Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year in his eighth try as a finalist, John Lynch gets a bonus to his long-awaited enshrinement: He’ll go into Canton the same weekend as another storied Broncos safety — Steve Atwater.
Lynch will be enshrined with the Class of 2021 on Aug. 8, a day after Atwater and the Class of 2020 (which had its ceremony postponed due to the pandemic) are honored.
“I feel like I have a lot in common with (Atwater), because he was fierce and physical on the field, and not someone you wanted to mess with,” Lynch said.