Denver could have very easily been in the playoffs with 10 or 11 wins if they had a competent head coach. They lost 3 games in OT and twice by 1 point. At one point in the season they were #1 on Defense and 32nd on offense ?
Need to look deeper on the coach issue . It’s easy to just look at record they lost he sucks. Take the Seattle game week 1. He was criticized for the clock management. But he was actually playing for the FG and if it works Seattle has no time. If he calls the timeouts and kicks FG Seattle has 60-90 seconds left. We all know in the nfl anything literally over 20 seconds is enough time for fg Range. Teams constantly leave too much time and get burned. Hard to trust the QB in 3rd n long or 4th when he has sucked all game
Denver was putrid in the RZ. Look at the Colts game. Russ has chance after chance down there and throws picks and air mails balls. It was horrible. Nothing to do with Hack.
Hack was a new head coach. Running a system that Russ Sucks isn’t fit to run. Bad move on Denver getting Russ and hiring Hack. Hack runs a Aloha X Big Wr dominant role just as D Adams is in GB. Requires Short to intermediate routes revolve around feeding the X. Russ has never and can’t run that stuff. He is a 1-2 progressive read QB who bails early and can’t work the middle and plays back yard football throw it deep. He is to short and can’t see the middle hence why he never works it. He panics and too quickly breaks up the plays. OL and WR guys just get lost.
The defense was so good. No it wasn’t. I’ve said this many times. Tim Tebow effect! Find a shit offense that doesn’t score and you will find a good defense if they have decent talent. The minute Den got into the high 20’s vs KC LV Lac etc the defense was giving up 30. Den D was not that good. Just like when Tebow was there it was the defense is so greats very next year manning shows up they average 38ppg but suddenly the defense sucks because ppl see them giving up 26ppg
Hack wasn’t the problem made out to be. It’s just too easy to make it he was. Green HC with a diva over paid locker room cancer QB in first year with new team. Russ is despised his own teammates. And not suited for the offense Hack runs. If anything Elway and the guys need to be canned because they have made blunder after blunder assembly of this team for years