Good morning Shane Ray Jersey , ame voters that Steve Atwater is beyond deserving of a Hall of Fame selection in the Class of 2019, we don’t want to overlook the cornerback dominance that was Champ Bailey.Because he was good.Entering the league in 1999 as the seventh overall draft pick for the Washington Redskins, Bailey turned in four Pro Bowl seasons in his first five years in the league before a blockbuster trade to the Broncos in 2004 in exchange for Denver’s star running back Clinton Portis.With a $63 million contract, Bailey assured Broncos fans he would be worth the trade.“I won’t be a disappointment,” he said at the time. “I can guarantee that.”Although it “sucked” for both fans and Bailey when Broncos cut the future Hall-of-Famer in March 2014, the cornerback “retired” a Bronco eight months later to a great celebration of an amazing football career.Turning in eight more Pro Bowl seasons in Denver plus three first team All-Pro designations 2004-06, Bailey wasn’t kidding.HIs 10 interceptions in 2006 were No. 1 in the NFL as were his 162 yards off takeaways that season. Those 10 interceptions in a single season rank second in Broncos history, and his 34 career interceptions as a Bronco are fourth in team history.But the accolades could go on and on.In 2002, Bailey led the league in passes defensed with 24, and his career total of 203 still ranks No. 1. He was Top 10 in that category four seasons - 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006.In 2005, Bailey was second in the league for both pick sixes and non-offensive touchdowns with two. And no Broncos fan will forget his 100-yard, near pick-six interception of Tom Brady in the 2005 AFC divisional playoffs.No. 24 was Player of the Week three times in his career and Player of the Month two times. He was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s and Pro Football References 1st Team All 2000s teams.But aside from his Hall-of-Fame statistics, Bailey had all the intangibles - showing up big in big games, making clutch plays and being a leader in the locker room as well as on the field.“I just hope they say I played with everything I had, played hard, played smart, played tough and I was a great teammate,” Bailey said at the time of his retirement in 2014. “That’s all that matters.”John Elway never got to play with Bailey but was responsible for keeping him a Bronco when No. 24’s contract was up in 2011. The current GM noted the mess the Broncos were in when he came to the Front Office that same year.”We needed some help. We needed a pillar to build around and Champ was that guy,” Elway said Justin Simmons Jersey , thanking Champ at his retirement celebration for agreeing to stay. “He ended up leading us to three AFC West championships, something we had never done before. But also the loyalty that he showed to the Denver Broncos. It showed what the Denver Broncos meant to him and what kind of guy he was and the character that he possessed.”For all those same reasons, NFL Films designated Bailey the No. 4 Bronco of all-time.Although Bailey told Brian Howell back in 2012 that his ultimate goal would be a Super Bowl ring over a Hall-of-Fame induction, I’m sure the cornerback will relish what he more than deserves. Last fall on NFL Network, he certainly made his case for the Hall when Jim Trotter asked him why he was deserving.“I was a complete corner. When I stepped up to the plate and when I had challenges in front of me, I took advantage of the opportunities I had,” Bailey said. “I played man coverage, I tackled. I did everything you ask a football player to do. I wanted to be great at everything and I focused on that every day. The results speak for themselves. I feel like the work is done and I’m just going to sit back and enjoy the ride.”And it should be a relatively easy ride to the Hall of Fame, as former Broncos beat reporter Alex Marvez noted earlier this week.“I mean, he was the quintessential cornerback of his generation. He was a team leader. He did everything right on the field. They tell us not to judge things off the field, but his record was impeccable there, as well,” said Marvez, also a Hall-of-Fame voter. “He was just an incredibly gifted player who could’ve excelled in any era and will be regarded as one of the very best to play the position. I think the odds are pretty darn high that he’s going to get in.” It took a while for defensive lineman Shelby Harris to find his way in the NFL.Harris was a 2014 seventh-round pick in Oakland, but played eight games while yo-yoing on and off the roster in his first two seasons. He was waived six times overall before landing in Denver on future contract in January 2017 and coming to the Broncos proved to be a step in the right direction.Harris has recorded 73 tackles, seven sacks and an interception while appearing in every game as part of the defensive line rotation the last two years. The Broncos valued him enough to tender him at the second round level as a restricted free agent and that bumped his salary up to $3.095 million for this season. Now he’d like an even longer deal in Denver.“That’s every man’s dream,” Harris said, via the . “I would love a multi-year deal here, but the way that works, you have to focus on this year, go out and play.”Another year like the last two should serve Harris well on the contract front in Denver or elsewhere.