Nix: Webb is ‘a tremendous football coach’

Good morning, Broncos Country!

Two people breathed a huge sigh of relief yesterday when head coach Sean Payton announced Davis Webb had been promoted as the Broncos’ new offensive coordinator — me (see UFG comment Jan. 24) and Bo Nix.

OK, I don’t know for sure if Nix breathed a sigh of relief, but I have to imagine he did.

After all, the up-and-coming quarterbacks coach has been a big part of the second-year QB’s development since he was drafted in 2024.

After a successful rookie campaign helping the Broncos reach the playoffs for the first time since 2015, Nix was a major reason for the Broncos’ continued success in 2025.

Correction, Nix was the reason for it.

No. 10 became the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for 7,500 yards and 50 touchdowns while winning at least 20 games in his first two seasons. And he was just the third quarterback in NFL history to have at least 3,500 yards and 25 touchdowns in each of his first two seasons.

Nix also tied an NFL record for the most wins by a QB across his first two years.

And lurking behind all those statistical accomplishments was Webb, who in his first season as pass game coordinator this year, improved the Broncos’ passing offense from 20th in 2024 to 11th in 2025.

“I think Davis is a tremendous coach,” Nix said last week in his own end-of-the-season presser before Webb even interviewed for the Broncos’ OC position. “He understands the role of being a coach. He understands the role of teaching. He really knows how to communicate with your players, with me.”

Webb, who was a quarterback in the NFL just a few short years ago, played for the Giants, Jets and Bills before starting his coaching career under Payton in 2023, working with Russell Wilson and Jarrett Stidham. His knowledge of the game combined with his recent experience as an NFL signal caller has given Webb an insight that seems to resonate with his young quarterbacks.

Denver Post reporter Troy Renck noted last week as Webb was famously trying to prep backup Jarrett Stidham for his first NFL start in two years and first-ever post-season game, that the former backup QB himself has been keeping notebooks of plays for decades. In fact, he effectively “ran the Buffalo Bills’ quarterback room in his final season as a backup,” where he became good friends with Josh Allen.

Webb can quickly break down a ton of information and make it sensible to his young QBs.

“He’s helped me in two years just consolidate, make things simple, and just keep the main thing the main thing,” Nix said last week. “Taking a lot of information, a lot of knowledge, and been able to just roll right into it.”

Payton gave play-calling duties to Stidham during Denver’s preseason finale last summer because the head coach wanted to give Webb the opportunity to call plays in a game. Webb’s play-calling debut resulted in a 27-7 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

A key test for Payton next season, who was frustrated by his offense’s production in last week’s loss to the Patriots, will be if hands over some play-calling duties to his new OC.

Nix would likely approve.

“I think highly of him,“ Nix added. “I know he’s a really good football coach.”