Dennison, Bates Coached Together in DenverDennison most recently served as Buffalo's offensive coordinator. The Bills finished sixth in rushing last season, averaging 126.1 yards per game.

Holding the offensive coordinator post in Denver in 2015-16, Dennison helped the Broncos win Super Bowl 50. He was the Ravens' QBs coach in 2014 as Joe Flacco set a then-career high with 3,986 passing yards in addition to 27 touchdowns.

During Dennison's four seasons as Houston's offensive coordinator from 2010-13, the Texans amassed an NFL-high 29 individual 100-yard rushing performances. Arian Foster, who earned All-Pro honors in three of Dennison's four years, accounted for 24 of those 100-yard games.

Dennison had a 15-year run with the Broncos from 1995-2009, filling several roles along the way. In his first five seasons as Denver's offensive line coach (2001-05), the Broncos rushed for a league-high 11,644 yards and had four players reach the 1,000-yard mark. Serving as the Broncos' offensive coordinator from 2006-08, Denver ranked seventh in yards per game and was one of two teams to rank in the top ten in both passing and rushing.

In New York, Dennison will be reunited with Bates. In Denver, Bates served as Dennison's offensive assistant, QBs coach/wide receivers coach and QBs coach, respectively, from 2006-08. The Broncos had a 1,000-yard receiver in each of those three seasons and helped Jay Cutler to a then-franchise-record 4,526 passing yards with 25 touchdowns in 2008.