ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Leigh Steinberg, Paxton Lynch’s agent, Charlie Taaffe, Lynch’s coach in the offseason, and even Paxton himself couldn’t have drawn up a better situation for Lynch to get his opportunity to shine in Denver than the one he is presented with now.
While the timing isn’t ideal—twelve weeks into his second season in the NFL—the cards he’s been dealt are close to a royal flush.
Internally, the Denver Broncos are doing everything possible to allow their former first-round pick to shine, everything. On Monday, just a day before the team named Lynch the starting quarterback, they fired their offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and promoted Bill Musgrave to fill his spot.