Josh McDaniels Got Rid Of Peyton Hillis On The Broncos Because His Wife Had a Crush on Him

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We've never heard a good thing about recently fired Raiders coach Josh McDaniels, and the hits keep coming. Among other things, during his brief stint as the Denver Broncos head coach years ago, he cut RB Peyton Hillis for a very odd reason...

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Josh McDaniels is a bad football coach. This is an objectively defensible statement. …

Mark Davis recognized the problem wasn’t the players—it was Josh. It was always Josh. Everywhere he has gone, other than New England, the problem has always been Josh and that jockstrap he carries around in his back pocket. The one he’s never washed. The one he stole from Tom Brady’s locker before leaving Foxboro and striking out on his own. The one he tossed to anyone who ever questioned his football acumen. Smell it, he’d say. Any questions? …

Ding-dong, the witch is dead. …

Of course I'd say Josh McDaniel is a shitty coach: He cut me. My time as a Denver Bronco ended at his hand, like that of so many of my friends. …

Josh had immediately butted heads with Denver's most talented young offensive players, Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall, and Tony Scheffler. They were [Mike] Shanahan guys, and they made him uncomfortable, so he sent them packing. My old teammate, Tyler Polumbus, who played for both Shanahan and Josh, relayed this story to me: After trading Cutler, Josh addressed the entire team and said, “Fellas, don’t worry about the quarterback situation. I can turn a high school quarterback into an All-Pro.”

McDaniels's ego wasn't only fragile on the field. He famously shipped out running back Peyton Hillis because, rumor had it, McDaniels thought his wife was attracted to Hillis.

I found out my Broncos career was over from a message left on my parents' answering machine. … When I tried to contact Josh for an explanation, his secretary told me he was in a meeting and that he’d call me back. He never did.

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(Barstool Sports)