Who were the Broncos’ three amigos?

My co-hosts and I at Something Something Broncos continued our trek down Denver Broncos memory lane this week. We had already delved into the vaunted Orange Crush defense a few weeks ago, but we jumped ahead a decade or so to the fabulous late 1980s with the Three Amigos.

For about two years starting in 1987, there was John Elway and then there were the Three Amigos - Vance Johnson, Mark Jackson, and Ricky Nattiel. They were larger than life for that short period of time and it was a fun ride.

Vance Johnson

Drafted in the second round, 31st overall, Vance Johnson was the tallest of the three at 5’11” and a speedy kind of deep threat who once ran a 4.28 40-yard dash. Johnson was the only one of…