2016 Denver Broncos

The  Denver Broncos season will be the franchise's upcoming 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and the second under head coach Gary Kubiak. The Broncos will enter the season as defending Super Bowl champions, and will attempt to compete for another Super Bowl run after undergoing numerous roster changes, including the retirement of quarterback Peyton Manning.

Coaching changes

 * February 12: Brian Callahan, who had served as the Broncos' offensive quality control coach since 2010, was hired as a quarterbacks coach with the Detroit Lions.
 * February 16: Klint Kubiak, son of Broncos' head coach Gary Kubiak, was hired as the offensive quality control coach, replacing Brian Callahan. Klint Kubiak previously served as a coaching assistant with the Minnesota Vikings from 2013–14, and was a wide receiver's coach at the University of Kansas in 2015.

Retirement of Peyton Manning
On March 7, two days before the start of the league year, quarterback Peyton Manning retired after 18 NFL seasons. In his four seasons with the Broncos (2012–15), Manning threw for 11,712 passing yards, second in franchise history behind John Elway. Manning also set numerous league records, including regular season passing yardage (71,940), regular season passing touchdowns (539), regular season wins (186 — tied with Brett Favre), combined regular season and postseason wins (200), single-season passing yardage (5,477) and single-season touchdown passes (55); Manning achieved the latter two feats in 2013.

Trades
On March 11, the Broncos acquired quarterback Mark Sanchez in a trade that sent a 2017 conditional seventh-round selection to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Draft

 * Notes
 * The Broncos traded their original fourth-round selection (No. 130 overall) to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for center Gino Gradkowski and the Ravens' fifth-round selection (No. 144 overall).
 * The Broncos traded their original fifth-round selection (No. 169 overall), along with their 2015 first- and fifth-round selections and guard/center Manny Ramirez to the Detroit Lions in exchange for the Lions' 2015 first-round selection.
 * The Broncos traded their 2016 sixth-round selection (No. 207 overall) and their 2017 sixth-round selection to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for tight end Vernon Davis and the 49ers' 2016 seventh-round selection (No. 228 overall).
 * The Broncos acquired the No. 235 selection (seventh-round) in a trade that sent offensive tackle Chris Clark to the Houston Texans.

Preseason
The Broncos' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

2016 opponents
As the result of winning Super Bowl 50, the Broncos will host the Week 1 kickoff game on Thursday, September 8, against a yet-to-be-determined opponent. The game will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. MDT, and will be televised by NBC.

The entire Broncos' schedule, with exact dates and times, will be finalized and announced in the spring. Listed below are the Broncos' opponents for 2016: 

Other news and notes
On March 12, linebacker DeMarcus Ware agreed to a re-structured contract with the Broncos. Ware, who signed a three-year, $30 million contract with the Broncos in 2014, had his salary reduced from $7 million to $6.5 million, but can earn back money with incentives.