Mike Shanahan was uncomfortable.
From a box at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Sunday, Oct. 9, Shanahan witnessed the Atlanta Falcons picking apart the Broncos in a game that should have been dubbed The Mike Shanahan Bowl. More than a dozen of his former coaches and players stood along the sideline.
On one side was his son, Atlanta offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. On the other side was his former coordinator and disciple, Gary Kubiak. And somewhere in a luxury box watching was his former quarterback-turned-general manager, John Elway.
“That was probably as hard a situation to deal with because of my background with both Gary and John and the Denver Broncos, and my son as the offensive coordinator for another team,” Mike Shanahan said.