Davis Webb took a spin through the head coaching interview cycle in January, meeting with several teams about their top vacancies both before and after his Denver Broncos suffered a heartbreaking defeat to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game.It was a process, he said, “that helped me learn a lot about myself.”It also helped Webb realize he wasn’t ready to leave Denver. Not after joining Sean Payton’s staff in 2023 as the quarterbacks coach and helping turn the Broncos, piloted by young quarterback Bo Nix, into title contenders. So when Webb was offered the job as Denver’s new offensive coordinator and play caller in February, he had only one question.“Where do I sign?” Webb said Thursday after the Broncos’ OTA practice, offering his first public comments since stepping into that pivotal new role. “There was no doubt. I didn’t want to leave here. I love it here. I love the players we have here. I love the staff we have here. I love the ownership we have here. I love the front office. There was no doubt in my mind I wanted to be here.”Webb turned 31 in January, but his journey toward this new role has been unfolding for years. His path as a college and NFL quarterback, and then as an assistant coach in Denver, has put him in rooms with bright offensive minds like Kliff Kingsbury, Brian Daboll, Adam Gase, Mike Kafka and Payton. As the son of a high school coach, Webb has drawn plays on index cards since around the time he could tie his shoes. His experiences and influences have helped Webb become “a mad scientist,” as wide receiver Courtland Sutton described him, a self-assured coach who was bred to walk along the sideline, play sheet in hand, guiding a quarterback through a game plan.“I know that he’s ready,” Sutton said. “There’s not a (question) behind it. He’s ready. I’m looking forward to learning from him and picking his offensive brain.”Webb made one thing clear Thursday. He may be calling plays, but he’s operating within “a Sean Payton offensive philosophy.” Of all the offensive influences he has had, Webb said, Payton’s has been the most significant. The Broncos won’t be reinventing what they do around Nix, who has helped guide the Broncos to 24 victories since joining the team as the No. 12 pick in the 2024 draft, tied for the most by a quarterback in his first two seasons in league history.But Webb will still put his own fingerprints on Denver’s attack. It’s why Payton has tabbed him to call plays, relinquishing that role for the first time in his two decades as a head coach. Webb just isn’t ready to say how his specific brushstrokes will transform the canvas. One clear priority for the Broncos during the two practices open to the media has been creating catch-and-run opportunities over the middle of the field.“We’ll kind of feel that as we go,” Webb said of what he envisions for Denver’s offensive identity this season. “I think the (2025) Rams are the best example. It went into, like, Week 6 (before) they started playing a lot more heavy, 13 personnel. I think we’ll grow and adapt as the season goes. …“We started in February as a coaching staff (saying), ‘Hey, let’s look at the last two years since Bo’s taken over. What are we good at? What do we need to look at? What’s going on around the league? Who do we play?’ So it’s been a combination of a lot of things.”The Broncos are a long way offensively from where they were during the eight-year stretch of futility that began with Peyton Manning’s retirement and extended until the selection of Nix in 2024. The No. 10 finish for Denver in total offense last season was its best mark since finishing fourth in 2014. Still, the Broncos know they have to hit another gear offensively to realize their Super Bowl aspirations.Moving Webb into the offensive coordinator role was an important part of the improvement plan. So was trading first- and third-round picks for Jaylen Waddle, who has turned heads during his first two weeks on the field with the Broncos and brings to mind a scenario from Webb’s football past, when he was a reserve quarterback with the Buffalo Bills.“When I was with Josh Allen going into Year 3, similar to Bo going into Year 3, we traded for Stefon Diggs, and that was a good year. That was a good two-year run in ’20 and ’21, when I was together with them. Just seeing the growth from both players that time, there’s some similarities of what started to happen here. It doesn’t mean it’s going to — we’ve got a long way to go, but man, (Waddle) is good.”The biggest focus for Webb now, as next week’s minicamp approaches, is helping the Broncos make “sure we get the bad football out of our system now” as they install the offense. He has emphasized efficient communication that gets the offense to the line quickly and “lets the QB see the game.” He has dialed plays by walkie-talkie into the headsets of quarterbacks Jarrett Stidham and Sam Ehlinger during OTAs, but Payton reiterated Thursday that Nix will be on the field in some fashion during minicamp as he completes his rehab from offseason ankle surgery. Then, the starting quarterback and play caller can begin building an offense that will have a simple edict this fall.“Our whole deal is let’s score some points, let’s have some fun,” Webb said. “Let’s have a different attitude on offense.”