Denver Broncos take look at Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers assistant coaches in search for new head coach

Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn watches during a team practice in Allen Park on June 8. (AP file photo)
- Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn watches during a team practice in Allen Park on June 8. (AP file photo)
- Green Bay Packers quarterbacks/passing game coordinator Luke Getsy walks on the field before a preseason game against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Aug. 28. (AP file photo)
Broncos general manager George Paton and a team of executives were meeting Friday with Packers assistants Luke Getsy and Nathaniel Hackett after spending time with Glenn on Thursday.
“I am so happy for him,” Hackett, Green Bay’s offensive coordinator, said of Getsy, the team’s QBs coach and passing game coordinator. “I mean he deserves this opportunity, for his name to get out there because he’s a great coach.”
The Packers are off this week after earning the NFC’s top seed with a 13-4 record behind another stellar year from Aaron Rodgers, who was linked to the Broncos last summer when the star quarterback’s disenchantment with his team went public.
The sides patched things up, at least for him to play in 2021, and he threw for 37 touchdowns with just four interceptions in another MVP-worthy season. Last month, Rodgers said he hadn’t ruled out anything for 2022, whether it be returning to Green Bay next year, trying to play elsewhere, or even retiring.

Green Bay Packers quarterbacks/passing game coordinator Luke Getsy walks on the field before a preseason game against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Aug. 28. (AP file photo)
Adding either Getsy or Hackett might make Denver an appealing destination for Rodgers should he want to move on after 17 years in Green Bay.
Also on the Broncos’ list for interviews to replace Fangio, whom they fired Sunday after he went 19-30 in three seasons, are several assistant coaches whose teams are in the playoffs. That includes both of Mike McCarthy’s top lieutenants in Dallas: offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and defensive coordinator Dan Quinn.
Paton also wants to speak with offensive coordinators Eric Bieniemy of the Chiefs, Brian Callahan of the Bengals and Kevin O’Connell of the Rams, Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon and Patriots inside linebackers coach Jerod Mayo.