Craig Morton was looking for a new opportunity in his NFL career in 1977, having spent three miserable years with the New York Giants. Red Miller was a first-chance coach looking for just such a second-chance quarterback.
The two of them helped create the Orange Crush, helped create the team that really put Denver on the football map with the franchise’s first Super Bowl appearance that season. On Wednesday, Miller’s death was announced, at the age of 89. Later that night, Morton told BSN Denver what Miller meant to his career – and what he continues to take from Miller’s teachings into his life today.