Broncos and Jets to face off in second edition of the Nathaniel Hackett Bowl

The New York Jets (2-1) are set to host the Denver Broncos (1-2) in Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season on Sunday.

The Jets’ offense, of course, is coached by Nathaniel Hackett, who returned to Denver last season and beat the team that fired him less than a year after he was hired as the Broncos’ head coach in 2022.

There was some hoopla before that matchup because earlier in the offseason, current Denver coach Sean Payton slammed the previous regime, saying 2022 “might have been one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL.”

Hackett said hearing those comments was frustrating, and Jets coaches and players quickly came to his defense. New York then beat the Broncos 31-21 at Empower Field at Mile High, giving Hackett the last laugh, at least in 2023.

Now the two teams are set for a rematch with Payton coaching Denver’s squad and Hackett coaching the Jets’ offense under head coach Robert Saleh. They’ll face off at 11:00 a.m. MT on Sunday (view the TV map here).