The Broncos Defense and the Code

The Code says, “I will put team goals ahead of personal goals.” The real story of the Super Bowl was the Broncos defense. It’s important to remember that teams win team sports – individuals do not. Individuals may play well, and they must if the team is to win, but it is always true that teams win team sports. And, more often than not, it is the team with the better defense that wins. The glory, of course, tends to go to the best offensive players in all sports, but their winning is dependent on far more than their abilities. As individuals it is our task to “develop our skills to the best of our ability and to give our best effort in practice and in competition” but one of the most important skills is figuring out not how we can fulfill our potential as a player, but how we can fulfill our potential as a teammate. Ask the members of your team to think about their weaknesses as a team and how they can together work to overcome them. What can each person do to make the team stronger?