from the Bears. He was defensive coordinator
head coach in Denver
for now three seasons here. He is from earlier today talking
about his potentially tenuous job security as he closes in on
going 0, for 3 in getting the Broncos to the postseason.
Do you ever worry about your
job status?
I don't. And I know you think that's a
standard answer, but
for a lot of reasons, I do not worry about it. And those
reasons are personal to make, but do I acknowledge that? It's
certainly out there and could happen. Absolutely,
but do I worry about it?
I absolutely do not worry about it, for many, many reasons.
And look,
you gain Nothing by worrying about things that you can't
control.
I
Shireen Vic fangio is,
is boosted by the fact that he's got a contract for one
more year,
and the team is likely going to be sold before next season
begins.
If you go out and commit coaching money in today's
market
to a new coach for years, five years, whatever
new owner shows up says,
Not my kind of guy. Sorry,
you've tied the new owners hands with a coach and you've
you've increased the cost of buying the team and that 50
million or whatever. It would take. Potentially buy out. The
new coach
that ends up
being shared in a minimum or at worst coming off the top of
the purchase price. So there's no reason to do it. If you were
the Broncos,
let the next owner figure it out. And the reality is by
the time we get to March or April or whenever a deal would be
done. It's going to be too late. So I think, Circumstances
favor fangio getting one more year
and then he walks away without a buyout after the 2022 season,
unless he's great and hits it off with the new owner and
the new owner size to keep him, but I think fangio is sticking
around
in part because of those Dynamics and also, they weren't
horrible. This year would be different if they were
to an 13 at this point. There
are seven and eight
and and that's better than many thought they were going to be.
So he may get one more year, just because of the fact that
they're not going to want to go out and commit huge
money to a new coach until they know who their own is going to
be.
Yeah, exactly. Right. Mike and that was my same thought
process. I do think he gets another year and I'll be like
Jason Garrett. You let the contract run out, if he's
great. Get some to the postseason.
Great. We sign you to an extension. If you don't your
contracts out, you move on your coaching staff moves on and new
ownership gets to hire the new coach. So I think that's how
that's going to play out. They are the number one scoring
defense in the league right now. And I think that speaks to
how good of a
defensive coordinator.
He is, they've got to get some offense to sit. Every coach
were talking about on this list. They share one thing in
common, and that is the quarterback situation. It's so
unsettled. When you go back to the Bears. Yes, they drafted
Justin fields and they think
they have that guy. They started three quarterbacks. This year
probably should have started Nick Foles the entire year, but
they play started. Five quarterbacks in matin Aggies,
Four Seasons, your look at the Broncos. The Broncos haven't
found that quarterback yet since
Peyton Manning retired and since 2016, they've started 10
different quarterbacks. And they've tried every which way
to get that quarterback in there. It hasn't worked out. If
they can find that quarterback
get some scoring to go with that. Really good defense. They
averaged fewer than 20 points so far this year, but if they
can find that quarterback and I think they're going to go after
one of those veteran quarterbacks. And he's going to
slip right in. They could be like the Broncos with Peyton
Manning because the defense is good because you have weapons
on offense. So who knows if he does stick around Mike and they
get one of those veteran, quarterbacks.
So this could be a coach. They could hire her long-term and
give him an extension. Because I think they can be really good
in a hurry. If they get that quarterback.
They've definitely showed signs of improvement and quarterback
is the one area where they would need to get better and
they could and they become attractive to one of these guys
who will be available and we know that that quarterback
Carousel will be spinning sooner than we realize.