Sources - Broncos reach deal with Saints for Sean Payton - ESPN

Payton, who was the NFL's Coach of the Year in 2006, will succeed Nathaniel Hackett, who was fired Dec. 26, the day after the Broncos' dismal 51-14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium that dropped Denver to 4-11.

Payton will be tasked with repairing the league's lowest-scoring offense in 2022 as Wilson finished with a career-low 16 touchdown passes and was sacked a career-most 55 times.

The Broncos have missed the playoffs seven consecutive seasons and have fired three head coaches -- Vance Joseph, Vic Fangio and Hackett -- since January 2019.

Kicker Brandon McManus is the only player on the current roster who was in uniform for the Broncos' last playoff game -- their Super Bowl 50 win to close out the 2015 season.

At the time, Broncos GM George Paton called Hackett a "dynamic leader and coach whose intelligence, innovation and charisma impressed us from the very start of the process."

Shortly after Hackett's hiring, the Broncos traded five draft picks, including two first-rounders and two second-rounders, as well as three players to the Seahawks to acquire Wilson.