Burning Bronco question No. 2: The defensive coordinator

Over the coming weeks at this bit of RealFootball365.com carved out for the Denver Broncos, attempts will be made to answer a handful of burning questions facing what was perhaps the NFL's second-most disappointing team in 2007. Those questions include: Over the coming weeks at this bit of RealFootball365.com carved out for the Denver Broncos, attempts will be made to answer a handful of burning questions facing what was perhaps the NFL's second-most disappointing team in 2007. Those questions include: • What's going on in the secondary? • Will defensive coordinator Jim Bates be fired? • Are there addressable problems in the offensive line? • Can free agency help? • And what is up with the red-zone offense? Burning question No. 2 was in fact answered last month, as Bates handed in his resignation in what was surely one of those classic "You can't fire me: I quit!" scenes. (Hey, the list was drawn up about 17 seconds after the Broncos were eliminated in about Week 13 or so.) Never ... (link)