Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - Denver Broncos OC Davis Webb's Three BIGGEST QUESTIONS as First-Time Playcaller

Starting point is 00:00:00 Davis Webb will be a first-time play caller for the Denver Broncos this season. What are the three biggest questions that he's facing? We'll break it down here on today's episode of the show. You are Locked-on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. What's up, Broncos Country? I'm Cody Roark, joined as always by Sarah Beninger. Today's episode show is brought to you by Fandu.

Starting point is 00:00:29 Right now, new customers. Can bet just $5 to get $250 in bonus bets if your first bet wins. head of fan do.com to get started as we talk about the biggest question surrounding Davis Webb coming into his first season as a play caller. We'll dive deep into how the dynamic between Bo and Davis, how that might evolve or change this upcoming season. Now considering Davis's role plus on top of that, how much control of the offense will Davis have for the Broncos this upcoming season? We want to know about that. Plus, we're going to kick things off by talking about how Davis will transition into being a first-time play caller in the NFL and some of the challenges that he will face in the first

Starting point is 00:01:07 handful of weeks of the season here. Sarah, look, I think this is going to be a fun little series. We're getting started here for Broncos country over the course of the next few weeks talking about some of the coaches and some of the bigger storylines affecting not only them but the team and the units that they're responsible for. Davis Webb, first time play caller in terms of getting that OC title to the point where Sean Payton gave up play calling responsibility, something none of us thought would ever be done. but Sean has said publicly that he believes in Davis.

Starting point is 00:01:36 He wouldn't do this if he didn't feel like this was going to make the team better. That leads to a lot of questions. So with that, let's kick off really our first big question here for Davis. How will he transition into being a first time play caller? Doesn't have a large sample size just yet. No, he doesn't. But I'm glad we're talking about this because I think Davis Webb taking over the offensive play caller role for the Denver Broncos. is maybe one of the most underrated massive storylines around the entire NFL, right?

Starting point is 00:02:07 I mean, here in Broncos country, we obviously spent a lot of time theorizing about what it could look like, even dating back to last season, right? When we're wondering, why are the Broncos struggling with player formations or player personnel, that getting on the field, delay of game penalties, all these sorts of things. And Sean Payton makes comments about you're not supposed to drive in the rain at night, the older you get, right? And so we're all kind of just piecing together. They're all, you know, one breadcrumb after another, one tea leaf after another. We're reading into all this stuff.

Starting point is 00:02:37 And all of a sudden, you know, he does the unthinkable. I remember even on some of our squad shows that we did, Cody, after the playoffs, like, we were talking and we were theorizing and we're throwing ideas out there. And everybody's like, no, I don't really see Sean Payton actually doing this. Or if he's going to do it, it's not going to be till the preseason or whatever. And I mean, I'm as shocked as everybody. But I think to your point in what you said, like Sean feels like Davis can do this at a high level. That's the only reason why this move is happening.

Starting point is 00:03:07 And it could totally change the dynamic of the Broncos offense, which I think is, you know, okay, it's maybe the devil you know versus the devil you don't in some sort of situation there because you want to see, okay, what can Davis Webb do with full-time play calling duties versus we kind of know what Sean brings to the table. So in that way, it's almost just like, all right, well, we're kind of just picking door number two because we already know what's behind

Starting point is 00:03:32 door number one, even though behind door number one is, you know, a Hall of Fame coach right there. So I'm fascinated to find out because I think that Davis, the biggest thing to me with Davis Webb taking over play calling is, does he realize the shoes that he's stepping into? Because ultimately, I mean, for young guys, like, that could be a difficult thing to really grasp the gravity of that. I can't wait to hear from Davis. I mean, we have enough to hear from him. I want to hear his thoughts on all this.

Starting point is 00:04:02 I do too. I mean, and just being around like in the room with him, he's a fun coach to be around, like watching them at practice. He's very hands-on with his quarterback. It's always a good thing to have as a coach. But I remember Bo Nix's rookie press conference. Right after he got drafted,

Starting point is 00:04:18 he got introduced to all of us. We're sitting in there. You know, we're sitting in our chairs. And all of a sudden, you know, Davis comes in. Davis sits and he's there with us, just watching and observing. and listening to how Bo is.

Starting point is 00:04:28 So that relationship obviously is very important, not only to him. I think it's a big reason why he turned down chances to maybe go be an OC somewhere else or to even have a head coaching opportunity with the Las Vegas Raiders withdrew his name from that here. But like for Davis, I think kind of intertwined with how he transitions into being a first-time play caller doesn't have a large sample size, right? We can go to that first preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals where he did call that game.

Starting point is 00:04:52 And at times this season, he was shadowing Sean. That's one thing that Parker Gabriel and I were kind of taking note of. during the games here. But let's go to that preseason game where you have two quarterbacks. So obviously you have a lot of guys playing because it's the preseason. Bonix, we know those guys didn't. The starters didn't play in that game outside of, I think, RJ Harvey, even though he didn't start the season. He ended up finishing the season as a starter.

Starting point is 00:05:14 But the starters really didn't play. And it was Jared Stidtham, Sam Ellinger. They threw the ball 39 times, I believe, in that game collectively, just between the two quarterbacks getting the time that they had. but they also had 30 rushing attempts between five running back. So I think maybe that run-pass balance should be maybe something that we can hopefully see here from Davis Webb going forward. I know that was one of those things that we talked about that the Broncos didn't have enough consistency of last season with Sean. The downfield passing attack was certainly present in that preseason game with Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant,

Starting point is 00:05:45 those guys getting involved in a big way. But I think the biggest thing here, and this kind of goes back to what you said about those shoes that Davis has to fill. how are defensive coordinators going to adjust off of him after about five or six games? How does he respond to that? That's the biggest test that I want to know for him is he's getting ready for his first season as a play caller. But to the point of what you mentioned about the shoes to fill, and it all goes back to this, Sarah, Davis is not out there on his own, essentially. This is like the best part about it.

Starting point is 00:06:19 If he's struggling or if he needs some guidance, Guess who's there? John Payton. Now, I think that could also be a little tricky because if things aren't going well, is Sean going to have the impulse to be like, all right, give me that. It's like, you know, you're watching your kids. You probably have this. You're watching your kid play Madden or something.

Starting point is 00:06:37 He's struggling. You're like, just give me that. I'll get you back in the game here. You don't want that to become something that you deal with the first time OC. Yeah, Cody. I mean, I could speak directly to that example because, you know, my son doesn't know quite yet how to be a running back on Madden. So he likes to play wide receiver, run the routes, catch the ball.

Starting point is 00:06:55 But being a running back and following the blockers, I'm like, dude, just let me, I'll be the quarterback. And when we run it, I'm going to be the running back for now. And we'll do practice, you know, all those sorts of things. But yeah, it's one of those, like the timing of this, I feel is really indicative of kind of where Sean Payton is at with sort of turning over the keys to the car, right? This isn't a, I know Sean likes the Ferris Bueller reference with Boe Nix. This ain't Ferris and Cameron.

Starting point is 00:07:20 and, you know, Sloan Peterson going and stealing Cameron's dad's car, right? This is Sean saying, hey, like the car's in the garage, you guys go, you guys go have a great time, you know, and I'll be right here if you need me. So I think that it's really going to be fun to see how does Davis incorporate the playmakers? Because I think that's the one thing that we know the relationship, and we're going to talk about the dynamic between Davis Webb and Bo Nix. And we also know the dynamic between Bo Nix and Sean Peyton, but where does Davis Webb come down in terms of how to best utilize all these different playmakers?

Starting point is 00:07:56 I'm looking back at that box score. I pulled it up while you were talking about it there with the, I remember the big plays to Pat Bryant and Troy Franklin, Evan Engram from that game. Cody, as I'm looking at this, the top six receivers from that game, all average at least 16 yards per reception, if not more. So, I mean, it was one big play after another. just explosive, explosive, explosive. And yes, we understand that was the preseason.

Starting point is 00:08:21 But what you're trying to do in the preseason is evaluate your personnel. You're trying to get everybody the best look possible. And Davis Webb calling the plays was able to effectively do that. So that's what I'm most excited for is to see what's his vision for all the different playmakers within this offense. And how does that determine his play calling? I think teams like you said around the league are going to understand this is the, you know, the meat and potatoes is Sean Payton's offense, but how is Davis going to add different seasonings to it?

Starting point is 00:08:52 What other side dishes is he going to bring to the table? Is he going to pair it with a Coke zero, or is he going to pair it with a red wine? Like, what's he going to do? That gives the Broncos another advantage, quite honestly. Yeah, and you want to be able to have that type of diversity within your offense. I think the more you can be efficient, like if the Broncos and Sean Payton said this after the AFC championship game,

Starting point is 00:09:15 I wonder if it's going to hold true. I want to run the ball with two back sets. I want to be able to. I want to be able to run the ball more effectively under center, but I also still want to use multiple personnel sets. Okay, if that's what Sean wants, and Davis's job is to carry that out, will Sean actually let him do that?

Starting point is 00:09:32 Will it be more efficient and in a timely manner? I think that's one of the things we have to watch for here early on. And look, we're not going to get a real tell on that in the preseason. I don't even think we're going to go real tell on that in training camp. I think it's going to be the. the first few weeks of the regular season. It's just something that we have to pay attention to that maybe people aren't as their watch name,

Starting point is 00:09:52 cognitively focusing on going on. We'll remind you, though, Broncos Country. That'll probably be one of our keys to victory for week one. Whenever Denver does play, we'll have you covered every step away. But Broncos Country coming up next, one of the bigger questions that we have is how much say will Davis Webb have in the installation and the calling of the offense overall from a game planning standpoint?

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Starting point is 00:11:21 One thing that's going to be fascinating to find out about the Denver Broncos in 2026 is just how much control Davis Webb actually has over the offense. I think a lot of folks out there still kind of wondering, what is Sean Payton going to actually let him do? Is he going to call every play? What's that going to look like? What's the dynamic going to be? I mean, we're all excited to find out,

Starting point is 00:11:41 but we're going to talk about it on today's episode of the show, Broncos Country. We appreciate all of you every dayers. If you want to support the show, we want to invite you to please join the Every Dayer Club where you can get exclusive content and an ad-free version of the show. Cody, I'm excited because I think that,

Starting point is 00:11:57 look, when we think about Sean Payton, a lot of folks have this perception of him from the outside. That is he's kind of a control freak. And I think to a degree that is a strength of his also, but maybe, you know, there's some truth to that. But also I think that a lot of folks feel like he's a control freak to the point that he would never delegate something like this, something that's so near and dear to him as play calling.

Starting point is 00:12:20 Here's the thing that I think is so fascinating about Davis Webb taking over play calling is that Sean Payton is, you know, this close to becoming the first ever NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises. And with this on the line, he's giving over. the keys to calling the plays to Davis. Well, I mean, this flies in the face of what everyone thinks of Sean Payton, but it also begs the question of how much say is Davis actually going to have considering what's at stake? Yeah, that's arguably one of the bigger questions that I certainly have. And I'm sure Broncos country feels the same. But to your point, think about what it could do for Sean if the Broncos do win a Super Bowl, right? As you mentioned, second, I mean,

Starting point is 00:13:04 first coach in NFL history to win a Super Bowl, two different teams there. But also the fact that he hands the play calling off to somebody else, that only just says, hey, the Sean Peyton coaching tree, as we have seen over the last couple of years, really has expanded a little bit. You're seeing a lot more of it right now, a little more advertised in the NFL. That right there is just like, boom, icing on top of the cake, that Sean not only is a guy that has a system as a coach that works, that other people want to hire from, teams want to steal their front office members. Like that right there is already building that resume for Sean, but so much of this as well, and it goes back to something Sean said during the combine after he

Starting point is 00:13:38 told all of us that Davis will be calling the plays. He did throw in there. He said, there will be some plays that I call. Part of me is wondering, Sean, what the heck does that even mean? What does that look like? Because if I'm envisioning this, I'm envisioning it the way that when Drew Breeze was the quarterback of the Saints and they had Taysam Hill on the roster, what Sean did at times, and this frustrated me as an outsider just watching Saints games during that season covering the NFL, where all of a sudden, Drew Breeze would lead the offense past the 50 yard line, Taysam Hill would come in and all of a sudden the offense would sputter at times. They got in the red zone or goal line. You're taking away opportunities for

Starting point is 00:14:14 Drew Brees to add another passing touchdown to his resume. Instead, you're giving it to Tassum Hill. You're doing this. I'm like, so for Sean, don't make this mistake as a coach with Davis where if Davis has a drive where he's just in his bag, whether that's coming off the first script, right, or even just in the middle of the second quarter and you get down in the red zone, don't take the keys away from him once you get down to the red zone, right? That's the one thing I don't want to see happen here. I do wonder, though, because Sean talks about this all the time. I wonder if Sean's going to call two-point plays.

Starting point is 00:14:46 I wonder if that's something because that's something that's like his little like pet cat that he talks about sometimes. I'm curious your thoughts on that. Oh, 100%. I was already thinking about bringing that up as the two-point plays, the fourth and short plays, the 50-yard line plays. I could see all those kind of being. part of the library that Sean, you know, keep, he's like, if he's given over his

Starting point is 00:15:08 collection of books or whatever to Davis, he's like, I'm going to keep these, I'm going to keep these ones right here. You know, those are, because we know when the Broncos get to the 50, they bust out the trick place. And on fourth and short, very few teams are better in the NFL, right? I think they had, what, 83, 84% conversion rate, something like that. Somebody can check it in the, and that's also as a quick little sidebar. That is why the Broncos went for it on fourth down against the Patriots in the AFC Championship games because they have one of the highest fourth down conversion rates on fourth and short plays of any team in the entire NFL.

Starting point is 00:15:41 So did you find the number? I did. 14 of 27. So 51% that's a pretty good margin right here. So 51% on fourth downs overall. And then I think fourth and two or less was I just saw it come. I wish I could find it. It was on Twitter.

Starting point is 00:15:58 I saw it. It was like 85%. So that number right there is making me sound really bad. 14 out of 27, everybody's like, wow. I mean, that's not even close to 80 something percent. I promise you, I saw it. So, but that's what I'm, the point that I'm trying to make is that those are the plays that I think Sean likes to call because I feel like he is playing 4D chess when it comes

Starting point is 00:16:19 to those fourth down plays or two point plays. And at the 50 yard line, when you can maybe catch a defense sleeping a little bit. Yeah. And look, I think Davis, I think from his perspective of playing quarterback in the NFL, especially a little more recently. John's obviously a former quarterback. I don't know if many people actually remember that Sean's a quarterback here. But for him, for Davis and his knowledge of defenses,

Starting point is 00:16:45 I think also his understanding of personnel, like the thing that got Davis hired as the initial quarterback coach here for Bo Nixon, the Broncos was when he came into his interviews, Sean was blown away at the fact when asked about like game planning, scouting an opponent. Davis had every scouting report written dating back to high school for when he played. Every opponent, like, full on printed, PDF format, had all the stuff necessary for it. That level of attention to detail is important, especially if you want to be a future head coach one day.

Starting point is 00:17:20 I think Davis reminds Sean a lot of himself in some ways. And I'm curious, I don't know. I never knew younger Sean Payton. When Sean was super, super young, I probably. probably still in diapers at that point here. I was what? I think he came into the league. What was it, 1998?

Starting point is 00:17:37 I think somewhere around that time. I was four years old, right? I was a young pub. I knew nothing about Sean Payton. But John being a former quarterback, Davis being a former quarterback, the way they view offenses, especially in today's NFL, I think Sean does see a lot of Davis in himself. That's why I think Sean went the extra mile to retain him,

Starting point is 00:17:57 to bring him back on his staff to say, you know what? I'm going to give up play calling. Davis, I think you can do this. I think you can help our offense be better. The keys to the kingdom are yours essentially here. For Sean Peyton of all people to hand over play calling, there is something in there in Davis that certainly he sees. But at the same time,

Starting point is 00:18:16 will Sean allow what he sees in Davis to grow and to go through even, I'd say, struggles at times? Yeah, that is going to be fascinating to find out. And, you know, I wonder how much the ownership opinion of Davis Webb plays into this as well. well, Cody, because we did get to hear Greg Penner kind of give his thoughts on Davis Webb taking over offensive play calling. And it's always interesting. It goes back to the whole conversation that he and Sean Payton had and that Sean has had with the Saints ownership in the

Starting point is 00:18:45 past of, hey, you want people coming and trying to take people off your staff. Essentially, what it means is that what you're doing is working and other people, other teams want a piece of that, right? And so for the Broncos ownership, they're thinking, they're kind of flipping the script on that. They're saying if other teams want our people, then why wouldn't we want those people? And we want to keep those people around. So I do like it from that aspect of saying, hey, I think there's maybe a chance that ownership sort of not, I wouldn't say like stepped in and told Sean Payton to like promote Davis Webb.

Starting point is 00:19:18 But I would say that I mean, I don't know this for a fact by any means. But I would say that it's reasonable to assume that they said to him, hey, if all these teams that are like the buffalo bills, the Baltimore Ravens and like all these really good teams want Davis Webb. Don't we want him? You know, and what do we got to do? Yeah. So I think those are fair questions to ask. And I also believe that like you said, the similarities between Sean and Davis. I mean, Sean was a young up and coming play caller once upon a time under Bill Parcells. He's now kind of taking on the Bill Parcell's persona. And so it goes. The torch gets passed on to the next.

Starting point is 00:19:56 So David is going to be the next Sean Pate? Well, that's going to be interesting, too. And look, we talk so much about relationships, dynamics. Well, if Davis-Wub is going to become the next Sean Payton, how does that impact his dynamic and his relationship with Bo Nix? Today's show is brought to you by friends over there at Fandul. The NBA playoffs are here, folks, where every possession matters. Every matchup is put under the microscope in every game can swing a series.

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Starting point is 00:21:11 that dynamic with Bow might change a little bit, but how much will it change? It is a fair question to ask here as we go about today's episode, lockdown Broncos, thanks to all the everydayers out there. Thanks for making a shoot first listen. However you choose to do so, we appreciate you so much for that. Sarah, some interesting comments from Sean Payton last week at the AFC coaches meeting in the breakfast where he talked about,

Starting point is 00:21:32 I would even say he was answering into kind of great detail. Like, what changes now with your offseason program now that Davis is a play caller? Because as we know, Denver is going to be the one team that reports the latest out of anybody. May 4th, it's going to be the first week of May there. The next nearest team, I think, reports April 20th. I believe the Seahawks and the Patriots who were in the Super Bowl. They're reporting early. Denver's reporting a little bit later, and that's because of the health science stuff with Bo Lowry and the recommendations there. So, Sean said it doesn't change anything.

Starting point is 00:22:03 He says it really, if anything changes, the dynamic between Bo and Davis will change a little bit. And that Logan Kilgore, the newly promoted quarterbacks coach, will be Bo's new warm and fuzzy. So my takeaway from that was, all right, Davis was the good cop with Bo Nix when it came to Sean Peyton. Now it's going to have to be Logan Kilgore, but I'm also wondering, Sarah, Does Davis Webb have to become bad cop here for Bo Nix as they go into this new partnership together? It's a great question. I think that when you're the offensive coordinator, there is a degree to which it's, you know, my way or the highway in a way.

Starting point is 00:22:38 Like it's collaborative, but when push comes to shove, like Davis is going to be the guy that has to make the final call, right? I mean, it's not going to be Bo Nix. And so that aspect of it does have to be understood in terms of just the, okay, this is our working relationship versus, you know, it's going to be different, right? Because like you said, Davis was that guy from the moment that Bo came into the league. But I think that Davis being having worked with like Russell Wilson even in 2020, in 23 can help him a lot in this because that's a big personality to work with for your

Starting point is 00:23:13 very first job in the NFL as a coach, essentially. Welcome to the NFL. Yeah, welcome to the NFL, bud. So I do think that he'll be able to speak into things because. obviously we saw Russ improve. We've seen Bo Nix play really well in 2024 and 2025. And so I do think there's maybe a degree to which you have to kind of put on that, not necessarily bad cop, but you do have to kind of put your foot down.

Starting point is 00:23:38 And Bo has to realize as well that, hey, like Davis is calling the plays. You can disagree with him. But man, it's going to be, okay, the warm, fuzzy guy now is Logan Kilgore. So when you go sit down on the bench after Davis rips you a new one when you come off the field and you maybe didn't do what he. said you're supposed to do. Now you've got to go over sit by Logan Kilgore. And, you know, once again, the torch passes itself on. I'm very curious. So there's maybe going to be a balance of both, though, Sarah, where I feel like the relationship that Davis and Bo have, I mean, for example,

Starting point is 00:24:10 Bo loves Davis. Like you could just see that these guys and that whole quarterback room with Davis, they have such a special bond. I mean, Denver, you brought Sam Ellinger back. They got Jared Stidham back. I know you talked about in a bonus episode of folks who want to check that out. about a potential quarterback to competition between those guys. But with Davis knowing these guys, knowing their motivations, right, having played that good cop for them when Sean Payton, it has to be the tough guy, I do wonder if there's going to be a little bit more of leeway where Davis is more receptive and open to listening to things that Bo has to say here because I look at Sean

Starting point is 00:24:46 and Drew Breeze. There were times where they were chirpy with each other. It was competitive, though. We've seen that even with Bo it's competitive. There is no bad blood there. These guys love each other. Bo loves Sean. Sean loves Bo.

Starting point is 00:24:57 They push each other. That's what you do when you want to be great and you have goals bigger than yourself here. I do wonder, though, of Davis, because of that relationship, if he'll be a little more receptive to hearing some things that Bo is seeing or maybe deferring saying, hey, Bo, what did you see? I saw this. Okay, hey, I trust you. Let's do it. It's about having that trust.

Starting point is 00:25:17 And I think that dynamic has to maintain and stay where it's at. I don't see anything changing that. but I also do wonder if things, once again, if Davis has a first time play caller's going through some ups and downs, how does Sean's dynamic on all this maybe impact that dynamic between Bo and Davis? I think that's a great question. It is. And I think it comes back to just the shared vision.

Starting point is 00:25:38 Obviously, everybody wants to win, right? But I think you could tell at times over the last two seasons that not everything that the Broncos were doing in terms of the offensive philosophy was necessarily a shared vision between Bo Nix and Sean Payton. We heard literally on field bikes catching Bo Nicks talking about getting the personnel onto the field. And so I wonder if you can marry two different, you know, like with Sean and Bo, it may be a little bit of a, okay, this is kind of bubbling up, bubbling up, bubbling up. And then it kind of boils over a little bit with Boe and Davis. It might be more of like, hey, we're kind of on the same page with how we want this thing to go. So there will be less of those situations.

Starting point is 00:26:20 There might be Davis ripping into him coming off the sideline for missing something that he was supposed to see. And there might be times where Bo comes off the sideline and is like, why do, like, what are we doing? You know what I mean? But at the same time, I think maybe, and I'm just, these are theories, everybody. Like this is not necessarily me trying to put words in anybody's mouth by any means. I'm just perceiving it from the outside. I could see potentially where it's a little bit more of a shared vision in terms of how the game. is called from an offensive play calling standpoint.

Starting point is 00:26:53 I think that's fair, and I think the relationship matters. I mean, I think you have to have relationship equity in a lot of these situations, especially when you talk about a shift and maybe the power dynamic, you know, with Sean no longer calling plays that going to Davis, you don't want it to also be to the point where Beau was only deferring to Davis and not necessarily listening to Sean. You don't want that. Like there's got to be a balance of the power between those three guys there.

Starting point is 00:27:18 I would say that triangle is probably going to be the most important. part of Denver season coming into 2026. And so I'm curious to see how that shared vision does work. But we have seen at times, like once again, every time Bo comes off the field, you know, at home games when I'm there in the press box, I've got my binoculars. I'm watching Bo come off the field. And I'm immediately watching what he does. Like if he walks up to Sean Payton, I see if they interact or engage. And then I also find Bo. I follow him until he gets to Davis Webb. There are times where Davis appears to be animated on the sideline with Bo, but not like in a bad way, right?

Starting point is 00:27:52 I think people see it on camera or sometimes. They're like, oh, they're getting in a disagreement. Folks, if you've ever played football, if you ever played any sport, you don't even have to play a sport. You could be like, this could be work if you work in a corporate setting. It's competitive. Everybody wants to win. Like if you miss out on something, you don't see something.

Starting point is 00:28:08 Like, imagine this. Like for Bo, Bo's jobs to go execute the offense. You know last year, when Bo makes a mistake, you know who Sean's yelling at? It's Davis Webb. Davis is getting his butt shoot because he's the core. quarterback coach. So of course, you have to have this, once again, this balance of that power and that triangle there. I think it's going to be a fun thing. I think it could be something that sets the NFL world on fire. And I think we could see exactly why Davis Webb is one of the most

Starting point is 00:28:35 coveted candidates, you know, in terms of the last hiring cycle this offseason, there might be a chance where Davis actually will take over the keys to the kingdom. If Sean Payton, if the Broncos win a Super Bowl, I could see Sean Payton saying, hey, Hall of Fame's locked up. I love this. We accomplished our goal, Davis. Here you go. I couldn't see that happening. And I could see Sean transitioning to a front office role.

Starting point is 00:28:58 Oh, absolutely. I think that I think he's embraced that this offseason, to be honest with you. I think you can tell just in the way that he's speaking about the roster, speaking about the offseason process, that you can hear a little bit more of that. Okay, this, like my focus has been on the whiteboard with magnets and all those sorts of things, right? I mean, you can hear that in the way that he's talking. So absolutely, Cody, I could see that being the case. And I'd be interested to hear what kind of everybody else in Broncos country thinks about that

Starting point is 00:29:27 because it's one of those things that it feels the same way as it did before, you know, Davis was actually named the play caller, the offensive coordinator. Like before that actually happened, it's no chance. There's no way that's happening, right? Well, now it kind of feels like now there's no chance that Sean would step down and that Davis Webb would be the head coach. I mean, hey, like not so fast. You know what I mean?

Starting point is 00:29:50 You just never know when it comes to the NFL. So but not to put the card ahead of the horse. I'm very excited to see what Davis can do as the offensive play caller. Very, very pumped to find out what is his philosophy in terms of does he want to go with more pace? Does he want to, how often is he going to use 12 personnel and 13 personnel and jumbo packages and all those sorts of things versus three wide receivers? How much more involved is Evan Ingram going to get? I mean, there's so many wrinkles that we could. discuss, but ultimately it does come down to, you know, him and Bo Nix.

Starting point is 00:30:24 I think that's the key. Yeah, Broncos country. Hey, we're excited about this series. This was Davis Webb. The three biggest questions facing him coming into his first year as a play caller. Tomorrow's episode of show for all you every dayers, the three biggest questions facing Broncos head coach, Sean Payton. We have this whole series plan out for the next couple of weeks.

Starting point is 00:30:41 So make sure you share your thoughts here on what you think the biggest questions were here for Davis Webb coming into obviously his first year calling the place here for the Broncos offense. Sarah and myself, we appreciate you so much, Broncos country. Thanks for making us your first listen. Make sure you check out the everydayer club if you want an ad-free version of the show. The All-Axious club gets you access to the all-22 film breakdowns and so much more exclusive content. Check it out, lockdownbroncos.supercast.com or in the show notes down below. Sarah and I, we will see you tomorrow for a brand-new episode of the show.

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