It all started with firing Shanahan whose rep was mostly built on back to back Superbowl wins. Like Dan Reeves, Mike was given way too much control and he didn't handle it very well. The league is littered with coaching and player talent that he squandered one way or another.
Denver has a tradition of scoring early, building a lead and then hanging back trying to protect it. That approach worked more often than not but it fell apart in the biggest games.
So now we gave up a great QB who may or may not be destined for greatness. Does anyone think the Bears can make the most of this guy? By the time they get an offense assembled, the aging defense will have retired.
Denver, on the other hand, may figure out how to play enough defense to make a few games close but I will be surprised if the offense finishes in the upper half of the NFL this year. Denver does have a lot of young talent but keeping them on the field was a huge challenge last year. I think we had 7 running backs on IR last year at one time.
Pretty hard to speculate without feeling depressed.
