanahan deserves an honorable mention–despite coaching frequently for two of the greatest coaches in Broncos history, he surprisingly has zero tenure as a Bronco himself.