He has previous head coaching experience.
Joseph was the Broncos’ head coach in 2017 and 2018. During that time, they had an 11-21 record.
The Broncos’ quarterbacks in 2017 were Trevor Siemian and Brock Osweiler. In 2018, it was Case Keenum.
While Joseph’s two seasons at the helm didn’t go well, he didn’t have as strong a roster as he would have in Baltimore. His defenses both years as head coach in Denver were formidable, ranking third in yards allowed in 2017 and 13th in points in 2018.
Joseph reflected on his first stint as a head coach recently with ESPN’s Peter Schrager and what he would change a second time around. Essentially, he said he spent too much on trying to solve Denver’s quarterback issue.
“I think the overall philosophy of building a team, I was chasing the wrong thing,” Joseph said on his “The Schrager Hour” podcast.
“I should have spent my time on … playing great defense, right? Building an offensive line, having a winning formula where I didn’t need a Peyton Manning or John Elway at the time because those things are hard to find. That’s unicorns, right? And you need obviously picks and lots of money and some misfortune to kind of pick those guys at the top five. And we weren’t there. So, to chase that, that unicorn, right, before I chased building the O-line, let’s run, or let’s take care of the football, let’s play defense. The defense was still top 10, but I thought I missed a mark on that.”