Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett hires veteran assistant Jerry Rosburg to help with game management, sources say

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Call it a replay challenge of himself: Just days after Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett said he was «confident'' in his coaching staff and its ability to repair game and clock management issues, Hackett has hired former longtime NFL assistant Jerry Rosburg as a senior assistant to help him with game-day decisions, team sources confirmed to ESPN.

Rosburg, 66, had been retired since he finished out the 2018 season as the Baltimore Ravens' special teams coordinator and assistant head coach. Rosburg was in the Broncos' team facility this past week to participate in meetings, and Hackett made the hire as the Broncos prepare to face the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night.

Rosburg will be in the coaches' booth for Sunday night's game.

It is a slight departure from Hackett's public stance during the week that he and his coaching staff could work out the problems that have plagued the team amid its 1-1 start.

When asked Monday if he planned to hire a more veteran coach to assist in game-day operations with the offense, as he had with Dom Capers on defense, Hackett said, „I think right now, I'm very confident in our staff and everybody that we have. I think everything is always open in the air. But for us, everybody is good. We just have to work things out together, we have to communicate better. It starts with me and getting the proper information that I need.''

At the time, Hackett, who is in his first season as a head coach, said he had extensive meetings with the coaching staff about the issues that had arisen in the first two games.

Asked after Friday's practice how he felt about how the team had addressed those issues, he offered, “Every day we get better. We always feel like we're always growing.