March 1, 2026, 5:01 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
Karl Mecklenburg originally shared this post on his social media pages, and it was re-shared here with permission.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s Bo Nix\u2019s shelf life with a play caller? He left Auburn after 3 years and transferred to Oregon for 2 years. He got drafted by the Broncos<\/a> and played for 2 years with Sean Payton as the play caller. Next season Davis Webb will be the Broncos offensive play caller<\/a>. Maybe it\u2019s just typical football player and coach turnover, but maybe it\u2019s Bo. I do know that when the quarterback\/play caller connection is tight it makes a huge difference in team success. Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid are a great example.<\/p>\n I was the Broncos defensive captain with Joe Collier and then Wade Phillips calling the defensive plays. In both cases, over time, I developed an understanding of what they wanted in specific situations. With both defensive coordinators there were offensive looks where I\u2019d adjust the defense based on that knowledge. With Wade, there would be times he was still looking at his play sheet as the other team broke the huddle. I knew what he was going to call, so I\u2019d just call it with no sideline confirmation. That unspoken mental connection takes more than 2 years.<\/p>\n From all reports Davis Webb is the next young gun<\/a> in offensive play calling. I hope he and Bo have the chance to work together for many years and develop that telepathy that only time together allows. If so, it will take Nix\u2019s play to the next level. Go Broncos!<\/p>\n Mecklenburg played for the\u00a0Denver Broncos<\/a>\u00a0from 1983-1994, earning six Pro Bowl nods and five All-Pro selections during his decorated career in the NFL. Mecklenburg is now a motivational keynote speaker.\u00a0You can book Mecklenburg on his website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/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":"March 1, 2026, 5:01 a.m. MT Karl Mecklenburg originally shared this post on his social media pages, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,97108,95886,95893,95896,95888,95895,95899,97650,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-784354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbo-nix","19":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","20":"tag-tagfacebook","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagpatrick-mahomes","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagtwitter","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116154084108278843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784354","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=784354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}