Nathaniel Hackett will become the next head coach of the Broncos at some point this week, and become the next person to hold that office in the NFL who has to answer daily questions about Aaron Rodgers’s offseason plans.
The Broncos interviewed both Hackett, most recently the Packers’ offensive coordinator, and Packers quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy for the job, indicating, to some, a desire to become a Green Bay satellite camp attractive enough to draw the future Hall of Fame quarterback. It’s an understandable association, but the beauty of what Denver did with this hire is that, regardless of what happens, it doesn’t really matter. Having the best quarterback in the NFL on your team, of course, is beneficial. But the parts of Hackett’s pre-Rodgers history that rarely get discussed are the real reasons for hope in Denver after the franchise’s lengthy struggle with finding a head coach after the retirement of Gary Kubiak.
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