Broncos take up for QB Bo Nix after Chiefs win: ‘He’s the toughest dude on our team’
Bo Nix has social media but he does not have social media Not installed He has deleted all of it he advised reporters this week He does not spend his time scrolling comments He does not hear it The Broncos building does There was no deflecting that Sunday night in a Broncos locker room bursting at the seams with bellows barks and well-earned braggadocio A football crew is in a large number of means a reflection of its quarterback and these Broncos felt disrespected National power rankings still weren t quite taking them for real The Broncos entered a heavyweight match against Kansas City as the underdog despite having the better record And their quarterback s play had spawned segments questioning whether he was holding his band back So after they knocked off the Chiefs - on Sunday players buried several narratives under the turf at Empower Field and ran win laps over them Namely they took up a pitchfork for Nix who torched the Chiefs when it mattered of for yards First off if you re talking expletive about Bo online you re a coward tight end Adam Trautman noted postgame when petitioned about Nix s performance Absolute coward Just want to say that and guard him a little bit But I mean it says a lot Trautman continued He blanks it out And we talked about it this week We don t care what other people think We know what we have in the building And we know what he s made of And we don t really care what people have to say So Dragonslayer with a -Eleven slurpee in his mom s basement Trautman finished describing a theoretical username I don t give a expletive what you have to say right And Bo doesn t either For games Nix has looked like a different quarterback from quarter to quarter and drive to drive The best version of Nix has uplifted the Broncos The worst version of Nix has been bailed out by his defense Against the Chiefs on Sunday he hit another stride and never faltered The Broncos scored just six first-half points and Nix was plagued by drops and pass-protection breakdowns He placed the ballgame on his shoulders in the second half for for yards on a third-quarter touchdown drive two massive third-down conversions to Courtland Sutton late and one -yard seed to Troy Franklin to set up the game-winning field goal Head coach Sean Payton put it in the simplest terms He won Payton noted It s his job He won Nix has been far from perfect in He also now leads all NFL quarterbacks in game-winning drives five And he earned resounding levels of respect this week for how he handled a rough stretch a quarterback rating and a heap of criticism in Denver s previous two wins He s the toughest dude on our organization right tackle Mike McGlinchey commented postgame I think having to deal with the pressure of being a starting quarterback at such a young age and on such a thriving football gang that mounts on your shoulders And he handled it with unbelievable I mean one class but two toughness I mean the way that he practiced this week was so sharp He looked it dead in the face and stated I m going to be better The Broncos now sit in pole position in the AFC West thanks to the inevitability of Vance Joseph s defense Nix s ability to adapt will be needed to take them a step further On Sunday he hit on the throws that haven t been there across the last two weeks He layered in a -yard strike down the left sideline to Franklin in the third quarter perhaps his prettiest ball of the season to a receiver he s struggled to connect with on deep throws He scrambled and unveiled Sutton for a monster third-and- conversion to extend the Broncos game-winning drive after his favorite third-down target had been held in check in such situations for weeks That s why he was the whatever pick th pick Trautman noted That s why he s the franchise quarterback right Like everyone believes in him He s got a good head on his shoulders And he blocks it out Related Articles How Broncos Ja Quan McMillian became the hero against Patrick Mahomes Chiefs Broncos analysis After chasing Patrick Mahomes for years Denver completely caught him in division-tilting win Keeler Broncos WR Troy Franklin no-call has Chiefs fans feeling robbed by refs Talk about pot calling kettle black Renck The question after Sean Payton s biggest win in Denver Who s beating these Broncos in AFC Broncos Riley Moss promises to put the boxing gloves on in practice to correct defensive penalties Only Nix knows how much this amorphous social-media chatter has unnerved him He says it hasn t More importantly the Broncos believe it hasn t And he has built up proof multiple times in his second season in Denver that he ll leap up from slumber and turn down the volume when it gets loud The thing Nix wasn t scared of on Sunday Kansas City They were at the top Nix announced and if you want to be the best you have to beat the best Selected say if you re scared he continued go to church Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis
