Big Al: When fans speak out on misconduct, then the Broncos will act
Oct 23, 2018, 5:58 PM | Updated: Oct 24, 2018, 9:52 am
The Denver Broncos find themselves at the bottom of a wave, said Alfred Williams on Tuesday.
After riding the high of a Super Bowl 50 championship just a few seasons in the past, the Broncos now sit at a lull amid a middling season and another off-field incident involving the arrest of backup quarterback Chad Kelly and unflattering photos from a players’ Halloween party in which they simulate cocaine use.
“This is symbolically the lowest point you could get from where they were winning the Super Bowl, right now,” said DMac, Williams’ co-host on “The Drive.”
It’s not the first time the team has had incidents and indiscretions, Williams said. But they’re harder to accept with a sub-.500 record.
And Williams said things won’t likely change until the Broncos fanbase gets riled up enough to catch the attention of non-football executives with the organization, like president and CEO Joe Ellis.
“When the fanbase says something, then I think Joe Ellis will say something. If the fanbase says we’re not going to the games anymore, then Joe Ellis will do something,” Williams said. “But until then, Joe Ellis has no reason to do anything because we’re Broncos faithful and we’re going to go to the games because we believe this team will turn it around.
“But, when you stop going and people stop filling up that stadium, trust me, there’ll be a change.”
DMac said it’s important, following Tuesday’s incidents, to “channel the thoughts of Pat Bowlen and what is OK and what is not OK” as an organization.
“There are some organizations out there that just won’t stand for it, but it seems that we have gone in this direction where we have had some incidents that have gone unpunished almost in the eyes of great organizations,” Williams said.
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