Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Denver Broncos.

As for all of our top 50 players in football, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Broncos again struggled and could not make the playoffs.  There is only one new entry into our Top 50.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. John Elway
2. Von Miller
3. Shannon Sharpe
4. Champ Bailey
5. Randy Gradishar

You can find the entire list here.

The new entry is current free agent Safety Justin Simmons comes in at #40.  He was a four-time Second Team All-Pro and two-time Pro Bowl Selection with Denver.

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Arriving in Mile High as a Third Round Pick from Boston College, Justin Simmons won a starting job at Safety in his second season and settled in as the Broncos Free Safety from 2018 to 2023. 

Simmons proved himself to be a true ball-hawk, and his penchant for deep coverage netted him two Pro Bowls (2020 & 2023), and he was the league leader in picks in 2022 (6).  He was also a four-time AP Second Team All-Pro with the Broncos four times.

After the 2023 Season, despite his proven skill, Simmons was waived as a cost-cutting move.

He had 30 Interceptions and 604 Combined Tackles for Denver.

2022: Pre-Season Rank: #131. Peak Period: 2019-23

Justin Simmons joins the Atlanta Falcons after eight years in Denver, the last five of which saw him named to the Bowl and/or secure a Second Team All-Pro.  The co-leader in Interceptions in 2022 (6) has 30 career picks going into this campaign.