Denver Broncos: What directions can the team take now?

2. Vic Fangio — A third season?

Vic Fangio is a very good football coach, there’s no doubt about it.

Fangio can scheme a defense as well as anyone in the NFL today, and he said a good crafstman doesn’t blame his toolbox for not getting the job done, but you can’t build a house with just a screwdriver and a level.

The 2020 season has had so many hurdles for the Denver Broncos, it’s near impossible to use Fangio as a scapegoat for any of the team’s struggles.

Fangio didn’t have the benefit of having a full offseason for his young core of players to work together. He has lost his best defensive player in Von Miller and countless others to injuries. As easy as it would be to simply write those things off as excuses, it’s been a brutal year to change offensive systems with the youngest offense in the league, and Fangio’s defense has played pretty admirably even considering the circumstances.

The Broncos obviously have a couple of directions they could go with Fangio — they can keep him or they can fire him depending on how this season turns out.

Even if the team finishes 5-11 or 6-10, it’s hard to justify firing Fangio with the obstacles facing this team in 2020.

Fangio was hired in 2019, year two of a major rebuild for the Broncos. As this post is being written, he’s still in year one with a young quarterback. Fangio has been as-advertised with his defensive prowess and his teams have shown tremendous fight despite the poor performances by the offense at times.

If the Broncos were to fire Fangio, they would basically be signaling to the next head coaching candidate that you have two years to figure this thing out, or else.

Obviously, the Broncos want to get back to relevance quickly. The AFC West looks like it’s only getting stronger and stronger all around them.

Fangio deserves a third season to get things straightened out, hopefully with way fewer critical injuries to have to deal with.