Davis Webb is set to serve as quarterbacks coach for the Denver Broncos this season, right after retiring from playing in the NFL.
Webb is only 28 years old, so he will be younger than Russell Wilson (34), but head coach Sean Payton believes Webb has the smarts required to coach at this level.
“People kept bringing his name up to us,” Payton said of the team’s search for a QBs coach this offseason. “We brought him in and he walks in the room and he lights up the room. When you start talking football with him, he’s poised beyond his years, he’s wise beyond his years. Just great football knowledge. I sat in there with Davis and the offensive staff, and he blew them away.
“He’s 28 years old, but he’s really bright, and he’s played. He’s really been a coach on the field since he’s been in the league. When you talk to the Giants and the Buffalo Bills and the value he brought to some of those quarterbacks there, whether it was Eli [Manning] or Josh [Allen]. Really excited about the hire.”
Webb was a backup quarterback with the New York Giants (2017, 2022), New York Jets (2018) and Buffalo Bills (2019-2021). Going straight from playing to coaching isn’t common, but it has been done before.
“I’ve been through this one other time when I was with the Miami Dolphins,” Payton said. “We had signed Jason Garrett late in the season. We had a bunch of quarterbacks get hurt and Coach [Nick] Saban came in and we recommended Jason to Coach Saban. He interviewed him, blew him away and we hired him. I don’t know how many times this has been done.
“You have to be pretty unique. You have to have a great football mind. I know he knows quarterbacks; he knows that position. He’s poised beyond his years. He’s been a coach, kind of like Jason throughout his career. Jason played a little more, but I see a parallel there. It can happen. He really impressed a veteran offensive staff when he sat in that room, and I was in the room.”
Webb will make his coaching debut when the Broncos begin their offseason program later this spring.
