{"id":774454,"date":"2026-02-25T02:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/774454\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T02:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:31:25","slug":"broncos-head-coach-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/774454\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos head coach steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Broncos dethroned the Kansas City Chiefs for AFC West supremacy. Unfortunately, Denver\u2019s playoff run went left after starting quarterback Bo Nix suffered a season-ending injury in Denver\u2019s divisional round win over the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>Denver\u2019s offense struggled in the AFC Championship game, a loss to the New England Patriots. However, Denver\u2019s offense was inconsistent throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in an effort to improve things next season, head coach Sean Payton is stepping down from his role as the offensive play caller, according to one prominent league insider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA notable change: Broncos HC Sean Payton said OC Davis Webb will be Denver\u2019s play caller this season,\u201d ESPN\u2019s senior NFL insider Adam Schefter reported on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A notable change: Broncos HC Sean Payton said OC Davis Webb will be Denver\u2019s play caller this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2026416649616715889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans reacted to the change on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSean Payton voluntarily giving up play calling is actually wild. Dude has called plays his entire career. Either he trusts Webb completely or he knows Bo Nix needs more freedom to operate. Huge statement either way,\u201d one fan wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI speak for most Broncos fans when I say we are excited about this!\u201d someone else added<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love it. Broncos are gonna have a great offense to compliment their already great defense. With Sean Payton free to just manage the game and chime in with the perfect playcalls at the perfect moments, instead of always thinking of the next play and the next series,\u201d one fan added.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be interesting to see how the move pans out in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Broncos dethroned the Kansas City Chiefs for AFC West supremacy. Unfortunately, Denver\u2019s playoff run went left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[232,48886,231,258,2426,7,6,1813],"class_list":{"0":"post-774454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-broncos","9":"tag-davis-webb","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sean-payton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116128926466541961","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774454","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=774454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}