Updated Jan. 25, 2026, 10:17 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
Six of the NFL’s head coach openings have already been filled, and it remains to be seen if one of the remaining four positions will go to current Denver Broncos<\/a> defensive coordinator Vance Joseph.<\/p>\n The Arizona Cardinals<\/a>, Cleveland Browns<\/a> and Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> have shown interest in Joseph<\/a>, but it’s unclear if the Buffalo Bills<\/a> will pursue him. Joseph was thought to be a notable candidate for the Cardinals<\/a>‘ job (he previously served as a DC in Arizona), but The Athletic’s Dianna Russini<\/a> reported Saturday that Raheem Morris, Anthony Campanile and Mike LaFleur are the leading candidates.<\/p>\n That would leave the Browns<\/a> and Raiders<\/a> (and maybe the Bills<\/a>) as potential landing spots for Joseph. If he does land a head coach position, the Broncos<\/a> will receive a pair of compensatory draft picks<\/a> from the NFL.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, two teams that were considering Denver defensive backs coach Jim Leonhard for their defensive coordinator openings have filled their DC positions. First, the Dallas Cowboys hired Christian Parker<\/a> as their new DC, ruling out Leonhard. After that, the Green Bay Packers hired Jonathan Gannon<\/a> as their new DC. Before the Packers<\/a> landed Gannon, a report indicated there was “mutual interest<\/a>” between Leonhard and Green Bay.<\/p>\n There are still other teams that could target Leonhard as a DC, but the Cowboys and Packers being off the board is notable. If the Broncos lose Joseph, Leonhard would presumably be a top in-house candidate<\/a> to replace him.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Jan. 25, 2026, 10:17 a.m. MT Six of the NFL’s head coach openings have already been filled,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95879,95880,95882,95890,96033,95957,95886,95893,95976,95885,95896,95888,95895,95899,95884,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-706096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","20":"tag-tagcleveland-browns","21":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","22":"tag-tagfacebook","23":"tag-taggreen-bay-packers","24":"tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","25":"tag-tagnational-sports","26":"tag-tagnfl","27":"tag-tagnfl-hub","28":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","29":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","30":"tag-tagsports-news","31":"tag-tagtwitter","32":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115960900813344424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}