The coaching carousel is spinning in historic fashion across the NFL.
Seven head coaches are out, including two of the winningest in New England’s Bill Belichick and Seattle’s Pete Carroll. The Patriots, through a unique arrangement, have already named a successor in Jerod Mayo.
There’s much more action to come, too, after Wild Card weekend finishes and teams begin to focus on top candidates.
The Broncos are perfectly happy not to be part of the circus this winter as they had been the past two.
In fact, head coach Sean Payton said at the end of his first season that Denver will, if not ease its way into the offseason, at least avoid jumping right into the biggest decisions on deck.