Josh McDaniels Fired

Josh McDaniels, who cumulative an 11-17 record in less than two seasons with the team, had been opposite sharp criticism thanks to the team's tumultuous season and a scandal in which the team was wedged videotaping the San Francisco 49ers' practice during a game in London. The 34-year-old Josh McDaniels became one on the youngest coaches in the NFL when he left the New England Patriots in 2009 to replace veteran Mike Shanahan as the Broncos' head coach. His tenure in Denver was marked by argument almost instantaneously when an argument with star quarterbacks Jay Cutler encouraged the team to trade Cutler to Chicago.

Nonetheless, McDaniels started his head coaching career 6-0 in 2009. The Broncos, however, have won just 5 of its 22 games since then. McDaniels has been criticized for sequence of questionable personnel decisions, including a trade of running back Peyton Hillis to Cleveland, and the team's surprising decision to draft Tim Tebow in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft.

On Monday, prior to his firing, McDaniels said at his weekly press meeting that he was reluctant to start Tebow even though the team had been eliminated from playoff argument