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Jon Heath

Broncos fans mock Nathaniel Hackett for Jets’ terrible clock management

Nathaniel Hackett returned to Denver this week, and he was welcomed by Broncos fans the way one would expect.

Hackett, who now serves as the Jets’ offensive coordinator, went 4-11 as a head coach in Denver last season before being fired. Hackett joined the team with intentions of turning around their underperforming offense, but his offense instead ranked among the NFL’s worst last season.

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One problematic area for the Broncos last year was the team’s clock management, an issue that surfaced for New York on Sunday afternoon.

Trailing Denver by five points with the clock ticking down and no timeouts left at the Broncos’ 25-yard line, Hackett called a pass play. The Jets got the ball down to the nine-yard line, but with only nine seconds remaining, New York was not able to get another play off before the game clock expired.

The Jets then went into halftime trailing Denver 13-8. Here’s a sampling of how Broncos fans and pundits reacted on Twitter (now known as X) when Hackett’s returned to Denver to face his former team.

Hackett ended up getting the last laugh as the Jets went on to beat the Broncos 31-21 in Week 5.

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