Broncos surprised Rap Sheet with the Pat Shurmur hire

The Denver Broncos surprised NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport by landing Pat Shurmur, a coveted offensive coordinator free agent around the league.

Just like pretty much everyone else, NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport was a bit stunned to see the Denver Broncos fire Rich Scangarello earlier this month.

As I was enjoying the early goings of the beatdown the Houston Texans were putting on the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs, really one of the last things I was expecting was any sort of Broncos news at all, much less a bombshell like the one that was dropped.

I had to double check to make sure the news was coming from verified sources, that the Broncos had actually let…