Pat Shurmur’s latest personnel gaffe is the final straw for Broncos OC
Many Denver Broncos fans have already had quite enough of Pat Shurmur over the last two years, but his latest personnel gaffe is over the top.
Many Denver Broncos fans have had enough of Pat Shurmur.
There have certainly been plenty of reasons to complain throughout the last two seasons, not limited to:
- Failure to develop Drew Lock
- Horrible misuse of Noah Fant’s skills including leaving him in to pass protect
- Lack of commitment to the running game (early on)
- Jerry Jeudy not having a single TD in 2021 and constantly being negated from plays running in motion
- Poor play sequencing and ill-timed play calls
- Predictable run-run-pass format for stretches of time
- Horrendous game-opening script leading to constant early score deficits
Shall we go on?
As if Shurmur’s issues weren’t already pronounced, his latest stunt should have everyone in Broncos Country going absolutely bananas.
Feast your eyes upon this:
https://twitter.com/MileHighMario/status/1476406260106993670
That is, in fact, Courtland Sutton lined up against (checks notes) Maxx Crosby, one of the top defensive ends in the game.
With a healthy Albert Okwuegbunam and Eric Saubert on the game day roster, using Sutton as an in-line tight end in a three-point stance is a hysterical misuse of personnel, and it should be the final straw for everyone in Denver.
Sutton is already not receiving enough targets on a week-to-week basis as it is, and the excuses for that are dwindling. We finally saw him get a healthier number of targets last week against the Raiders, but even then, it feels like it’s too little, too late.
This level of incompetence is simply maddening. Considering how tough it has been for the Broncos to get anything going offensively even running simple passing concepts, the fact that Shurmur is out there trying to involve Sutton as an in-line tight end in a three-point stance is inexcusable.
It’s becoming abundantly clear that the Denver Broncos need fresh blood at the offensive coordinator spot. Perhaps the fact that this kind of thing in addition to the previously listed issues fall on Vic Fangio, who hired Pat Shurmur.
Fangio hired Shurmur based on his reputation and history in the league. While Shurmur has had some success before, it’s clear that he’s not with the times. He may have a lot of tremendous play designs, but his use of personnel, play calling, and play sequencing are all out of touch.