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Biomechanical Review: Gary Kubiak

Gary Kubiak is a coach who blends a technical approach to the QB position with a complementary offensive scheme.  When Mike Shanahan and Alex Gibbs brought the zone-blocking scheme to the NFL, Kubiak (as Shanahan’s QB coach) added a specific way of playing QB to this scheme, designed to maximize vertical throwing accuracy.  His technical approach enabled many QBs in the Shanahan/ Kubiak ZBS to play more effectively than might be presumed by their general talent level.

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The Contractual Ramifications Of Trading For Joe Flacco

Joe Flacco is poised to become a Bronco. What does that mean for both sides, as well as Case Keenum and the rest of the players on the team? In this post, I’ll set out some of the facts that will arise from this trade, in an effort to help us form better opinions, be they positive or negative on the merits. Continue reading The Contractual Ramifications Of Trading For Joe Flacco

Should The Broncos Demand A Pay Cut From Case Keenum?

In my offseason roadmap, the first item on the list was as follows: “Do not cut Case Keenum, and do not renegotiate his contract.” While I will stand by that, I will cede that a cromulent case can be made in opposition, and it’s worth exploring a bit further what the Broncos can do if they feel that paying Keenum $18 million with a $21 million cap hit in 2019 in not appropriate.

Here is a poll where you can give your opinion on the subject, but before you submit your vote, I encourage you to read the entire article, as I hope to better inform your vote before you reach your own opinion.

Should the Broncos demand a pay cut from Case Keenum?

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Age of first-time head coaches

A friend and I were talking about the hire of Fangio, and one concerned he expressed, was that Fangio was old and had never been selected as a head coach in his 40-year career. There’s no denying that Fangio is old. Next year, Fangio will be the 5th oldest coach next year, trailing only Mike Zimmer (63), Bill Belichick (67), Pete Carroll (68) and Bruce Arians (67).

This prompted me to do a little research and see how this compared to previous first-time head coaches. I used PFR and looked at the 80 head coaches who started their coaching career in 2001 or after. I ignored coaches who I knew were only Interim Head Coaches, although I could have missed some. The data PFR compiles isn’t great, and I had to manually enter everyone’s birth year, so I was a little limited by what analysis I could do. Note that throughout this article, I’m referring to a coach’s age on December 31st of that year, or essentially their age at the end of the season (it made collecting data much).

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Denver Broncos Hire Vic Fangio as Head Coach