ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos will open the 2022 season with the fourth different head coach in a seven-year span so it's not like they haven't done this whole look-for-a-new-leader thing before.
But this is the first search conducted by general manager George Paton. And whether he's looking for fist-pumping, run-down-the-sidelines enthusiasm or a quarterback guru or a CEO or all of the above remains to be seen. The one word he kept using over and over again this week was "leader" and the Broncos had requested to interview nine candidates across seven teams by the time the sun rose on Tuesday morning.