The Broncos’ six consecutive losses since their bye week created a strange 10 days at Dove Valley with a trio of players cut, a coach fired, another quarterback benched, dust-ups at practice and a message, sent loud and clear that jobs are on the line. No one is safe, not on a team described by its own general manager as “soft.”
The first domino fell November 14, when veteran linebacker Kasim Edebali was waived and replaced by Deiontrez Mount.
“It was more about Mount earning the opportunity to be on the roster,” Coach Vance Joseph said.
Three days later, John Elway said he believed the Broncos’ problems started after the bye, in part, because “we got a little bit soft.