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| | Rocky Mountain News: Broncos & NFL |
 | | But as Rhodes returns to the NFL's grandest stage as a 55-year-old defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, seeking his sixth ring after five earned with the 49ers, then two head-coaching stops and beyond, he has become less the cowboy, more the saloon bartender, taking in the chaos from afar. |
 | | Rhodes is the old sage, giving advice where needed and relegated, sometimes forcefully, into the background. |
 | | Rhodes maintained he has followed the Broncos from afar and was proud of Shanahan for ignoring the masses and picking up supposedly controversial players for Denver's defense who eventually helped lift the team into the AFC Championship Game. |
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