4. Broncos fire offensive chief

Musgrave replaces coordinator McCoy as skid reaches six.

The Denver Broncos fired offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and are replacing him with quarterbacks coach Bill Musgrave. The Broncos (3-7) are mired in a sixgame skid, and McCoy had increasingly drawn scrutiny for his overly complex game plans and insistence on using three wide receivers as his base formation to both pass and run. The Broncos play the Raiders on Sunday.

Vance Joseph’s switch of quarterbacks did nothing to stem the tide of turnovers, so the Denver Broncos’ rookie head coach on Monday changed his offensive architect.

Joseph fired coordinator Mike McCoy, his first hire when he got the job in January, and replaced him with quarterbacks coach Bill Musgrave.

“I want to have a more efficient pass game,” said Joseph, who also promoted Klint Kubiak to take over Musgrave’s duties working with the quarterbacks.

Musgrave, who was John Elway’s backup quarterback in Denver in the late 1990s, is a 20-year coaching veteran with nine seasons as an offensive coordinator with the Vikings, Jaguars, Panthers, Eagles and most recently, the Raiders in 2015 and ’16.

Joseph wouldn’t commit to keeping Brock Osweiler as his starting quarterback, saying he’d huddle with Musgrave and the rest of his staff.

The Broncos (3-7) have lost six straight: three under Osweiler, who has three TDs and four interceptions, and three under Trevor Siemian, who had nine TDs and 10 interceptions.

These changes might also be a precursor to giving former first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch an audition. Lynch spent the first two months of this season recovering from a sprained throwing shoulder. He was active Sunday for the first time as Osweiler’s backup.

Patriots: Former receiver Terry Glenn, who spent the first half of his career with New England but also played for the Cowboys and Packers, died following a one-vehicle rollover traffic accident near Dallas that left his fiancée slightly hurt, officials said. He was 43.

Irving police are investigating the cause of the wreck on eastbound Highway 114.

Glenn, a former Ohio State star who lived in the Dallas area, was driving when the vehicle left the highway, struck a concrete barrier and rolled, authorities said. Glenn was ejected.

Glenn played in the NFL from 1996 to 2007 — six years with the Patriots, five with the Cowboys and one with the Packers. He finished with 8,823 yards receiving and 44 touchdowns.

Steelers: The league suspended right tackle Marcus Gilbert four games for violating the performance-enhancers policy. Gilbert, who will not appeal, will be eligible to return for a game at Houston on Christmas Day.

Saints: Defensive end Alex Okafor will miss the remainder of the season after tearing an Achilles tendon during the win over Washington. In 10 games, Okafor had 4½ sacks, five tackles for loss, nine quarterback hits and two forced fumbles.

Cardinals: Blaine Gabbert will get a second start at quarterback, coach Bruce Arians said. Gabbert started the loss to Houston and completed 22 of 34 passes for 257 yards after moving up from No. 3 because of injuries.

Bears: Kicker Connor Barth was waived, and Chicago signed former Kansas City kicker Cairo Santos following the loss to Detroit. Barth missed a 46-yard field goal wide right that would have tied the game

Browns: Defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah needs surgery on his broken right foot and will require up to four months of recovery.

Redskins: Receiver Terrelle Pryor is heading to injured reserve after ankle surgery.

Rams: Receiver Robert Woods has a shoulder injury that will take him out of the lineup for a “couple weeks,” coach Sean McVay said.

Texans: Coach Bill O’Brien said he doesn’t expect running back D’Onta Foreman (left ankle) to play again this season, the latest blow to a team riddled with injuries.

Panthers: Tight end Greg Olsen (foot) and center Ryan Kalil (neck) returned to practice and could play Sunday.