I love seeing The Teeth with a look like that on his face, but unfortunately, this Broncos team isn't his fault.
I am enjoying the crap out of the Broncos' current situation. They're overpaying a bad quarterback and gave up so much draft capital (and three players!) to get him, plus more draft capital to get the coach the bad QB had wanted for years (better yet, to no avail, as the QB and team continue to suck), and now they have many holes on the roster because of the ridiculous cap hits from the bad QB's horrible contract, which may just be the worst contract in the entire league!
As I've said a bunch of times around here, the only way I can imagine the Broncos' situation being funnier and more enjoyable for me would be if The Teeth were still in charge, and if he had been responsible for the Broncos' side of the trade that sent RW3-and-out to Denver. Among the many great things about XLVIII for me was when the TV cameras got shots of The Teeth suffering through yet another humiliation in a Super Bowl in front of a huge worldwide audience.
Sure, I loved the ass-kicking Washington gave the Broncos and humiliation The Teeth suffered (three interceptions and five sacks!) in the Doug Williams Super Bowl after the '87 season, and I loved the Super Bowl after the '89 season, when the 49ers gave the Broncos a thorough thrashing, including pounding on The Teeth and letting him humliate himself again (10 of 26 passing for 108 yards, no TDs, two interceptions, and four sacks). Even so, even if I were to ignore all the other great things about that day and only consider the humiliation for The Teeth, XLVIII beat both of those other Super Bowls, because The Teeth wasn't just the QB on a team of 48 guys. That day, the Seahawks gave a very thorough beatdown to a team The Teeth had built. I'd have enjoyed that Super Bowl tremendously even if it hadn't been the Seahawks doing that to The Teeth. The fact that it
was the Seahawks finally winning the Super Bowl I'd been waiting for them to win for over 37 years, and that it
was the Seahawks who did that to the team The Teeth had built made it one of the greatest moments I've ever had watching professional sports.
I know The Teeth and the Broncos got convincingly beaten in another Super Bowl (against the Giants after the '86 season), and I'm so sorry I had to miss that one.
Here's hopin' the Broncos bring back The Teeth as some kind of executive. But
not as GM. I want George Paton to keep that role for as long as possible.