There has been a good amount of outrage from many Denver Broncos fans so far this season about the release of veteran safety T.J. Ward. Perhaps rightfully so. Ward was an excellent player and key member of the Broncos’ championship team, but his replacement(s) in the secondary — Will Parks and Justin Simmons in particular — are slowly and surely proving why the Broncos felt they could make that decision.
In the Broncos’ victory over the Oakland Raiders in week four, Parks made one of the key plays of the game on a fourth down and short, where the Raiders had the (easy) decision of handing the ball off to running back Marshawn Lynch.