My belief is, if you fire a coach after 1 year on the job, then the execs and general manager needs to be executed on the spot as well that co-signed this. Suffice to say not all will happen, but that kind of fukk up isn't just on the head coach.
Broncos fire Nathaniel Hackett
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I'm surprised the GM didn't get fired along with him for giving Russ that contract extension.
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...on the otherside of the pond
They fired Vic Fangio already (who they should have kept), so I couldn't imagine him wanting to go back.
JP_614
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if the Broncos release Russell Wilson after June 1st 2023, the dead cap would be:
2023 - $39 million
2024 - $68 million
Awfully tempting for a new regime to consider Russ a sunk cost and just move on from him.
You can't release a qb that you gave 161 mill guranteed and traded two first-round picks, two second-round picks, a fifth-round pick, quarterback Drew Lock, defensive lineman Shelby Harris, and tight end Noah Fant after one year
True but $$$
payton and fangio are tied at the hip
Money changes thangs
plus new ownership
Also Hackett isn’t the one who put this roster together
Where’s the smoke for Paton?
I think Payton ends up with the Chargers and Herbert. If Russ wasn't so trash this season, I could have seen Payton taking the job. Plus, they've already given up picks to get Russ, I can't imagine them wanting to give up more to get Payton.True but $$$
payton and fangio are tied at the hip
Money changes thangs
I would assume Payton wants a younger QB and Denver's DC seems to be a good young coach, hard to imagine they'd let him walk to hire a guy they just fired.
Fangio ain't going back to Denver. When has a fired HC gone back to the same team for a demotion?
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VegetasHairline
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Yeah, Hackett was the problem.
Head coach 1st year on the job. His starting RB goes down for the year (Javonte Williams). His backup RB (Melvin Gordon) can't go 2 weeks without fumbling the football. One of your more reliable WRs gets hurt before the year even begins (Tim Patrick).
You have one of the worst quarterbacks in football this season who holds onto the football WAY, WAY too long.
If anyone should be fired it's their GM George Paton who made arguably the worst NFL trade of the last 20 years.
This Denver pass defense has been elite for most of the season. If they had even a moderate quarterback -- I'm talking Matthew Stafford or even Andy Dalton...this team is in the playoff hunt.
That's how awful Russell Wilson has been.
Edit - I mean sure. Maybe Hackett isn't Belichick. But it's not like Hackett was the one holding this team back this season.
Head coach 1st year on the job. His starting RB goes down for the year (Javonte Williams). His backup RB (Melvin Gordon) can't go 2 weeks without fumbling the football. One of your more reliable WRs gets hurt before the year even begins (Tim Patrick).
You have one of the worst quarterbacks in football this season who holds onto the football WAY, WAY too long.
If anyone should be fired it's their GM George Paton who made arguably the worst NFL trade of the last 20 years.
This Denver pass defense has been elite for most of the season. If they had even a moderate quarterback -- I'm talking Matthew Stafford or even Andy Dalton...this team is in the playoff hunt.
That's how awful Russell Wilson has been.
Edit - I mean sure. Maybe Hackett isn't Belichick. But it's not like Hackett was the one holding this team back this season.
Jaylen Tatum
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Payton is not going to Denver with that bum russ. Russ is done the Seahawks pulled off the greatest heist in nfl history.