Getty ImagesAfter Sunday’s season-ending win over the Raiders, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said he’ll publicly address his future on Monday. He privately has shared his plans with the team.
Per multiple sources, Kubiak has told Broncos players that he will retire.
The move already has been couched as arising from health concerns. However, the extent to which changes would have been made to his coaching staff also is a factor. Kubiak did not want to show disloyalty to any of the men who helped the team win Super Bowl 50.
The staff will now surely change, perhaps dramatically. The contract of defensive coordinator Wade Phillips is expiring; there’s chatter among the Broncos players that Wade will be retiring.
Jeff Fisher on line 1.
This is where Elway reels in Peyton Manning.
*Kubiac walks into an incredible party already taking place in Denver.
“Don’t mind me guys, I’m just gonna reach over here and grab me one of these spare Super Bowl rings and then get out of your way. Have a lovely day. Bye.” -Gary Kubiac
After Elway “won” his 2 SBs, we found out that the Broncos had been cheating the salary cap by $30M. There was no way they could have kept both Elway and Davis without those secret payments. The League turned a blind eye because it wanted badly for Elway to get a SB win(s). We all remember the cry, “This one’s for John!” The league waited for Elway to retire before penalizing Denver. For the most egregious violations in NFL history; violations that are the only reason Denver won those 2 SBs, they were fined $950K and a 3rd round draft choice.
In comparison, NE lost a 1st rounder and $500K for having a single camera just a few feet out of position for about 20 minutes. They lost 2 picks, $1M, and Brady for 4 games because they played outside in the cold. Remember, Indy played with deflated footballs during that same game, but received no penalties despite their long history of cheating.
Last year, Goodell tried to cover up Manning’s PED use and even manipulated the choice of refs for the AFCCG and SB. Those refs, Hochuli and Blakeman, had never allowed the Broncos to lose on their watch. A perfect 15-0. As insurance, the League placed a rabid Broncos’ fan as the replay official for the SB. You can Google the social media posts his wife was making all game. Don’t forget that all replays for the game were made by the booth and not the Blakeman. The game turned on a blown call. Newton made a beautiful pass to Cotchery. Replays all showed a clear, clean catch. Despite that, it was ruled incomplete. On the next play, Newton fumbled. Not the fumble where turtled.
It doesn’t matter who the coach is in Denver. The NFL isn’t going to bend and break rules, or ignore incredible violations for Simien. However, if Romo goes to Denver, the cheating and special treatment will be back with a vengeance!
rodgerstonelson says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:14 PM
This is where Elway reels in Peyton Manning.
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To do what?
Nick Saban to Broncos, I promise
The whole “Kubiak didn’t want to fire his offensive coaches” story is manufactured. Elway would be the one firing them, and at least some of them would get to stick around if Kubiak stayed. Now it’s a certainty that they’ll all be fired — how do you think Kubiak feels about that outcome?
“This is where Elway reels in Peyton Manning.”
Its possible he would make a good coach but no guarantee.
On the other hand given the limited pool of qualified NFL head coach candidates, which number far fewer than the number of teams, I doubt he would do worse than the crappy options and might do very well.
Its just a different aspect of the same problem. The question is would Peyton be willing to put in the 80-100 hour work weeks a head coach needs to do to be successful? Manning already has boats full of money, so his only motivation would be love of the game and missing being part of the league.
Wow!!!
ricko1112 says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:15 PM
After Elway “won” his 2 SBs, we found out that the Broncos had been cheating the salary cap by $30M. …
Man, there ain’t enough cheese in Green Bay to go with that wine.
“Nick Saban to Broncos, I promise”.
Denver is not big enough for both John Elway and Nick Saban.
Never happen!
Nick Saban isn’t leaving his current well-paying gig for ANY NFL position. I promise.
I’ve got a feeling this is where Sean Payton ends up and brings tony romo with him like he did brees in no
rodgerstonelson says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:14 PM
This is where Elway reels in Peyton Manning.
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Peyton had a nice career but at this point even Siemian is better.
Lol at the Sagan comment. And why would you want that? He was a mediocre NFL coach.
Why doesn’t Elway just coach too? Ya John, that way you can try to score pts with the crappy talent you’ve put together on the offensive side of the ball
Aqib ‘I shoot myself’ Talib with a punk move tearing off the necklace Kaep gave to Crabtree, as gift after the superbowl pass was overthrown. It was a momento and good luck piece. Talib took it upon himself to tear it off Crabtrees neck with no repercussion by the refs. Destruction of property in excess of 500$ = criminal offense. Let’s see the NFL and it’s ‘integrity’ do something about it.
Stay classy Talib.
Vance Joseph!
Nothing but respect for Kubiak. Hell of a coaching job to win it all last year, nice career overall.
rick01112–Your screen name tells us where you are, and your semi-literate screed tells us all we need to know about your “objectivity”. Geez, what a paranoid rant.
Surely we must all acknowledge that Elway is a genius.
Phillips is bailing too? Hope they have enough lifeboats.
Geez Brass Monkey give it a break…….those 3 SB Trophys looks really awesome on display…..if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying…..
and we have no issue with the Patriots and this idiotic deflategate nonsense…..I hope Brady sticks it to Roger now that we are out of it….
ricko1112 says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:15 PM
After Elway “won” his 2 SBs, we found out that the Broncos had been cheating the salary cap by $30M. There was no way they could have kept both Elway and Davis without those secret payments. The League turned a blind eye because it wanted badly for Elway to get a SB win(s). We all remember the cry, “This one’s for John!” The league waited for Elway to retire before penalizing Denver. For the most egregious violations in NFL history; violations that are the only reason Denver won those 2 SBs, they were fined $950K and a 3rd round draft choice.
In comparison, NE lost a 1st rounder and $500K for having a single camera just a few feet out of position for about 20 minutes. They lost 2 picks, $1M, and Brady for 4 games because they played outside in the cold. Remember, Indy played with deflated footballs during that same game, but received no penalties despite their long history of cheating.
Last year, Goodell tried to cover up Manning’s PED use and even manipulated the choice of refs for the AFCCG and SB. Those refs, Hochuli and Blakeman, had never allowed the Broncos to lose on their watch. A perfect 15-0. As insurance, the League placed a rabid Broncos’ fan as the replay official for the SB. You can Google the social media posts his wife was making all game. Don’t forget that all replays for the game were made by the booth and not the Blakeman. The game turned on a blown call. Newton made a beautiful pass to Cotchery. Replays all showed a clear, clean catch. Despite that, it was ruled incomplete. On the next play, Newton fumbled. Not the fumble where turtled.
It doesn’t matter who the coach is in Denver. The NFL isn’t going to bend and break rules, or ignore incredible violations for Simien. However, if Romo goes to Denver, the cheating and special treatment will be back with a vengeance!
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Pats fan here but I know we benefitted from Tuck rule call in the playoffs. Without that call, we don’t win a SB that year.
He must have some serious health issues for him to walk away. Most coaches are lifers, they have to be dragged away kicking and screaming.
Kudos to him for moving on with his life while he still has a life.
Now if he resurfaces somewhere else in a year or two then we can only speculate that he doesn’t get along with someone in the organization.
Urban is sick (from the loss the other day. He’ll quit because he’ll need therapy in Denver…
Good for him. He has a SB ring, can spend time with the family, has enough money (hopefully) saved up. Good for him. Enjoy retirement GK, you’ve earned it, you deserve it, and I hope you and your family have many, many years ahead to enjoy with each other.
BrassMonkey says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:39 PM
It speaks to you level of intelligence…
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That’s priceless, you’ve outdone yourself chipster.
Gonna be fun watching this dumpster fire. Couldn’t happen to a more dis gusting human being (Elway)
The wheels on the bus have officially fallen off in donkey land
BrassMonkey says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:39 PM
ricko1112 says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:15 PM
After Elway “won” his 2 SBs, we found out that the Broncos had been cheating the salary cap by $30M. There was no way they could have kept both Elway and Davis without those secret payments. The League turned a blind eye because it wanted badly for Elway to get a SB win(s). We all remember the cry, “This one’s for John!” The league waited for Elway to retire before penalizing Denver. For the most egregious violations in NFL history; violations that are the only reason Denver won those 2 SBs, they were fined $950K and a 3rd round draft choice.
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Do you just cut and paste the same comment all day long?
It speaks to you level of intelligence (or rather lack thereof).
Come up with a coherent thought of your own that’s original.
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Boy I got several of you bandwagon “fans” riled up. Funny thing is, you pinkhats shed a lot of tears, but not one of you even attempted to refute any of the facts I posted. That’s because a simple Google search confirms everything I wrote. See, that’s the problem you have when you change the team you root for every year. I suggest that you pick a single team and stick with it. Changing every year must get tiresome…
#1 Broncos = your team cheats. THE biggest NFL cheating team !
Good luck coach smart move get healthy and enjoy your life
maust1013 says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:30 PM
rodgerstonelson says:
Jan 1, 2017 8:14 PM
This is where Elway reels in Peyton Manning.
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Peyton had a nice career but at this point even Siemian is better.
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Nobody knows about this point’s Peyton but last year’s Peyton outplayed Brady in the AFCC game by scoring twice as many TDs.
“Surely we must all acknowledge that Elway is a genius.”
He’s a genius after this season???
… and stop calling me “Shirley” 😉
patsfan4lifesbchamps says:
Jan 1, 2017 9:31 PM
Nobody knows about this point’s Peyton but last year’s Peyton outplayed Brady in the AFCC game by scoring twice as many TDs.
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And here all us Denver & NE fans thought that was Von Miller almost snapping Brady in half. Leave it to a Jests fan to have a different take.
Hey Ricko…Maybe you should continue to read into the article instead of choosing what you want to hear or try and comprehend. The salary cap violation you speak of yes it happened but the money was not used to keep Elway and Davis or used to sign any free agents. The money was used for the new stadium payments that the Broncos were on the hook for but were not able to make unless it deferred certain salaries. So if your gonna quote something how about Denver would not have a new stadium if they hadn’t cheated the cap because that’s the truth. You however want to embellished it by saying they couldn’t keep Elway and Davis
Let’s get this straight, they bring in a ringer (Manning) to win a Super Bowl, let Fox go after doing a great job with the team and bring in Elway’s buddy Kubiak for the final push. Wonder what’s next for this franchise. How about Elway for head coach and GM.
Good riddance
Elway is a God. My faith is in him and Trump.
Based on this photo, apparently Kubiak was having chest pains. I wasn’t aware that he was the shy, retiring type.
Denver will never sign a big name well respected coach that has a winning pedigree. Elway’s ego is too big and he wants to be the man in Donkey-land. Someone like Sean Peyton would tell horseface to go pound sand when he tries to tell him who to play. Andy Reid will be the Premiere coach in the AFC West for the next several years.
The Raiders better grab Wade Phillips to replace Norton when they hopefully fire him
Pats fan here but I know we benefitted from Tuck rule call in the playoffs. Without that call, we don’t win a SB that year.
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I wouldn’t dispute that, but that insinuates that the call was wrong. It was by the book correct. Patriots were on the other side of that call earlier in the season against the Jets.
Kubiak is smart. He’s got plenty of money in the bank, why risk his health any further? Get out of the grind of NFL coaching and enjoy your money with your family.
Also, despite the long and much reputed relationship between Elway and Kubiak, it is very clear by now that John Elway in his current position is extremely difficult to work with/for. Kubiak exiting the scene may be in the best interests of both of them.
maust1013 says:
Jan 1, 2017 9:45 PM
patsfan4lifesbchamps says:
Jan 1, 2017 9:31 PM
Nobody knows about this point’s Peyton but last year’s Peyton outplayed Brady in the AFCC game by scoring twice as many TDs.
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And here all us Denver & NE fans thought that was Von Miller almost snapping Brady in half. Leave it to a Jests fan to have a different take.
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Well Manning had to face Belichick’s defense with nowhere near as good of an offense as Brady had against Miller and Co. So this excuse doesn’t really make a lot of sense. Brady had Gronk (the greatest mismatch ever in football), Edelman, White, Blount, Amendola on the field. Manning threw his touchdown passes to ageing TE, Owen Daniels. By all accounts Manning outplayed Brady in the AFCC game.
Another thing to note is Denver’s defense plays better when they have a lead which is what happened throughout the playoffs last year.
If you don’t believe it just go to your team cheats and the read it and weep!
#1 Broncos
#2 Jets
#3 Stealers
#15 Patriots tied with the Seachickens
No, he quit.
I’d bet it’s already a done deal that Mike McCoy is coming back to Denver.
Ummmm RRAIDERS why did you stop posting the teams at #3 and jumped right to #15? Could it be that your beloved Raiders are listed at #6 on the list? So you bash others but fail to list your teams infractions. Well at least our teams are never in danger of leaving our cities. I forget were the Raiders are even from Oakland, L.A., Oakland now possibly Vegas I mean come on support your team and maybe you can keep them. I know Denver is out of the playoffs and we finally gave someone else the division for once but don’t worry both you and K.V. will be joining us soon.
a job nobody wants, same goes for 49ers…two terribile GM’s.
Rader Nation a team their own cities don’t want. How many times can one team relocate? I guess when the only thing you win since the 80s is most penalties that can happen.
It was 18 years since the last one haters! In Denver, we are content and nobody, within reality, expected to repeat. Thanks Kubes for the third Lombardi. Wish we had Carr today at Mile High as it would not have mattered. Most wanted to see what the Raiders would have fielded after Cook. Looking to see the Raiders in the Backup QB bowl next week followed the Chiefs and Steelers softening up the Pats enough to lose to the Giants/Cowboys in the Big Dance. Broncos will be back prior to another 18!
That’s one spicy meatball, eh Kubes? 3 rings as a Broncos coach/asst coach. Happy trails!
Wade Phillips. One of the best ALL-TIME W-L records among NFL head coaches.
Enjoy retirement Gary. Actually he has 4 rings as a longtime coach