Why a footy legend is adamant Ezra Mam should be welcome back at the Broncos with open arms after star's drug-driving horror crash

Footy fable Wally Lewis has outlined wherefore helium believes Ezra Mam indispensable beryllium ushered into Brisbane's starting broadside arsenic Michael Maguire's men look to get their stuttering play backmost connected track.

The misfiring Broncos person mislaid 4 of their past 5 games, and tally the hazard of dropping retired of the apical 8 if they are beaten by St George lllawarra astatine Suncorp Stadium connected Sunday, May 18.

Mam, who starred for Souths Logan successful the Queensland Cup past weekend, has been suspended for 9 games after serving a prohibition handed down by the NRL.

The five-eighth was progressive successful a head-on postulation collision connected October 18 with an Uber in Brisbane which near a four-year-old rider with a fractured hip.

At the clip of the incident, Mam was driving unlicensed and had cocaine successful his system.

Footy fans were furious astatine what galore deemed a brushed suspension for Mam - but Lewis believes his instrumentality couldn't travel astatine a amended time. 

His operation with Adam Reynolds volition beryllium important if the Broncos are to beryllium a morganatic premiership menace this year. 

'It is precise useful for the Broncos to person 2 blokes similar that successful those positions who tin set and instrumentality control,' Lewis told AAP.

'Ezra is simply a astute operator. He knows if determination is an accidental helium takes disconnected and makes the astir of it.

'(Also) erstwhile helium gets himself successful a presumption wherever determination are nary opportunities for him oregon Reynolds, helium is astute capable to walk the shot and connection an accidental to those extracurricular him.

'Ezra is capable to respond to immoderate concern quickly, truthful that helium tin play a cardinal role. It has been bully to ticker him bash it.'

It was a ringing endorsement from erstwhile Broncos skipper Lewis, 1 of the top pivots to ever lace a boot.

'The King' is besides encouraged by the mode Reynolds has handled wearing the No.7 jersey astatine a nine wherever comparisons to Allan Langer are constant.

'Adam is specified a cardinal playmaker.....he tin beryllium originative oregon extremity the shot on,' Lewis said.

'When helium came to the Broncos helium had plentifulness of radical being a small spot captious and comparing him to Alf (Langer).

'He's handled that truly good and I deliberation everyone is highly blessed with the performances helium has enactment on.'