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Broncos QBs coach Davis Webb is ‘wise beyond his years’

“He’s really bright, and he’s played. He’s really been a coach on the field since he’s been in the league,” Sean Payton said of Davis Webb.

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.

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Broncos’ coaching staff is a good mix of youth and experience

From Mike Westhoff (75) to Davis Webb (28), the Broncos have a wide range of youth and experience on their 2023 coaching staff.

From veterans like assistant head coach Mike Westhoff (75) to young, first-time coaches like quarterbacks coach Davis Webb (28), the Denver Broncos have a wide-ranging mix of experience and ages on their 2023 coaching staff.

Broncos head coach Sean Payton likes it that way, as does team owner/CEO Greg Penner.

“Greg texted me this the other day — Mr. Penner — he said, ‘I really like the makeup of how this staff is coming together,’ relative to experience and relative to a number of things,” Payton said at the NFL combine on Feb. 28.

Payton is following the lead of Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells, one of his mentors.

“Parcells wanted to be around younger coaches,” Payton said. “He talked about it all the time. So I like being around younger coaches now. I still consider myself a younger coach, but then I sit in the room and listen to these young coaches that I enjoy. You get energized. Then there’s some experience [on the staff]. There’s just a little bit of everything and there wasn’t any [special requirements]. I think it was just finding the best people.”

The team’s list of more experienced coaches includes Payton (59), inside linebackers coach Greg Manusky (56), passing game coordinator John Morton (53) and offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi (51).

On the opposite end of the coaching staff, the team has young, up-and-coming coaches including special teams assistant Chris Banjo (33), defensive backs coach Christian Parker (31) and tight ends coach Declan Doyle (28).

Together, this coaching staff will aim to get the Broncos back on track, seeking the team’s first playoff berth since the 2015 season.

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Sean Payton has two just-retired players joining his coaching staff

Sean Payton’s coaching staff with the Broncos includes Davis Webb and Chris Banjo, who were just playing in the NFL last season.

Denver Broncos new head coach Sean Payton has mostly completed building his new coaching staff, and there are two unique hires to note.

Davis Webb (as quarterbacks coach) and Chris Banjo (as a special teams assistant) are joining the team immediately after hanging up their cleats. Webb and Banjo both played in the NFL just last season.

“We have two hires that are a little unique,” Payton said at the NFL combine last week. “It’s unusual for a player to come from a playing role, literally last season — call it an active roster status — and into a coaching position. We have that with Davis Webb and we have it with Chris Banjo as well.”

This isn’t the first time Payton has given former players their first opportunities as coaches in the NFL. He did the same with Zach Strief and Michael Wilhoite, who will also join Payton in Denver this spring.

Unlike Webb and Banjo, though, Strief and Wilhoite were out of the NFL for (at least) two years before Payton hired them with the New Orleans Saints. Webb and Banjo will be going straight from the locker room to the film room.

“We really had a really good experience with Chris when he came from Green Bay to New Orleans,” Payton said of Banjo. “I knew that he was still playing at Arizona, but he was at that stage in his career where he was looking forward maybe to getting into coaching.

“I had called him one night and low and behold, it was something he wanted to do and do pretty quickly. Normally, I would say that it takes two years. There is a transition that it takes for players, where they go their way and then they want to get back in.” 

Banjo, who served as a rotational safety and special teams ace for the Cardinals last year, wanted back in immediately, and Payton will give him that opportunity.

Webb served as a backup with the New York Giants last season, starting one game. The Broncos weren’t the first team to offer him the chance to coach in the NFL — the Buffalo Bills wanted him to retire last year so he could serve as their QBs coach, but Webb decided to continue playing.

Webb is now ready to make the jump to coaching, and Payton has made it possible.

“[H]e came highly recommended from a bunch of different coaches,” Payton said of Webb. “Brian Daboll, Eli Manning, I spoke to a number of people. I kept hearing the same things about him, so we brought him in. I didn’t have to do that with Chris, but I didn’t know Davis from — I remember him as a player, but I didn’t know him at all. He did a really good job.

“Those are two unusual hires because they were just on rosters last year, but their experience and where they are at — he’s a coach’s kid, Davis is. He had a file on his computer of every gameplan that he’s ever had since he was in high school, then college, then Texas Tech. Then, [Patrick] Mahomes comes in and then he transfers. It was really impressive just going through the process. Then, the fit for us, too — especially in that room — I think will be good.”

Webb will serve as the team’s QBs coach, working alongside Russell Wilson, under offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi — a former QBs coach — and Payton, who started his NFL coaching career as a QBs coach in 1997.

Webb and Banjo will look to follow in the footsteps of Strief and Wilhoite, who successfully transitioned from playing to coaching under Payton.

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Former Bills QB Davis Webb takes coaching job but not in Buffalo

Former #Bills QB Davis Webb takes coaching job but not in Buffalo:

The Buffalo Bills announced a slew of changes, including additions, to their coaching staff earlier this week. Not among them? Davis Webb.

That’s because the former Bills quarterback has landed a job elsewhere in the NFL.

The Denver Broncos hired Webb to be their quarterbacks coach, according to Broncos Wire.

Webb was a third-round pick of the New York Giants in 2017 and ended his playing career there in 2022. From 2019 to 2021, he was in Buffalo and played on an offense led by then-coordinator Brian Daboll.

When Daboll moved on to become the New York Giants head coach, Webb was one of the former Bills players that followed.

At the end of the 2022 NFL season, reports indicated that Buffalo had interest in transferring Webb into a coaching role. However, he opted to keep playing and ended up appearing in his first regular season game with the Giants in 2022.

With that under his belt, Davis decided he wanted to become a coach and is doing so in Denver.

Perhaps the Bills might have reached out to Webb… but they could not offer what the Broncos did: QB coach.

Buffalo has Joe Brady, a younger coach with offensive coordinator experience, as their quarterbacks coach already. There’s a chance the Bills extended an assistant QB coach opportunity to Davis, but you can’t blame him for opting to join the Broncs in a lead role.

Denver recently changed their head coach after trading for Sean Payton via a deal with the New Orleans Saints. Webb joins Payton’s initial Broncos coaching staff.

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Giants are suddenly a QB coach factory

The New York Giants are suddenly churning out quarterbacks coaches at a rapid pace, including Davis Webb and Alex Tanney.

It wasn’t too long ago the New York Giants were not considered a training ground for coaches. That’s all changed in recent months.

Last week, it was announced that Giants backup quarterback Davis Webb, 28, was hired to be the quarterbacks coach of the Denver Broncos under new head coach Sean Payton.

This week, another former New York Giants backup quarterback — Alex Tanney — was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles to be their quarterbacks coach.

Tanney, 35, was elevated from quality control coach. He also served as their assistant quarterbacks coach last season. During his nine-year NFL playing career, Tanney spent time with eight teams, ending his career in 2020 after a three-year stint with Big Blue.

On Tuesday during his presser at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Giants general manager commented on Webb’s hiring.

“Coach Davis,” laughed Schoen. “It’s funny because in 2019 we signed him to our practice squad in Buffalo. And he was unique in that he would be upstairs, hanging with our personnel department. He was already a coach at the time, practically. He would take the practice squad guys down there, show them the film, he played safety in Buffalo to give looks for Josh as the scout team guy. He was already coaching.

“Super smart. I think that’s why he was able to go out and execute the way he did in that Eagles game. I love Davis, great guy, couldn’t be happier for him. He’s going to be a hell of a coach. And even a better person. We’ve known he’s going to be a coach for a while now.”

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Sean Payton called Eli Manning for recommendation on Davis Webb

Before hiring Davis Webb, Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton called retired New York Giants legend Eli Manning for a recommendation.

Many have wondered how 28-year-old first-time assistant coach Davis Webb is going to tutor/coach 34-year-old Russell Wilson with the Denver Broncos this season.

New head coach Sean Payton isn’t too concerned. He did his due diligence on Webb, including speaking to Webb’s former New York Giants teammate and mentor, Eli Manning.

Webb has always been considered a ‘coach-in-waiting’ and has played recently in the NFL — for the Giants against Philadelphia in Week 18. It was the only start of his six-year NFL career.

The Denver quarterbacks coach job is not Webb’s first offer, however. He was offered the Buffalo Bills’ quarterback coach job prior to the 2022 season but chose to continue his playing career with the Giants.

Apparently, that’s all over now as he embraces his true football destiny. And that seems to come after a glowing recommendation from Eli.

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Broncos young QBs coach Davis Webb has an intriguing resume

Davis Webb was a player-coach of sorts, helping Josh Allen and Daniel Jones improve as QBs. Now he’s a full-time coach for Russell Wilson.

The Denver Broncos have brought in Davis Webb as their new quarterbacks coach. Webb is an intriguing hire given that he was playing in the NFL just last season, but he already has experience in a player-coach type of role.

Webb started his NFL career as a backup with the New York Giants in 2017, then he spent the 2018 season with the New York Jets before joining the Buffalo Bills in 2019 behind Josh Allen.

With Webb as a backup, Allen threw for 4,544 yards and 37 touchdowns in 2020 and 4,407 yards and 36 touchdowns in 2021. Maybe that was a coincidence, but the Bills seemed to like what Webb brought to the quarterback room, and they wanted to hire him as QBs coach last year.

Webb decided against a transition to coaching in 2022 so he could continue his career as a player, opting to re-join the Giants last spring. Daniel Jones then posted career highs in completion percentage (67.2%) and passing yards (3,205) in 2022, leading New York to a 9-6-1 record.

Allen and Jones both showed improvements as QBs with Webb working alongside them. Maybe that was a coincidence. Maybe it wasn’t.

Webb is now set to work with Russell Wilson in 2023, but he’s no longer a player-coach of sorts — Webb will be a full-time QBs coach this year.

Webb is 28 years old — six years younger than Wilson — but having a coach younger than him won’t be a foreign concept to Wilson. Last year, Wilson had a personal QBs coach, Jake Heaps, who is three years younger than him and had a brief career in the NFL, similar to Webb.

Heaps was in Denver’s facility last year alongside Klint Kubiak, the team’s actual QBs coach. Sean Payton has since kicked out Wilson’s personal staff. Webb will now serve as Wilson’s QB coach and judging from his time with Allen and Jones, Webb should be a good addition to the QB room.

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Broncos coaching staff update: Final pieces falling into place

The Broncos are expected to add Joe Lombardi, Keary Colbert, Michael Wilhoite and Greg Manusky to their coaching staff.

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton is getting closer to adding the final pieces to his staff.

In addition to hiring Vance Joseph as the team’s new defensive coordinator on Thursday, Payton also hired Joe Lombardi for the offensive staff, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. It’s not yet clear if Lombardi will serve as the offensive coordinator or in another role.

Lombardi worked under Payton in three different roles with the New Orleans Saints, including as a quarterbacks coach from 2016-2020. He served as offensive coordinator with the Los Angeles Chargers from 2021-2022 before reuniting with Payton in Denver.

Payton also hired wide receivers coach Keary Colbert on Thursday, according to a report from On3.com’s Matt Zenitz. Colbert, a former Broncos receiver, coached at the University of Florida last fall. Before that, Colbert coached at USC from 2016-2021, helping develop a group of receivers including Michael Pittman Jr., Amon-Ra St. Brown and Drake London.

Denver is also bringing in Davis Webb as quarterbacks coach, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Webb spent time as a backup QB with three teams — most recently with the New York Giants last year — before joining the Broncos as a coach.

On special teams, Denver will hire Chris Banjo as an assistant special teams coach, according to Klis. Banjo, 32, is a former safety who was just officially cut by the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday. Banjo played under Payton in New Orleans and under new Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph in Arizona.

Meanwhile, on the defensive side of the ball, Denver is hiring Michael Wilhoite as its new linebackers coach, according to Klis. He coached under Payton with the Saints from 2019-2020.

Wilhoite will presumably oversee the outside linebackers because Greg Manusky is joining the team as their inside linebackers coach, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. He has DC experience with four NFL teams and most recently coached ILBs with the Minnesota Vikings last season.

Joseph’s defensive staff will also include holdover defensive line coach Marcus Dixon and defensive backs coach Christian Parker, NFL Network’s James Palmer confirmed Thursday. Klis had previously reported that the Broncos hoped to keep Dixon and Parker on staff regardless of who was hired as DC.

Ben Steele, who served as Denver’s assistant offensive line coach last season, will not be staying. Steele has joined the Arizona Cardinals as their new tight ends coach. We are tracking all of the changes to the Broncos’ coaching staff on this page.

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Broncos to hire ex-Giant Davis Webb as quarterbacks coach

The Denver Broncos are hiring former New York Giants QB Davis Webb as their next quarterbacks coach.

Former New York Giants quarterback Davis Webb has always been seen as a coach in waiting.

As per veteran NFL reporter Adam Schefter, the wait is apparently over. Webb, 28, is being hired by new Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton to be their quarterbacks coach.

Webb is fresh off the one and only start of his seven-year NFL career — a competitive 22-16 loss to the eventual NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in Week 18.

Webb, a former third-round pick of the Giants back in 2017 out of Cal, was released after one season with Big Blue. After spending a season with the New York Jets, Webb landed in Buffalo for three years as a backup.

It was in Buffalo where Webb began to show his coaching chops with his strong presence in a quarterback room that contained Josh Allen.

When assistant general manager Joe Schoen and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll were hired to run the Giants last year, they quickly brought Webb back to the Giants to help mentor Daniel Jones.

Giants Nation wishes Webb well.

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19 players Giants have drafted from Senior Bowl over last 6 years

Since 2017, the New York Giants have drafted 19 players who had practiced during Senior Bowl week or played in the Senior Bowl itself.

The NFL draft run-up begins this week with the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. The New York Giants have always had a presence at the game and have drafted many a player who has participated in the game over the years.

Here are some players the Giants met and scouted at the game and then drafted going back to 2017.