The day after he fired coach Nathaniel Hackett, Broncos CEO Greg Penner noted multiple areas he and the club’s new ownership group intended to overhaul.
The coaching staff, of course, dominated the conversation that day because a search that eventually led to Sean Payton was about to shift into high gear.
Penner, though, also noted he and his wife, Carrie Walton Penner, had been talking with NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills about potential explanations for Denver being among the most injured teams in the league for a multi-year period.
As the Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group hits its first anniversary of arriving in Denver on Thursday, Payton is the prize addition and the $100-plus million in Empower Field renovations the most expensive project to date.