Mike Klis sits down with Denver Broncos owner and CEO Greg Penner at the 2024 NFL owners meetings in Orlando.
Chavous on Orange Crush era: “When you changed rules in football that means you’re changing the game.” Induction ceremony is Wednesday night.Baltimore quarterback Bert Jones is sacked by Denver Broncos' Barney Chavous and Rubin Carter while Brison Manor heads in for the kill during Denver's 27-13 victory in Denver, Nov. 27, 1977.
“I quit driving a school bus when my high school coach told me if I come play football, I’ll get you a scholarship. When he told me that, a light went on in my head. So, I quit the auto mechanic business, quit driving the school bus. I played that season.’’ Chavous will be joined in the class of 2024 Colorado Sports Hall of Fame by Boulder native Tony Boselli, who was recently inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his exceptional career as left tackle for the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars; Manuel and Denver East High School basketball coach legend Rudy Carey, Denver Post/Denver Gazette sports columnist and ESPN personality Woody Paige, and former Rocky Mountain News prep reporter Scott Stocker.
“I don’t practice speeches,’’ he said with a laugh. “Whatever comes to my heart that’s what I’ll say. . I’m not going to write anything down or all that. It’ll be pretty simple. I’ll accept this with humility because of all the people who helped me achieve it. My wife is probably the biggest factor. It’s not about me, it’s about others with me.”The only surprise about Chavous’ induction into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame is Rubin Carter isn’t going in with him.
“But he should have been in there a long time ago,’’ Chavous said. “He had to wait 40 years. I don’t understand that. There’s a lot more from our Orange Crush who should be in there. Louis Wright, to this day I’ve never seen a better cornerback.”Baltimore quarterback Bert Jones is sacked by Denver Broncos' Barney Chavous and Rubin Carter while Brison Manor heads in for the kill during Denver's 27-13 victory in Denver, Nov. 27, 1977. No.
“Hard work,’’ Chavous said. “Preparation all season. In 1976, Stan Jones came over from Buffalo. And Stan was one of the first players to lift weights. He was playing for the Chicago Bears for George Halas when Stan was one of the first to lift weights. “Barney is s-o-o-o underrated,’’ said Broncos cornerback Louis Wright, who played on the same left side of Denver’s famed Orange Crush defense from the mid-1970s to early-1980s. “To me, Barney was one of the best in the league because he never got beat, one-on-one. People don’t appreciate that. Unless you jump up and down make a lot of noise, like Lyle did on the other side. But Barney was like the solid rock. The guy who held it together.
“I was very blessed to be with the Denver Broncos,’’ he said. “It’s a great organization. I didn’t have to move my family, my kids got to keep the same friends. We all lived there in the offseason. All the players stayed in Denver. And that made a big difference in our relationships as players and made us close as a unit.’’
“It’s hard to pick just one highlight but I can give you two: The Super Bowls, when we played in it as a player and won it as a coach,’’ Chavous said. “That first Super Bowl that we won , that’s your dream and goal as a player and a coach. “My dad, he was so special. He used to lay brick, he built houses. He was an auto mechanic. I got bits of pieces of him. Anything he could put his mind to do he could do it. He was very gifted, especially with his hands.’’
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