I would imagine the toughest part of a head coaches job is dealing with really bad performances. When your team doesn’t tackle, doesn’t put out maximum effort, doesn’t make good decisions from under center, etc etc. All things the Denver Broncos did on Monday in a blowout loss to their division rival.

When asked if players were more attentive this week, head coach Sean Payton noted the reality of the NFL being a league of grown men — not a league of parents coaching children. The mentality has to be different and he did a good job framing that reality.

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“I think you have to be honest about the corrections,” Payton said today. “I think you point out some of the things that were good when those things come up. We did a lot of things in the kicking game well. I think that these guys are grown men, and when they put the tape on, they see it. So I think we’re in one of those… We said after the game, I said, ‘This is going to be a tough day tomorrow, but we’ll get through it.'”

At the end of the day, when the players lay an egg on gameday it is the coaches that also failed by proxy. They have to come together as adults and figure out how to get it fixed for the next game. Hopefully we see that happen this week with the Broncos when they host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

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