Broncos Target Offensive Leap in 2025 After Offseason Overhaul

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton relinquished play-calling duties this offseason and promoted quarterbacks coach Davis Webb to offensive coordinator and primary play-caller. The move follows a trade for speedster wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and a series of roster tweaks aimed at turning a 14th-ranked scoring offense (23.6 points per game) into a consistent threat. The Broncos finished the 2025 regular season tied for the league’s best record with 11 wins, many by a single score, prompting Payton to describe the team’s success as “painful” and in need of deeper improvement.

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The Broncos added Waddle to boost the passing game and anticipate a rise in three-wide receiver sets beyond the 63 % usage rate that ranked 11th last season. Tight end depth was reinforced by re-signing Adam Trautman and Nate Adkins, drafting Justin Joly (NC State) and Dallen Bentley (Utah), and selecting Caleb Lohner in the seventh round. Running back J.K. Dobbins, who missed the final seven games of 2025, pledged his “best year yet” and a greater role for play-action passes, an area where Denver ranked ninth in snaps but 12th in passing yards.

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• “It’s painful, but you have to start from the beginning. You really do.” — Sean Payton, head coach

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• “From my lens, we won a lot of games by one score or less. I’m not naive enough to think those games couldn’t have swung… The meat on the bone exists with our takeaways. That has to improve. Our run game [consistency].” — Sean Payton, head coach

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• “I know how [Payton] wants the game to be played, and it’s the same offense for the most part, just little tweaks here and there, but this is a Sean Payton-coached football team, a Sean Payton offensive philosophy.” — Davis Webb, offensive coordinator

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• “We have the weapons in our room… I don’t like the bashing of our tight end room, I’m going to say that publicly. I think they do their job really well, they do what’s asked of them to a high level.” — Courtland Sutton, wide receiver

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• “If you can make everything look similar, it makes it hard to diagnose what’s about to happen.” — Mike McGlinchey, offensive tackle

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• 2025 scoring rank: 14th (23.6 PPG)

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• Quarterback Bo Nix QBR: 58.3 (15th)

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• Courtland Sutton: 19th in yards per game, 124 targets

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• Tight ends combined: 2 touchdowns, 50 catches (Evan Engram)

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• Play-action snaps: 9th most, but 12th in passing yards from those plays

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The Broncos enter the 2025 season with a revamped offensive staff, added speed, and a clear mandate to convert “meat on the bone” into sustained production.

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