What Just Happened? Tragedy, Misfortune, Failure and the Denver Broncos

May 21, 2011   ·   Rob Gregory   ·   Jump to comments

They say that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. For Broncos fans, that’s an easy proverb to ignore. So here’s a better one: Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
After all, Hurricane McDaniels was quite the natural disaster. He did leave a huge mess behind him. So let’s all hold hands, light a candle and repeat that one more time. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place. 
However, this slide towards football obscurity cannot be pinned on Josh McDaniels entirely. No doubt, he was a factor. But it started with a Super Bowl-winning head coach, and ended…well, we don’t know if it has ended, but only a Raiders fan would argue that the Broncos are not headed in the right direction.
We hope that the worst is behind us. But when exactly did this all start, and why did it have to happen here? Poor personnel moves, tragedy and loss, controversy, off-field troubles, the Brandon Marshall saga, Spygate 2.0—t...

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