We’ve all heard the horse whinny over the stadium intercom as the Broncos shut down many a passing play.

ondary that became the boisterous backbone of the defense, Elway found a mix of personalities and talent to form a historically elite unit that continues to chase history.

“One thing with those guys, when I came in right away those guys all had a chip on their shoulder,” said defensive coordinator Joe Woods, who was previously the Broncos’ defensive backs coach. “You want to call it pride. When they all come out to compete they hate to get beat. It’s not perfect. They’ll complete a couple of passes on us, but those guys take it personal. That’s the thing I love about them. You can see that whole back end. You can see the young guys starting to gravitate and become the same type of players in terms of their attitude.”

The first is with the Seattle Seahawks’ Legion of Boom, starring cornerback Richard Sherman and disruptive safeties Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas. The group capped their banner year in 2013 by shutting down the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII.

Harris could only watch the destruction from afar as he was recovering from a torn ACL. Elway, of course, watched with his eyes on a rebuild, turning the then offensivefirst Broncos into a defensive powerhouse. But that landslide loss has never faded from the minds of Harris or anyone upstairs at the Broncos’ headquarters.

The No Fly Zone gives little thought to elite secondaries of the past. Just Seattle. And without hesitating Harris has declared the Broncos victors of this competition.

“I’d say we got better corners than them,” he said. “I think they just got Sherm and a lot of other guys they just place in there, but we have better corners.”

In Harris and Talib, the Broncos have arguably the best cornerback duo in franchise history. The former University of Kansas teammates are the second cornerback duo all-time to earn three consecutive Pro Bowl nods (2014-16), are two of just five NFL corners who have recorded multiple interceptions in each of the past five seasons, and were both voted firstteam all-pro in 2016.

Since 2008, when Talib was drafted in the first round by Tampa Bay, he leads all cornerbacks with 33 interceptions and is tied for fourth-all time with nine career pick-sixes. His company? Three Hall of Famers: Deion Sanders, Aeneas Williams and Ken Houston.

“All of those guys played 14-15 years plus,” Talib said. “I feel like I’m on the right path so now I have to just finish; I have to finish out my career strong and maybe I’ll have a chance.”

But the Broncos’ cornerbacks come in a pack of three and this pack is out to create a