It's rare that a team has a coach come in, go 46-18 and win four division titles in four seasons with a Super Bowl appearance and then lets him walk, but the Denver Broncos want to win now.
And, apparently, John Fox took the fall for the failure to bring home a Lombardi Trophy.
The wording of the reports, first from Fox Sports' Jay Glazer and ESPN's Adam Schefter, is that Fox and the Broncos decided to part ways. No matter how you put it, Fox is a free agent after meeting with Broncos general manager John Elway on Monday, and the Broncos need a new head coach. Maybe Fox wants to coach elsewhere (the San Francisco 49ers are already being speculated as a good fit), but it doesn't happen unless the Broncos were ready to move on as well. After the Broncos lost their playoff opener to the Colts 24-13, apparently they felt a change was needed.
The Broncos have two hot candidates in offensive coordinator Adam Gase and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, and either might take over. The bigger question is the status of quarterback Peyton Manning, who couldn't commit to playing next season after the playoff loss and might be in decline as he enters his age 39 season anyway. But the Broncos will definitely be moving on without Fox, who guided a very good run.
The Broncos won a division title with Tim Tebow at quarterback, then was the AFC's No. 1 seed in back-to-back years and the No. 2 seed this year. The 2012 and 2014 seasons ended with disappointing playoff losses in the divisional round, however. Even an AFC championship at the end of the 2013 season was overshadowed by an ugly 43-8 loss to the Seahawks.
A lot will be changing for the Broncos this offseason. Starting with the head coach.
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Frank Schwab is the editor of Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at shutdowncorner@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @YahooSchwab
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