The Denver Broncos seem to have a gem in Davis Webb.
The 29-year-old coach was a backup quarterback in the NFL from 2017-2022 before jumping straight into coaching with the Broncos in 2023. Sean Payton hired Webb as the team’s quarterbacks coach last fall and the young coach quickly drew praise from his new boss.
“He’s been a great asset,” Payton said in 2023. Added offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi: “I certainly see a bright future for him in the coaching profession.”
After hiring Payton and Webb, Denver saw quarterback Russell Wilson improve his completion, touchdown and interception totals from 2022-2023. The Broncos moved on from Wilson this spring and Webb is now helping mentor the team’s rookie quarterback, Bo Nix.
“He has a lot of experience obviously playing the position, and that’s always helpful,” Lombardi said in June earlier this year. “A lot of energy, smart, works really hard. His meetings are always prepared. He gives them a lot of good information but makes them entertaining. He’s just really good with the technology and using the audio-visual to maximize the learning experience. [He’s] just real sharp and a hard worker, and that’s what you want from coaches. [He’s] easy to get along with.”
Payton has also praised Webb for those traits, and Nix is putting together a case to win Offensive Rookie of the Year this fall. Payton is the mastermind, of course, but a great head coach is aided by a great staff, and Webb’s experience at quarterback has been huge for Denver.
Sean Payton on how HUGE of a signing Davis Webb as QB coach has been for the Broncos and Russell Wilson 🔥 pic.twitter.com/JOX2NQuptG
— DNVR Broncos (@DNVR_Broncos) August 17, 2023
“I obviously went through it, and I had Eli Manning in the room, which was pretty great,” Webb said in June when asked about his experience playing QB in the NFL. “[Nix] has a different experience with ‘Stiddy’ (Jarrett Stidham) being his second year in the offense, Zach [Wilson] being in multiple systems throughout his career. So it’s a good room to have that for a young guy.
“Over the offseason, I called plenty of coaches, plenty of former teammates just kind of talking, ‘Hey, back then this is what we did. What would you change? What would you like now? What was really important? What wasn’t?’ So that’s been a process honestly since February in regards to just gathering information and kind of getting everybody ready.”
If Webb is going to move up the coaching ranks as some in Denver believe he will, the next logical progression would be an eventual promotion to offensive coordinator — either with the Broncos or elsewhere. After that, Davis could perhaps one day become a head coach candidate. That’s a conversation for down the road. For now, Denver’s happy to have Webb coaching up the team’s QBs.
