Too Bad about the Joah McDaniels Mic Being On

This story is hitting the headlines on all the news channels about McDaniels unloading on the team for their dumb mistakes in Thursday's game. I think this is nonsense for many reasons, but most of all the stupid NFL Network should have edited that out before the broadcast picked it up. Don't they have the 5 second delay anymore? According to all I know, this was not supposed to be eavesdropped and recorded, and for the camera guy who was recording it, he should have stopped when he heard what was being said, at least for the benefit of the young people in the television audience. This is the fault of the NFL Network and should not be passed on to FOX - they did not have control of it.

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"No, I have no idea where the camera was. I was just trying to do what I thought was best at the time," McDaniels said.

McDaniels, one of the most demonstrative head coaches in the NFL, stocked his roster with passionate players. He spoke earlier in the week about them having to channel their emotions in the right way after they lost their collective composure in a 32-3 loss to San Diego.

After blowing their second first-and-goal opportunity of the night with three false starts by three different players that resulted in a short field goal, McDaniels was livid, as just about any coach would be.

"It was frustrating to get down for the second time and to have some mishaps," quarterback Kyle Orton said after Denver recovered for a 26-6 win that snapped a four-game losing streak. "We had some pretty much dumb penalties. That`s been our Achilles` heel, penalties and the red zone offense."

The Broncos are accustomed to McDaniels` emotional sideline demeanor, so this blowup was no surprise.

"It`s great to have a coach like that, you know, emotional," Orton said. "We`ve got a lot of emotion on our offense. I think our guys appreciate it and thrive off of it."

Coming back from a commercial, however, the network showed a clip of McDaniels yelling at his offense and uttering two profanities that should have been bleeped out.

The NFL Network repeatedly apologized Thursday night and on Friday, the network did so again.

"We are sorry for the mistake last night," NFL Network spokesman Dennis Johnson told The Associated Press. "NFL Network will conduct a thorough review to ensure it never happens again."

Broncos linemen would be wise to ensure they avoid similar meltdowns themselves.

Against the Giants, it didn`t cost them as they rolled to a 20-point win, but during their monthlong losing streak, the Broncos` proclivity for penalties cost them yardage, opportunities and composure.

As for McDaniels` reaction to being caught on camera cursing at his bumbling team, the coach offered no apologies for his obscenities.

"That`s their business," McDaniels said of the league network`s gaffe. "And the fact is we went over there and tried to have a little bit of an eye to eye."

He wasn`t about to censor his comments to his players, either.

"We have wanted to get the W for the last month. So, this one gave us some relief," safety Renaldo Hill said. "This one let us walk out of here feeling good."