Broncos Coach Nathaniel Hackett: ‘I Would Be Booing Myself’

“Looking back at it, we definitely should have gone for it,” Hackett said afterward.

On Sunday, even as he reveled in his team’s first win, he acknowledged it had made too many mistakes, saying, “That’s on us.”

“Too sloppy by the offense,” Hackett said. “There were too many things where we just made it hard on ourselves.”

Hackett has only two games under his belt as a head coach. So one might think allowances would be made. But the booing by the home crowd and two weeks of negative headlines are proof that honeymoons do not last long in the N.F.L.

The Broncos host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night. They are 2-point favorites. And if there were an over/under on Hackett blunders it would probably be about 1½.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/sports/football/broncos-nathaniel-hackett.html