2. A Shanahan came to Denver and beat the home team
He was a former ball boy with the club, and of course his father won back-to-back titles in Denver, but Kyle Shanahan came back to the Mile High City and put a pretty good beating on a team that he undoubtedly grew up cheering for.
Shanahan has bounced around from Tampa, to Houston, to Washington and even Cleveland, but he’s now the offensive coordinator in Atlanta, and he called a pretty good game on Sunday.
Going against one of the fiercest defenses in the NFL, the Falcons put up 372 yards and 23 points on the road. They turned the ball over only once, and allowed quarterback Matt Ryan to be sacked just twice.
It isn’t that Gary Kubiak and Wade Phillips aren’t familiar with Shanahan. When they were in Houston, he was the Texans wide receivers coach.
On Sunday he came back to the city where he grew up, outdueled his former boss and got a big road win.
