I'm surprised by this situation. Denver was an AFC powerhouse, but they felt necessary to fire their coach? I don't understand what was going on behind the scenes here. Obviously neither side was pleased with the way things were going...
Because the head coach was brain dead. Fox has a team loaded with talent but his in-game decisions were like he was coaching the Raiders or Jets a team with no talent. He wasn't aggressive, he punted at times nobody in their right mind would ever punt the ball, he was just too conservative with a team that has the talent to win it all. With an old Peyton Manning winning 12 games and losing in your first playoff game (a home playoff game) isn't good enough. With that roster nobody cares about winning a division or 12 regular season wins....meaningless. He was in a Super Bowl last year and this year he regressed with a BETTER team.
He had to go! They aren't going to waste Peyton's final year or two with an idiot head coach