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Feb 4, 2022

Just when Matt Rhule and the Carolina Panthers were getting their staff fully back in place, the possibility of now losing another has reared its head. - According to NFL Network reporter Mike Garafolo, the Denver Broncos have interviewed Carolina secondary coach and defensive passing game coordinator Jason Simmons for their defensive coordinator opening. Denver, with a new shot-caller at the helm in Nathaniel Hackett, has also been through their own process of filling out a fresh braintrust. - - The #Broncos interviewed #Panthers secondary coach/defensive pass-game coordinator Jason Simmons for their DC job, source says. With Ejiro Evero not officially hired, they're still going through their process and Simmons was on their list of candidates. - — Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) February 4, 2022 - - - Simmons has served in his current role for the Panthers over the past two seasons. Prior to his hiring by Rhule, the former strong safety spent five years with the Green Bay Packers—starting as an assistant on special teams from 2015 to 2017, to the secondary coach in 2018 and then as the defensive backs coach in 2019. - Hackett and Simmons have crossed paths, as the Broncos head coach was brought onboard during that 2019 campaign as Green Bay’s offensive coordinator. - - RelatedFormer Panthers OC Joe Brady expected to be hired as new Bills QB coach - - RelatedPanthers OL coach James Campen once tried to body-slam Yokozuna - - List - - Panthers 2022 NFL mock draft 1.0: End of January edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Panthers Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Panthers Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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