The Broncos could’ve had the Seahawks exactly where they wanted them on Monday night. As a heavy favorite (-6.5) coming in, even despite a glut of unfortunate red zone miscues, Denver had a chance to salt away the victory on their final possession of the evening.
Unfortunately, after wasting 30 seconds with all three timeouts, new Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett decided to unfathomably settle for a potential game-winning 64-yard field goal in arguably the worst coaching decision of Week 1. The Seahawks won, 17-16 (Note: There have been just 25 field goals over 60 yards since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970). And after he doubled down in the postgame, everyone wondered how Hackett could possibly rationalize his confounding decision.
