John Elway gives praise to Pat Shurmur hire for Broncos

As the team prepares to head in a new direction with Pat Shurmur as offensive coordinator, John Elway provided his thoughts on the hire.

It has been a few days since the Denver Broncos have made the move of replacing Rich Scangarello with Pat Shurmur. For those that have hidden under a rock since the season ended, the Broncos will in fact go into the 2020 season with a new offensive coordinator.

This should bring some much needed experience to the Denver Broncos offense. The team as a whole ranked in the bottom five in points scored, yards produced, and passing yards produced. There was no doubt that something needed to change.

While the team did improve once Drew Lock got in, it was Rich Scangarello’s first season as offensive coordinator. A second chance probably would have happened if it was not for Pat Shurmur becoming available and not hired as a head coach elsewhere.

There has been little talk from the guys upstairs about the move since the plan was to keep Scangarello. But John Elway did chat with Steve Atwater as both are currently at the Senior Bowl down in Alabama. Elway praised Vic Fangio on the move to hire Shurmur.

"“He’s been successful when he has been an offensive coordinator. His background is in the west coast. We’re doing west coast, so there is a lot of tie-over from what he’s coming in, what he is used to. Vic thought it was best to make a change there [at offensive coordinator] and Pat [Shurmur] was available, so we feel good about that. He worked with Daniel Jones last year so I think he will be a great compliment to Drew [Lock].”-John Elway to Steve Atwater [via Broncos TV]"

It could be a move that really helps the Denver Broncos team grow. Especially when you are talking about the offensive side of the football. With weapons like Drew Lock, Courtland Sutton, Phillip Lindsay, and Noah Fant, the Broncos could be a solid unit in 2020.

If Pat Shurmur can bring out the full potential of the offensive players as well as get a solid amount of rookies in the draft to build around, I can see this becoming a competing unit.

The Duke is a fan of the move. Hopefully it will pay off in the end.