The Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders have been divisional rivals dating ball the way back to their AFL days in 1960. Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis played in 10 of those rivalry games during his career and helped Denver dominate the series 8-2.
Davis gained 1,054 yards from scrimmage and scored 8 touchdowns in those contests against Oakland and he still feels part of the rivalry to this day. Davis dislikes the Raiders so much that he removed his son from a youth football team named after them, according to NFL Network’s Lindsay Rhodes.
How deep do these @nfl rivalries run? @Terrell_Davis had his 8 yr old son removed from a youth football team, and placed on a different one, because the original team’s name was… the Raiders.
— Lindsay Rhodes (@lindsay_rhodes) November 9, 2019
Broncos fans on Twitter approved of the ex-RB’s decision.
TD is a great man.
— Hank Bartee (@HankBartee) November 9, 2019
I love @Terrell_Davis!! That man is all bronco. pic.twitter.com/7xQP6Ipp6t
— B 🙋🏻♀️🏈💙🧡 (@denbron77) November 9, 2019
— Jason (@jelam1) November 9, 2019
Oh this makes me SO happy!!!!! Can I love TD any more?! 👊
— Dan Jedrzejek (@danotwoface) November 9, 2019
— Tracy Alvarez (@tmalva03) November 9, 2019
Davis ranks No. 1 in franchise history with 7,607 rushing yards and 60 rushing touchdowns. He also totaled 1,280 receiving yards and caught five touchdown passes before his career was cut short by injury.
Davis was a key member of the Broncos teams that won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1997 and 1998, rushing for 1,049 yards and 11 touchdowns in seven playoff games. He was named the NFL’s MVP in 1998 and named the MVP of Super Bowl XXXII following a 31-21 win over the Green Bay Packers.
Davis was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.
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