Why the Broncos will keep replacing coaches until the quarterback question’s answered – Denver Broncos Blog

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos’ search for a quarterback in the post-Peyton Manning era has been a costly affair.

Costly in a record that has leaned decidedly toward a growing pile of losses, costly in the erosion of any sort patience among the team’s faithful and costly to the head coach.

Sunday morning Vic Fangio became the second Broncos coach fired in the last four years because the offense was too stubborn, too tepid and too big a problem. The Broncos lost four of their last five games, scoring 13 or fewer points in four of those losses to go from the wild-card hunt to out of the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

The uncertainly at quarterback and inability to match the starter with the playbook could be seen almost as soon as Gary Kubiak — who helped the Broncos win Super Bowl 50 — stepped away due to health reasons after the Broncos’ 9-7 finish in 2016. It was last season Denver finished with a winning record.

They lost four of their last six games that year, scoring 10 or fewer points in three of the last four games that season. Vance Joseph fired an offensive coordinator during his first season — 2017 — and was fired himself after the 2018 season.

Fangio fired an offensive coordinator after his first season — 2019 — and has now been fired two seasons later with the same problems staring the Broncos in the face. If it feels familiar it is: The Broncos’ strategy of replacing coaches until they get the quarterback question answered enters its third edition.

The numbers are well worn at this point. There have been 10 different starting quarterbacks since the midway point of the 2016 season — 11 if you count running back Phillip Lindsay starting the no-quarterback game in 2020 — and the team has not averaged more 23 points a game since 2014.