OAKLAND — New coach. Different quarterback. Same sorry, old Broncos.
Can we skip ahead to the part of this story when beleaguered front-office executive John Elway has to decide among quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert or Jake Fromm in the 2020 NFL draft?
Try to spin this 24-16 season-opening loss to Oakland any way you want. In defeat, the Broncos tried mightily to keep the faith. But whatever playoff hopes this team might have harbored swirled down a deep, Black Hole.
“It’s a feeling that I don’t like, especially it being the first game of the year.