Davis Webb is walking into a tough assignment in Denver, and the Broncos are asking him to handle a lot at once.
He’s the new offensive coordinator and playcaller under Sean Payton, which is no small thing on its own. Then comes the bigger job: trying to lift an offense that has too often been uneven and inconsistent. That’s the backdrop for Webb’s promotion, and it comes with plenty of pressure attached.
If there’s a reason the Broncos believe he can handle it, it starts with the way he’s been described by people who know him well. Kent Scott, Webb’s high school coach in Texas, told Sean Keeler of the Denver Post that Webb has always been more than just another quarterback.
“He was just a worker physically, a worker mentally,” Scott continued. “Davis is unbelievable. One of the best I’ve ever coached.”
That kind of praise is one thing. The real test came later, when Webb landed at Texas Tech and found himself behind Baker Mayfield and then Patrick Mahomes. He transferred to Cal and responded with 37 touchdown passes, a clear sign that he could reset and produce after a setback.
“He obviously experienced some failure,” Scott said. “His response to failure is to pick himself up, dust himself off and go back to work.
“(Webb) always struck me as a very emotionally mature, a very strong individual. And I think that he’s one of those guys that would be fueled by failure.
Nobody wants to fail. But I can’t imagine him not taking something (as a playcaller) and learning lessons from it.”
Webb also kept a list of the people who doubted him as a player. The source article doesn’t say whether that habit followed him into coaching, but it does note that Payton had to promote him to keep him from taking another job, with multiple reports saying that team was an AFC West rival.
Now the challenge gets even more complicated. Webb has been handed the playcalling job, but there’s no guarantee Sean Payton will stay out of it if things go sideways. If the Broncos stumble, it’s easy to picture Payton stepping back in.
On top of that, Webb has to help Bo Nix take another step. Nix can look brilliant, but he also has stretches where the throws get scattered, especially when Denver’s running game stalls. Webb won’t know exactly how mobile Nix will be until August, though he should have a much better read than anyone else once training camp gets going.
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