ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Nathaniel Hackett and Justin Outten find themselves next in line to wrestle with what has been a familiar problem for the Denver Broncos, an issue that has stumped several coaches since the Broncos won Super Bowl 50 after the 2015 season.
Since Peyton Manning retired after that championship, Outten is the team's sixth offensive coordinator and Nathaniel Hackett its fourth head coach. The Broncos have had 11 different starting quarterbacks post-Manning and, more importantly, zero playoff appearances.
Those coaches and quarterbacks have lost their jobs in large part because of an offense that has been unable to consistently get the ball to its best players and has scored way too few touchdowns.