Wade Phillips claims Broncos put wrong name on his Super Bowl ring
Wade Phillips was out of coaching in 2014. A year later, he was a Super Bowl champion for the first time since joining the NFL nearly four decades prior.
Receiving his Super Bowl ring over the weekend must have been a tremendously special moment for the Denver Broncos defensive coordinator, except for one thing:
The Ring Ceremony was great. Receiving the Ring was awesome. Seeing that they had the wrong name on my Ring,not so good.
— Wade Phillips (@sonofbum) June 13, 2016
The good news is that Jostens, the manufacturer of the rings, will make Philllips a corrected one.
The 68-year-old's ring had "Peters" on the side instead of Phillips, according to Nicki Jhabvala of The Denver Post. Adam Peters is the Broncos' assistant director of college scouting,
Despite the mishap, Phillips seemed pretty pumped to finally be a champion:
World Champion Denver Broncos has a nice Ring to it! pic.twitter.com/Hvnm3w1fln
— Wade Phillips (@sonofbum) June 13, 2016
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