The Broncos needed a company man to step in for the fired Nathaniel Hackett for the final two weeks, even if that man hadn’t been with the company long.

Enter Jerry Rosburg, who was tabbed as the Broncos’ interim head coach on Monday. Rosburg was introduced to Denver media on Wednesday at Dove Valley, painting the rosiest outlook he could heading into Week 17’s road game at Kansas City as a double-digit underdog.

Rosburg, who has more than four decades of experience coaching in college and the NFL, including serving as associate head coach for the Ravens, said he’s not viewing the next two games as a trampoline into getting the full-time job.

“I’m desiring that we win two football games these next two weeks,” Rosburg said. “I’m not looking at it like what’s happening after the season’s end. I’m not trying to build a resume. I haven’t had a resume for 15, 17 years. I haven’t needed one. I’m not trying to enhance any kind of reputation that I may or may not have.

“I’m humbled by this opportunity that I’ve been given, and at the same time, I’m very confident I can do this job for the next two weeks.”

While he does have the power, though, Rosburg is intent on using it to better a team that he believes is “already heading in that (right) direction” despite coming off a 51-14 blowout loss to the Rams this past Sunday.

He opened Wednesday with an introductory statement that was more than 12 minutes, twice the time of Hackett’s introductory statement when he took over as the head coach in January. Rosburg claimed responsibility for firing special teams coordinator Dwayne Stukes and offensive line coach Butch Barry, dunking on Stukes’ underperforming units and saying that the offensive line needs to move in a “different direction.”

He praised general manager George Paton, whom he first met at a spring football clinic when Paton was a scout for the Bears and Rosburg was a secondary coach at Notre Dame. He praised ownership and said he’s relishing the chance to lead the 4-11 Broncos into Kansas City against a future Hall of Fame coach in Andy Reid, who has beaten Denver 14 consecutive times.

“Who would sign up for this?” Rosburg posed. “You know, so, ‘You get to coach in the National Football League… Okay. Well, here’s the Kansas City Chiefs.’ Here I am. Choose me.”

Prior to this season, Rosburg last coached with the Ravens in 2018. He has been out of the NFL since then and was sitting on his deck looking out at a lake with a cup of coffee when Paton called him in September asking him to come to Denver to help Hackett with game management issues.

“I picked it up, and I said yes, much like a couple days ago,” Rosburg said. “The Lord works in mysterious ways. So, just pay attention and keep your eyes open… I was fine (in retirement), but here I am.”

Rosburg got the interim tag after defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero declined it. Rosburg chalked Evero’s decision up to his loyalty to his friend Hackett, calling it a “magnanimous act.”

However, it’s more plausible that Evero — who has received widespread praise for his overseeing of the Denver defense this year — saw the offer to take over a 4-11 team with no playoff hopes as something that could only hurt his market value as a head coaching candidate come January.

No matter the circumstances that led Rosburg to get the job, the 67-year-old said he’s focused on getting the most out of the Broncos this week and next, the finale against the Chargers at Empower Field.

“It’s not often they hire a guy mid-season or early-season, and you walk into an environment where the ownership reaches out and embraces and engages you,” Rosburg said. “I’ve never seen anything like it where a guy joins the staff like that during the season, and there could’ve been side glances and so forth, but these (players) have been great to me.”

Broncos owner/CEO Greg Penner will lead the search for the next full-time head coach.

From the players’ standpoint for the rest of this season, veteran safety and team captain Justin Simmons said “it doesn’t really matter what’s going on (with front-office decisions), or who accepted the interim head coaching position.”

“The fact of the matter is, we have to go out there and find ways to win football games,” Simmons said. “We have a heck of an opportunity this Sunday going to Arrowhead Stadium to beat the Chiefs.”