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Just days before traveling to Kansas City to face the Chiefs, Interim Head Coach Jerry Rosburg has taken over the reins of the team — and the enormous responsibility has not fazed him in the slightest.
In Rosburg’s previous role overseeing game management, players had limited interactions with him. But on his first day as the head coach, he held a meeting with the entire team to lay out his expectations for the players and his goals for the final two weeks of the season.
“We obviously kind of know his background a little bit, he shared it with us, but thus far, I think he’s been doing a good job,” safety Kareem Jackson said. “Just kind of relaying the messages of what he expects from everybody.”
While players are still adjusting to the team’s decision to part to ways with head coach Nathaniel Hackett, many of them have embraced Rosburg and look forward to his leadership in the coming weeks.
“I’m a big fan of Jerry,” guard Dalton Risner said. “I don’t even know the word [used to describe] Jerry. He’s very on it. He’s very on top of all that. You have to respect him for that. When he came in and he was helping with situations, I was a big fan of Jerry. Just seeing how well he’s stepped into this role and how he’s taken it upon him to get the most out of us and get this thing rolling, I respect him a ton. I’ve really enjoyed it. There [have] been some changes, and we’re excited to see where that leads. We’re really trying to just buy into what Jerry is doing.”
Rosburg, who previously worked as an NFL special teams coordinator for almost two decades, also said he is committed to taking an active role with the Broncos’ special teams unit. He has participated in special teams meetings this week, and inside linebacker Alex Singleton noted that Rosburg is already making an impact.
“[His message was that] we’re going to get better, and we’re going to use these next two weeks to become a better team,” Singleton said. “We’re going to start with…
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