DENVER (AP) — Coaches always preach about putting their players in the best position to succeed. Several fell short of that mantra in Week 5 and instead led their teams to disheartening defeats.
Backfires burned some of the NFL’s most accomplished leaders: The two men who hoisted the most recent Super Bowl trophies — Nick Sirianni and Mike Macdonald — and two-time head coaches Dan Quinn and Jim Harbaugh.
Together, that foursome has won 234 NFL games and has a combined .624 winning percentage. And yet they created openings for opponents to capitalize on their miscalculations or miscues.
Quinn’s quagmire
In Washington, the Commanders inexplicably ran the clock out on themselves in field-goal range and had to settle for a tie against the Giants, falling to 1-3-1.