Broncos have lost to five former employees this season

In Week 1, the Broncos fell to move coach Josh McDaniels’s Las Vegas Raiders. Following his first stint because the offensive coordinator with the New England Patriots from 2006-08, the 47-year-old served because the lead man in Denver for 2009 and a part of the 2010 marketing campaign.

The Broncos missed the playoffs after going 8-8 underneath McDaniels in his first season on the helm, earlier than beginning 3-9 in his second yr, which led to his firing. McDaniels completed his tenure in Denver with simply an 11-17 mark (.393 profitable proportion), however issues have been even worse to this point in Las Vegas with a 7-14 mark by one-plus season.

First-year head coach Sean Payton and firm misplaced their second straight dwelling tilt to start the marketing campaign in Week 2 in opposition to the Washington Commanders. The NFC East membership has fourth-year defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio aiding head coach Ron Rivera. Del Rio — who was the Jacksonville Jaguars’ head coach for eight-plus seasons from 2003-11 after which with the Oakland Raiders from 2015-17 — was the Broncos defensive coordinator underneath John Fox from 2012-14.

The Broncos not solely fell to 0-3 with a 50-point drubbing in South Seashore in Week 3 in opposition to the Miami Dolphins however misplaced to a pair of former connections within the AFC East staff’s present defensive coordinator in Vic Fangio and head coach Mike McDaniel as properly.

Fangio held his lone head-coaching gig thus far within the Mile Excessive Metropolis from 2019-2021, main the staff to a pair of seven-win seasons, no playoff berths and an total mark of 19-30.

On the age of twenty-two, McDaniel landed his first NFL job as an intern/ball boy with Denver throughout the 2005 marketing campaign.

After the Broncos obtained within the win column with a Week 4 defeat of the Chicago Bears, they misplaced their third dwelling recreation in as many tries on Sunday in opposition to the New York Jets.

Regardless of that includes a pair of one-win groups, the battle was one of many most-hyped video games on Sunday’s docket. It included Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett’s return to Denver after his disastrous 15-game run because the staff’s head coach in 2022 and got here following Payton’s harsh criticism of Hackett over the summer season.

New York helped their coach get revenge on Payton, coming away with a 31-21 choice.