Tensions reportedly boiled over in the locker room after Sunday’s loss that dropped the defending champs to 8-6 and took their playoff destiny out of their own hands.
According to NFL.com’s Michael Silver, here’s how “pretty much your classic offense-vs.-defense divide” manifested in the locker room after another poor offensive showing:
When the beaten Broncos spilled
into the locker room, before the door was opened to reporters and other
outsiders, coach Gary Kubiak gathered his players and asked if anyone
wanted to address the team. Veteran left tackle Russell Okung, who
signed with the Broncos last March, stepped forward to speak, and
cornerback Aqib Talib strongly objected. According to several witnesses,
that set off a spirited shouting match between the team’s defensive
backs and offensive linemen — one which Kubiak had to diffuse before it
turned ugly.
