Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos offense struggled on Sunday’s game in Seattle. Nix recorded a 47.5 quarterback (QB) rating with 26 completions on 42 attempts with no touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
The Broncos faced a buzz saw of a defense in the Seahawks, who put pressure on Denver’s rookie QB flushing him out the pocket and causing forced throws to a number of receivers who just flat out dropped passes.
Seattle didn’t fare much better on offense either with Denver’s defense also putting pressure on Geno Smith and Seattle’s receivers. All in all, Sunday’s game was a collection of errors on both sides of the ball with the winning team edging out Denver 26-20.
The Broncos are headed into week two against their old quarterback Russell Wilson who sat out the Pittsburgh Steelers first game with a calf injury. Wilson has yet to be named the starter against Denver on Sunday, but his team defeated the Atlanta Falcons under backup QB Justin Fields on Sunday. The Broncos will host the Steelers this Sunday at Mile High at Empower Field at 2:25 p.m.
Nix will start for Denver in week two and is expected to see similar pressures from the Steelers that Seattle gave him on Sunday. Coach Sean Payton of the Denver Broncos gave his take on how QB Bo Nix handled adversity in his first regular season game, “I think this. I don’t know how many balls we dropped, and so I’ve said that before, for any quarterback playing, we’ve got to be more effective running the football. If (you) take away his scrambling yards, I think we’re like somewhere (around) 60 yards rushing to their 140, so not nearly good enough.”
Bo Nix was the leading rusher in Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks with 35 yards. Jaleel McLaughlin (10 attempts) and Javontae Williams (8 attempts) accounted for 27 and 23 yards rushing while Audric Estime was the most productive with 17 yards on 2 attempts.
While Denver’s defense still appears to be well behind the curve in production, the Broncos defense is who kept Denver in the game on Sunday and will likely be savior of any close games won this season.
In other sports the Colorado Rockies are quietly having one of their worst seasons, with a .375 winning percentage and 32 games out of first in the National League West behind the L.A. Dodgers. The Rockies have lost 90 games so far this season and yet, fans continue to fill the seats at Coors Field, an indication that the front office and ownership is absolutely fine with their dismal performance this year, yet again.
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