The Broncos are the mess that general manager George Paton made, under the mistaken impression that hugs equal leadership and team chemistry can be bough
From hiring coach Nathaniel Hackett, who does nothing well except let players skip practice on Thanksgiving, to prematurely handing quarterback Russell Wilson a $242.5 million contract extension before he threw a pass that mattered in Denver, Paton has committed major blunders that have shoved a long-suffering franchise deeper into a cycle of losing.
And know the crazy part? On a team that talks about accountability but seldom takes responsibility for bad football, it was left to Melvin Gordon to speak the inconvenient truth.