Josh McDaniels was fired by the Las Vegas Raiders late Tuesday night, making him the first non-interim head coach in NFL history to be fired by two teams before finishing his second season on the job.
McDaniels, of course, was previously fired by the Denver Broncos in 2010 with an 11-17 record. He was only slightly better with the Raiders, going 9-16 from 2022-2023.
Here’s a sampling of how Broncos fans and pundits reacted to the latest McDaniels firing on Twitter/X.
Josh McDaniels is the first head coach in NFL history to be fired before the end of his 2nd season for two different teams. McDaniels was fired by the #broncos after Week 13 in his 2nd season (2010)
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) November 1, 2023
Josh McDaniels’ tenure as Broncos coach: 28 games
Josh McDaniels’ tenure as Raiders coach: 25 games— Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) November 1, 2023
Never forget. pic.twitter.com/mjSm9P263P
— Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) November 1, 2023
Josh McDaniels has been a head coach twice and he hasn't even made it through two seasons either time. Broncos fired him 12 games into his second season and now Raiders fired him 8 games into his second season.
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) November 1, 2023
Josh McDaniels has now lasted less than two full seasons in each of his two NFL head coaching jobs. He went 9-16 with the Raiders after going 11-17 with the Broncos in 2009 and 2010.
— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) November 1, 2023
Josh McDaniels lasted longer as #Broncos HC (694 days) than he did as #Raiders HC (639 days). https://t.co/ulUqqIGYbN pic.twitter.com/LXXfXM2feh
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) November 1, 2023
Josh McDaniels is the first non-interim coach in the Super Bowl era to be fired by 2 franchises before the end of his second season with each #Raiders #Broncos
— Josh Dubow (@JoshDubowAP) November 1, 2023
Hate to say we told you so. Oh but we absolutely told you so 💀
Signed,#BroncosCountry https://t.co/UAaA4VRxby
— Romi Bean (@Romi_Bean) November 1, 2023
Broncos 🤝 Raiders
Escaping the hell that is the Josh McDaniels experience https://t.co/aCsXbKkk4v
— Romi Bean (@Romi_Bean) November 1, 2023
Josh McDaniels Head Coaching tenure in the NFL
Denver Broncos: 694 Days
Indianapolis Colts: 8 Hours 22 minutes
Las Vegas Raiders: 639 Days pic.twitter.com/LP5ogNH3qG
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 1, 2023
So when are @NFL folks going to realize that Josh McDaniels is NOT a head coach? He's now been fired by the @Raiders after going 9-16. He was 11-17 with the @Broncos. He was fired in-season in his 2nd year with both teams. Watch he get a THIRD shot at being a bust!
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) November 1, 2023
Josh McDaniels' awful tenure with the Broncos lasted 28 games in which he went 11-17 and had a videotaping scandal.
He doesn't even make it that long with the Raiders, coaching just 25 games and going 9-16.
Safe to say he will not get another head-coaching job.
— Jimmy Durkin (@Jimmy_Durkin) November 1, 2023
There were *a lot* of people who spent *a lot* of time and words pretending the Josh McDaniels era in Denver didn't happen / wasn't that bad. It did happen, it was that bad, and history repeated itself. Cool stuff.
— Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) November 1, 2023
To finish up the rest of the 2023 season, the Raiders named linebackers coach Antonio Pierce their interim head coach. The Broncos will travel to Las Vegas to face the Raiders in their season finale in Week 18.
