ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Nathaniel Hackett has already called becoming the 18th head coach in Denver Broncos' history a "dream" job.
He enthusiastically arrives with the team's recurring struggles on offense high atop his tidy to-do list. But he also arrives at a time when a return to heavyweight status in the AFC is far more complicated than simply landing a good quarterback.
It's a conference already full of young, high-wire passers, all 26 years old or younger, led by the Alpha, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who also happens to lead a division rival the Broncos haven't beaten since Sept.