A key part of being a successful NFL coach is being able to understand clock management and when to use time outs.
Broncos coach Vic Fangio showed Monday night that he doesn’t really get either of those things and because of that he wasn’t successful as his team lost at home to the Titans, 16-14, thanks to a field goal in the final minute.
But what led to that field goal and all the time that was wasted was incredible.
The Titans drove down the field in the final minutes and ran the clock down to 17 seconds before kicking a 25-yard FG for the win.
During that time the Broncos had three time outs and Fangio never used any of them. He didn’t even use one to ice Titans kicker Stephen Gostkowsi, who missed three field goals and an extra point in the game.
Instead, Fangio just let the clock keep ticking despite have 3 TIME OUTS.
The Broncos then got the ball back with 17 seconds and three time outs but by then things were pretty much over for Denver.
Fangio got roasted:
Can anyone tell me why Fangio didn’t use those 3 timeouts? He knows they don’t carry over until next gm. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) September 15, 2020
What is Fangio doing? 1:20 and you let them run a play and run it down to 31 sec
— mark schlereth (@markschlereth) September 15, 2020
Vic Fangio has worse clock management skills than pre-2019 Andy Reid.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 15, 2020
Vic Fangio with his timeouts. pic.twitter.com/6QEUQg4xvg
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) September 15, 2020
Does Fangio know that he is the head coach????? Nice job FRIEND, you saved all 3 TO's for the last :17
Just absurd
— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) September 15, 2020
Vic Fangio taking two TO’s to the locker room. Are those worth something I don’t know about?
— Randy Mueller (@RandyMueller_) September 15, 2020
You question it, but Vic Fangio now has two more timeouts for his heaven jar
— Patrick Daugherty (@RotoPat) September 15, 2020
That is unreal coaching incompetence from Fangio…
— John Jastremski (@john_jastremski) September 15, 2020
Vic Fangio has been in this league for 35 years and that was some of the worst clock management in league history. The Broncos leave the field with two timeouts remaining, the timeouts he should have used when Tennessee was running down the clock. Sorry but that's inexcusable.
— Cedric Golden (@CedGolden) September 15, 2020
Many of us grew up knowing how to manage a clock because we've played Madden all of our life. I'm confident Vic Fangio has never heard of Madden
— Kevin Turner (@ktfuntweets) September 15, 2020
Vic Fangio’s clock management is embarrassing.
— Andrew Hammond (@ahammTNT) September 15, 2020
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