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Broncos QBs coach Davis Webb will lead West offense at East-West Shrine Bowl

Broncos QBs coach Davis Webb will serve as the West team’s offensive coordinator at the East-West Shrine Bowl next month.

Denver Broncos quarterbacks coach Davis Webb will get a close look at quarterbacks featured in this year’s East-West Shrine Bowl.

Webb has been named the offensive coordinator for the West team. Quarterbacks set to participate in the East-West Shrine Bowl include Devin Leary (Kentucky), John Rhys Plumlee (UCF), Jack Plummer (Louisville), Austin Reed (Western Kentucky), Kedon Slovis (BYU) and Jordan Travis (Florida State). Those QBs have not yet been assigned to specific teams.

Webb, 28, was a backup quarterback in the NFL from 2017-2022. He retired as a player last spring to become Denver’s QBs coach under new head coach Sean Payton.

Although he only has one year of experience under his belt, Webb has already been dubbed a coach to watch for promotion in the coming years. Webb impressed Payton in 2023 and he also drew praise from Broncos offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi.

Webb now gets another opportunity to gain valuable coaching experience while also scouting QBs for Denver ahead of April’s draft. The 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl will be played in Frisco, Texas on Thursday, Feb. 1.

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Chiefs promote David Girardi to quarterbacks coach

#Chiefs HC Andy Reid announced that the team has promoted assistant quarterbacks coach and passing game analyst David Girardi to quarterbacks coach.

The Kansas City Chiefs have named their quarterback coach for the 2023 NFL season.

With Matt Nagy getting the promotion to offensive coordinator, the team had a vacancy at quarterbacks coach and they also filled that with an internal candidate. Andy Reid announced at the NFL Scouting Combine on Tuesday that the Chiefs have promoted David Girardi to quarterbacks coach.

Reid said the team also interviewed Boise State OC/QB coach Bush Hamdan for the vacancy, but they ultimately went with the internal hire of Girardi.

Girardi just completed his fifth season in Kansas City. In his first three seasons (2018-2020) with the team, Girardi was an offensive quality control coach. At the onset of 2021, Girardi was promoted to assistant quarterbacks coach and passing game analyst. He’s served in that role for the past two seasons.

This is a pretty common pathway to the quarterbacks coach job under Andy Reid. Doug Pederson, Matt Nagy and Mike Kafka all worked their way up from offensive quality control coach to eventually becoming QB coach. All three of them have gone on to become offensive coordinators, with both Pederson and Nagy getting opportunities to be head coaches. That too could be the path for Girardi in the future.

Expect another internal promotion to fill Girardi’s vacated roles as well to be announced at a later date.

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