Broncos Fans Count Down Play Clock After Nathaniel Hackett's Delay of Game Issues
After two weeks as an NFL head coach, Nathaniel Hackett looks like he's in over his head. He's made some ridiculous decisions. After repeated clock issues, Broncos fans took charge and started audibly counting down the play clock to help their young coach out. It was hilarious.
Broncos fans are now chanting along with the play clock so the team doesn't take a delay of game.
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) September 18, 2022
Check this out:
Broncos fans are helpfully/mockingly shouting out the play clock on every play as Denver struggles to manage the clock. pic.twitter.com/53p339HGME
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) September 18, 2022
You could hear it clearly on the broadcast as well, which means it was incredibly loud.
Bronco fans count down the play clock.... Then Russell Wilson stumbles and gets sacked! LMAOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/YKmjiX6RIE
— 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @𝗙𝗧𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱𝟳 (@FTBeard7) September 18, 2022
Clock issues plagued Hackett all day, like this incident in the third quarter, where he couldn't decide if he wanted to go for it or kick a field goal. The Broncos took a delay of game penalty because of his indecision and were forced to punt the ball.
Nathaniel Hackett didn’t know if he wanted to go for it or kick the field goal, he takes a delay of game penalty and the Broncos are forced to punt... pic.twitter.com/mLIgr3yijw
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) September 18, 2022
It wasn't their first instance of a problem.
And this was before the Broncos faced a fourth-and-2, didn't make a decision, took a delay of game as they were lining up for a field goal, and then had to punt. https://t.co/svkqZr6iq6
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) September 18, 2022
And they have repeatedly wasted timeouts because of clock issues.
Broncos use their last timeout to avoid a delay of game.
— Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) September 18, 2022
Can’t do weird things with your timeouts in the final seconds if you use them before the 7:30 mark of the fourth quarter. pic.twitter.com/WcHuzPKZV4
Broncos fans booed Russell Wilson and the offense earlier in the game, and were forced to help the head coach not get penalized late. Luckily Denver somehow escaped with a win in Week 2.