There's no way to sell Denver Broncos fans on another season of Nathaniel Hackett as their head coach.
Broncos fans have been vocal since the team got off to a bad start with a weird Week 1 loss, punctuated by a weird decision by Hackett toat the Seattle Seahawks. Caving to impatient fans' wishes usually isn't smart. In this case, it might be the only choice.
The Raiders were 2-7 coming in and even though the Broncos struggled again on offense, they had a 16-13 lead with two minutes to go. They had the break to discuss an upcoming third-and-10. A first down would have ended the game. And Russell Wilson made a mistake that he can't make. The Broncos punted and ended up losing. Maybe the Raiders would have tied it anyway without the extra 40 seconds, but a total breakdown in coverage allowed Josh Jacobs to get a 43-yard catch in the final minute to set up a field goal, and then in overtime another broken coverage left Davante Adams wide open for a 35-yard walk-off touchdown. Two blown coverages on two key plays in the game isn't completely on Hackett, but it's a symptom of a team that looks unprepared each week.
Denver is 3-7 this season. Hackett was hired after being the Green Bay Packers' offensive coorinator, but his offense has been bad. Denver had scored the fewest points in the NFL through 10 weeks. They hadn't scored more than 23 points in a game all season. This week Hackett gave up play-calling to passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Klint Kubiak, and the offense wasn't much better. However, neither was the game management.
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