The Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors announced their Super Bowl 50 Golden Team earlier this week. No Denver Broncos made the list.

No Broncos being on the list would be OK if not for Terrell Davis being the greatest postseason running back in NFL history.

Former Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith and Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris were the two runners chosen. Smith won three Super Bowls and rushed for 1,586 yards and 19 touchdowns in 17 postseason contests.

Smith is an obvious choice.

Harris is not worthy of being listed over Davis. Harris won four Super Bowls with the Steelers, but he was part of amazing teams. Davis, on the other hand, arguably carried Denver to their first Super Bowl win.

It’s been said many times that John Elway may not have even won a Super Bowl without Davis. Could the Steelers say the same of Harris? That seems unlikely.

In four Super Bowls, Harris rushed 101 times for 354 yards (3.5 yards per carry) and four touchdowns (one TD per game). In two Super Bowls, Davis rushed 55 times for (4.7 yards per carry) and three touchdowns (1.5 TDs per game).

Prorated to four games, Davis would have rushed for 120 more yards than Harris, and he would have scored two more touchdowns. Is it fair to to compare a smaller sample size? When you consider Davis’ postseason numbers, it’s easy to assume he would have continued his Super Bowl pace if given the opportunity.

In 19 career postseason games, Harris rushed for 1,556 yards and 16 touchdowns. In just 8 postseason games, Davis rushed for 1,140 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Harris averaged 81.9 yards per postseason game and 0.84 scores. Davis averaged 142.5 yards per postseason game and 1.5 scores.

Harris played on better teams and played in more playoff games and Super Bowl games, but his postseason numbers are only slightly higher. Davis’ postseason averages are nearly double Harris’, and he was arguably a bigger factor in his team’s Super Bowl wins.

Davis and Harris both won Super Bowl MVP awards, but only Davis won an NFL MVP award, and only Davis rushed for 2,000 yards in a single season. You can argue about Davis’ Hall of Fame credentials, but you can’t argue about his postseason dominance.

Davis should be on the Super Bowl Golden Team. Davis not being on the list is a joke, and it brings the list’s objectivity into question.