The Broncos remain a destination for former New Orleans Saints players and coaches.

Next to come aboard will be Ronald Curry, a veteran of 11 previous NFL seasons as an assistant coach, including eight with the Saints and six under Sean Payton. Curry is poised to become the Broncos’ new wide-receivers coach, replacing Keary Colbert, who was dismissed by the team late last month.

CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz was first to report the expected move.

Curry interviewed for the Broncos’ offensive-coordinator position not long after Payton dismissed offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi fewer than 48 hours after the Broncos’ 10-7 AFC Championship Game defeat to the New England Patriots.

He spent the last two seasons with the Buffalo Bills as the team’s quarterbacks coach. In eight seasons with the Saints, Curry ascended from offensive assistant (2016-17) to wide receivers coach (2018-20), quarterbacks coach (2021) and finally, quarterbacks coach and passing-game coordinator for two seasons after Payton’s departure (2022-23).

During Curry’s first and second seasons as Saints receivers coach, Michael Thomas led the NFL with 125 and 149 receptions, respectively, before injuries caught up with him in 2020. Thomas also posted an NFL-leading 1,725 receiving yards in 2019.

The North Carolina product played six seasons in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders as a wide receiver after a standout college career at North Carolina as a quarterback. Broncos fans probably remember him most for a dazzling, one-handed touchdown catch in the snow during a 2004 Sunday Night Football game at INVESCO Field at Mile High.

Curry also played basketball at Carolina, starting 28 games over two seasons for a pair of Tar Heels teams that went to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Twenty-six of those starts came with a 2000-01 Heels team that soared to No. 1 in the polls before the team faded thanks to losses on five-consecutive Sundays down the stretch of a 26-7 season.

After that campaign, Curry chose to focus on football. The Raiders made him a seventh-round pick in 2002, but he converted to wide receiver and earned his way into a place in their rotation, carving out a solid career before beginning his life’s work as a coach.

BRONCOS CONTINUE FINALIZING THEIR 2026 COACHING STAFF

Earlier this month, the Broncos named Davis Webb offensive coordinator and promoted Logan Kilgore to quarterbacks coach.

Over the weekend, the Broncos agreed to terms with USC secondary coach Doug Belk to handle the same role under defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. Denver had two vacancies on the defensive side after the departure of Jim Leonhard to the Buffalo Bills as defensive coordinator and the dismissal of secondary coach Addison Lynch.

Lynch subsequently landed with the New York Giants, while Colbert reunited with former Broncos tight-ends coach Declan Doyle on the Baltimore Ravens staff; Doyle assumed Baltimore’s offensive-coordinator role under new head coach Jesse Minter.

Senior offensive assistant Pete Carmichael also left for Buffalo along with Leonhard; Carmichael will serve as Buffalo’s offensive coordinator, although he is not expected to call plays under new head coach Joe Brady.

Like Carmichael and Leonhard, Brady is also a former Payton assistant.