ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- From the moment the Denver Broncos opened their coaching search, the team's clunky offense was on the front of the front of the front burner.
The pursuit of scoring more points has permeated through everything since, including Nathanial Hackett's arrival as the new head coach, Justin Outten's selection as offensive coordinator and Klint Kubiak becoming the quarterbacks coach. It's clear the Broncos want some version of the playbook Mike Shanahan and Gary Kubiak used during their time with the team, but with all of the updates Hackett can dream up.
Hackett has said he wants many of the earmarks of the Shanahan-based offense Matt LeFleur runs with the Green Bay Packers -- the zone run game, the play-action passing game, the rollouts and bootlegs to go with both the vertical downfield passing game and the foundational horizontal passing game of the West Coast offense.