Simon Fletcher was rendered speechless, if only for a few seconds, after he untied the orange ribbon and pulled back the blue curtain draped over his Ring of Fame pillar Sunday evening. Alone he stood, glancing up and down at the bronze visage, reflecting on his 11-year tenure as a Bronco, and thinking of his mother’s joy as team historian Jim Saccomano riddled off his career highlights in a ceremony outside Sports Authority Field.
The moment was special, he said. But the numbers behind it fleeting. Fletcher, the Broncos’ all-time sack leader, believes his franchise mark of 97.