View Full Version : Team Captains Lobby to have Rod Smith Made a Captain
rovolution
09-12-2007, 08:37 PM
http://cbs4denver.com/broncos/local_story_255202443.html
Broncos Didn't Feel Right Without Smith As Captain
By Pat Graham, AP Sports Writer
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(AP) ENGLEWOOD, Colo. The Broncos have added another captain to go with Lynch, Champ Bailey, Tom Nalen and Jay Cutler.
"I had the captains come to me and said that they did not feel right not having Rod Smith as their captain," coach Mike Shanahan said after Wednesday's practice. "They know if he would have been healthy, he would have definitely been one of our captains.
"Rod Smith has been a leader of this football team for a lot of years. Even when he came in as a free agent he handled himself just like a captain. It gives you an idea of what type of captains we do have to want Rod Smith as part of the group. I thought it was a heck of an idea."
The receiver is on injured reserve as he continues to recuperate from offseason hip surgery.
Killericon
09-12-2007, 08:43 PM
Badass...So, will he take the field for the coin toss and everything, or what?
rovolution
09-12-2007, 08:48 PM
Badass...So, will he take the field for the coin toss and everything, or what?
He gets a C on his jersey when he comes back
Broncos123
09-12-2007, 08:51 PM
That is awesome, he is still a consumate leader. He should be walking out for the coin toss.
Sassy
09-12-2007, 08:53 PM
Good deal!
BigPlayShay
09-12-2007, 08:54 PM
That is awesome! In Rod We Trust!
Jackson's *Mom*
09-12-2007, 08:54 PM
To me Rod Smith is the heart & soul of this football team. God I hope Rod can come back and prove all the naysayers wrong. He epitomizes to me what being an NFL player is all about and truly one of the all time great Broncos. Great move by the other captains.
Killericon
09-12-2007, 08:56 PM
He gets a C on his jersey when he comes back
Well, yeah, but they made him one now, as opposed to when he came back. I was just wondering.
Canmore
09-12-2007, 09:16 PM
Isn't Rod on the PUP list where he can come back after 6 weeks (game 5 as I understand it) and not injured reserve where they are out for the season or have I missed something?
Atwater His Ass
09-12-2007, 09:35 PM
He's on the PUP, not IR.
Nice move by the players, however I don't think Rod makes this team after week 6. I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't see it happening for him.
Pendejo
09-12-2007, 10:05 PM
He's on the PUP, not IR.
Nice move by the players, however I don't think Rod makes this team after week 6. I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't see it happening for him.
You'll be wrong.
Very nice. This team has great leadership and chemistry.
This team has the ability to do great things this year. That will include a Rod Smith comeback.
Enjoy the ride.
Billy Clyde Puckett
09-12-2007, 10:41 PM
Guess we know hao the players think about Rod's leadership abilities.
rodr88
09-12-2007, 10:49 PM
There are few players on the Broncos that deserve the kind of respect that Rod Smith does. It shows that the rest of the team knows it. I can't wait to see him on the field again. And see him in the Ring of Fame and HOF where he belongs.
DarkHorse30
09-12-2007, 10:50 PM
I am very proud of the team"ness" of this team. Props to Rod Smith and the Broncos :sunshine:
Man-Goblin
09-12-2007, 11:24 PM
Guess we know hao the players think about Rod's leadership abilities.
Did anyone notice Rod hovering around Shanahan during the game on Sunday? I thought it was pretty interesting and I even noticed Shanny talking to him on a couple of couple of occasions when the Broncos were on offense...seemed almost like he was consulting with him.
Los Broncos
09-12-2007, 11:31 PM
Nice
lazarus4444
09-12-2007, 11:35 PM
Rod should become a coach and be groomed to replace shanny whenever it is time....
snowtrx
09-13-2007, 12:30 AM
Rod is the captain with or without the "C", but if he does comes back, who's "C" does he take? Nalen's or Cutler's?
Assuming what I heard was true, that each team only gets two C's on each side of the ball.
smalltowngrll
09-13-2007, 12:37 AM
Rod WILL be back!! And, I believe the team believes that. Otherwise, they would not have made this move!
Eli_Cash
09-13-2007, 12:40 AM
Great move.
Paladin
09-13-2007, 12:52 AM
I would see Rod as an assistant coach for WRs and get trained to go into OC-type positions.... Frankly, I would see him going onto the college ranks first.....
Bronco Yoda
09-13-2007, 01:03 AM
:thumbsup:
JCMElway
09-13-2007, 01:58 AM
To me Rod Smith is the heart & soul of this football team. God I hope Rod can come back and prove all the naysayers wrong. He epitomizes to me what being an NFL player is all about and truly one of the all time great Broncos. Great move by the other captains.
If Rod can come back and contribute we will have one helluva WR corp. Going 4 wide will be a serious threat to any defense. Add N Jackson, Scheffler, or Hixon to make a 5 WR set and that could do some damage to!
However, if Rod comes back who do we cut? Brian Clark?
Hogan11
09-13-2007, 02:47 AM
Even if Rod is the 4th WR, he's still more than worthy of the 'C'.
My guess is that he takes Cutler's C because I just can't see him taking Nalen's.....maybe they go "Honorary" with him....who knows?
I always thought Rod was the Capt. on offense before all this C stuff anyways
Kaylore
09-13-2007, 04:10 AM
Even if Rod is the 4th WR, he's still more than worthy of the 'C'.
My guess is that he takes Cutler's C because I just can't see him taking Nalen's.....maybe they go "Honorary" with him....who knows?
I always thought Rod was the Capt. on offense before all this C stuff anyways
There's no limit to the number of Captains you select so they can have three offensive captains. Nalen has never wanted to be a captain as this was his first year, so I think if they were going to go with just two it would be Rod and Cutler, but really no one is giving their Captain status up. They are just adding Rod.
Crushaholic
09-13-2007, 02:08 PM
Whether Rod is a captain or not, he's a leader. Players don't need "C" on their jersey to get the go-ahead to be a leader. If they have the respect of their teammates, that's all they need...
BroncsRule
09-13-2007, 02:21 PM
RE: Rod coaching: It would be awesome if he wanted to do that - it's a HUGE time commitment, but he'd be a natural.
They'd start him off as a WR assistant - same track as Keith Burns. At some point, he would have to go off to the college ranks for a few years if he wanted to be a HC.
Why don't we have a special teams captain this year?
Talk about a group that needs a galvanizing leader.
~Crash~
09-13-2007, 02:49 PM
If Rod can come back and contribute we will have one helluva WR corp. Going 4 wide will be a serious threat to any defense. Add N Jackson, Scheffler, or Hixon to make a 5 WR set and that could do some damage to!
However, if Rod comes back who do we cut? Brian Clark?
No way in hell we cut Clark he is second team behind walker ! IT WOULD BE A 3RD Teamer such as Burton
Broncos123
09-13-2007, 02:50 PM
Why don't we have a special teams captain this year?
Talk about a group that needs a galvanizing leader.
Alot of the players are new. They are rotating the "C" based on the prior weeks performance. It like a player of the game award. Plus players are rotatiing off and on the special teams.
Smiling Assassin27
09-13-2007, 02:51 PM
hopefully his walker won't get caught in the grass.
a very nice gesture, to be sure, on behalf of the current C's.
broncsyanks
09-13-2007, 03:05 PM
In Rod We Trust!<!-- / message -->
Stormontheplains
09-13-2007, 03:11 PM
hopefully his walker won't get caught in the grass.
a very nice gesture, to be sure, on behalf of the current C's.
hopefully fans like you are few and far between, Rod is God, and will play again.
Popps
09-13-2007, 04:56 PM
Imagine the roar when he makes his first catch back at Invesco.
Odysseus
09-13-2007, 05:09 PM
Isn't Rod on the PUP list where he can come back after 6 weeks (game 5 as I understand it) and not injured reserve where they are out for the season or have I missed something?
A win against the Colts this year would be huge.
BroncoMan4ever
09-13-2007, 06:56 PM
Rod is the captain with or without the "C", but if he does comes back, who's "C" does he take? Nalen's or Cutler's?
Assuming what I heard was true, that each team only gets two C's on each side of the ball.
i think the nfl is allocating up to 5 captains per team. I think Denver has said that they are alternating the 5th amongst the special teams players. Elam was named captain in Buffalo. So Rod will probably take that 1