Former Denver Broncos running back Floyd Little gives his speech at the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement at Fawcett Stadium. (Jason Miller-US PRESSWIRE)

Weekend number one without NFL football has come and gone, and hopefully, most of us survived without incident. I happen to be a fan of the PGA and Phil Mickelson, so I was thoroughly entertained as Phil won his fortieth tournament, which shielded the fact that there was no pro football to occupy my Sunday. For those Bronco fans who have no desire to watch grown men hit a little white ball, or aren’t interested in the upcoming NFL Combine or NFL Draft, I think I may have an alternative that will help you get through the offseason… assuming you enjoy watching movies.

I reviewed my DVD movie collection and have identified a handful of movies that have a tie to the Denver Broncos in a small way. Below is a brief description of those movies. Hopefully, this will help you fill some of those Sundays when the pro football season seems so far away. I have listed the movies in order from what I enjoyed the most to the least – hope this helps!  Look for some articles in the near future that will highlight football movies, albeit they will have no connection to the Denver Broncos whatsoever, they may help with the offseason blues.

Enjoy the movies!
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 Tributes were given last year. Packers fans, while they still have respect for the guy, have moved on to Aaron Rodgers. New York has bigger, almost steroid like issues to deal with right now. Ahem, A-Rod. Wait! Maybe A-Rod looked to Favre to get some of the New York media off his back. I can see it now. A-Rod probably said, “Brett, my man. Help! Make another retirement announcement, so I can get a little breathing room. No one will be too surprised when you come back to Jets’ training camp in August.”

In all seriousness, I give Favre a lot of credit. He had a great season and he is still leaving at the top of his game. It may have not been the picture perfect image of Favre walking off Lambeau Field for the final time, but storybook endings don’t always happen in sports. Take for instance, some guys that walked or will walk away from the NFL well past their prime. Guys like Emmitt Smith, Shaun Alexander, and maybe LaDanian Tomlinson??? Then, there’s the other side of the coin. The guys that walked away at just the right time. The John Elways, Roger Staubachs, Barry Sanders’s, Jim Browns. Favre will be remembered along the same lines as those guys. Not a bad way to go out!