The Denver Broncos filled the solitary opening on its coaching staff, advancing pass-rush pro Jamar Cain to protective line coach, The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman to begin with detailed Thursday. The group has since affirmed the move. Cain replaces previous DL boss Marcus Dixon, who cleared out to require the same position with the Minnesota Vikings prior this month.
A longtime collaborator within the college positions, Cain was contracted absent from LSU in 2023 to start Denver’s edge-rushing corps — specifically previous second-round choose Nik Bonitto, whom Cain coached at Oklahoma. The expansion paid quick profits as Bonitto wrapped up moment on the group with eight sacks, up from 1.5 the year earlier. “Coach Cain instructed me a part around the diversion and instructed me a parcel around what it implies to be a great edge rusher and how to influence the quarterback, how to influence plays within the run amusement,” Bonitto said after being drafted in 2022. “Fair utilizing my aptitude set to the leading of my capacities. He instructed me a part of that.” Upon changing caps, Cain will have his work cut out with a Broncos line that final season accounted for fair eight of the club’s 42 sacks, five of which had a place to cautious conclusion Zach Allen
