The Broncos’ key offensive staff retooling is now complete, heading into Sean Payton’s fourth season in Denver.
Denver is hiring John Morton as its offensive passing-game coordinator, a source with knowledge of the hire confirmed to The Denver Post on Sunday. It’s a reunion of sorts, after Morton served as the Broncos’ passing-game coordinator in 2023 and 2024 under Payton before departing for an offensive-coordinator job with the Lions in 2025.
Really, though, Morton has remained in Denver’s building for months ever since Payton brought him back as a consultant across the Broncos’ playoff run, after the Lions stripped Morton of play-calling duties midseason and then fired him after a disappointing 9-8 season in Detroit.