ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- There are thousands of artifacts inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- helmets, jerseys, shoes, letters, programs -- that provide a tapestry of the game over the past century.
There are 354 players, coaches and contributors who have been selected for enshrinement to in Canton, Ohio shrine, including the eight members of the class of 2021. But roam the hallways, dig through the archives, search the exhibits, stroll through the gallery of the bronze busts, cultivate all of the memories and one of the game's most important groups is still wanting.
With Hall of Fame ceremonies just more than a week away, no one from the Denver Broncos' fabled Orange Crush defense from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s -- not a coach, not a player -- has a bust in the Hall.