ENGLEWOOD COLO. — He has a replay challenge. It happened just days after. Denver Broncos Hackett coach Nathaniel Hackett stated he was confident in his coaching staff’s ability to fix game and clock management problems. Hackett also hired Jerry Rosburg, a former NFL assistant, to assist him with game-day decisions. Sources confirmed this to ESPN.
Rosburg, at 66, was retired after completing the 2018 season as the Baltimore RavensAssistant head coach and special teams coordinator. Hackett was at the Broncos’ team facility to take part in meetings. Rosburg will be back to face the Broncos in September. San Francisco 49ers Sunday night
Rosburg will be present in the coaches’ box for Sunday’s game.
This is a slight departure of Hackett’s public stance during week that he and his coaches could solve the problems plaguing the team in the wake of its 1-1 start.
Hackett answered Monday’s question about whether he was going to hire a veteran coach to oversee game-day operations of the offense. Hackett stated that “right now, I feel very confident in our staff, and everyone that we have. Everything is always up in the air. For us, everyone is happy. It is up to us to come together and communicate better. It starts with me, getting the information I need.
Hackett was then in his first year as a head coach. He said that he had had many meetings with the coaching staff to address the issues that had arisen over the two previous games.
When asked by a reporter after Friday’s practice what he thought about the team’s progress, he responded that he was happy to say, “Everyday, we get better. We always feel like our team is always improving. We’re always getting better, both me to [quarterback] Russell [Wilson]Russell, to the team, how it works and everything. It’s up to us to improve.
Over the first two weeks, the Broncos were among the most penalized teams in the league. 25 penalties were accepted by their rivals. They also had issues with timeout and play clock usage. Hackett’s attempt at a 64-yard field goal in Week 1, in Seattle, instead of letting Wilson convert a fourth and 5, was widely criticized. Hackett later admitted that he “definitely should’ve gone for it.”
Four delay of game penalties have already been assessed to the Broncos this season, the most in the league. This includes two for field goal attempts last Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. Houston Texans. Because they couldn’t get organised, the Broncos took their final timeout in the second period with only 7 minutes 38 seconds to go. The Broncos also used a timeout during the second half, when they didn’t have a punt returner Montrell Washington As the Texans were about to punt, the Texans were on the field.
Sunday’s game was so difficult that when the Broncos won the fourth quarter, the crowd at Mile High began counting down the seconds until zero.
Hackett said this week that he plans to continue his playcalling duties. Hackett also stated that he and the rest of his staff have reviewed how many people are using the headsets to communicate with him at any given time.
9News Denver reported Rosburg’s hiring for the first time.