Broncos QB Bo Nix Makes Telling Comments After Historic Win

The Denver Broncos stormed back to victory over the New York Giants in Week 7, and quarterback Bo Nix made history in his own right while also leading the franchise to a landmark of their own.

After the contest, Nix spoke candidly about the improbably nature of the win and his efforts to lead the charge.

The Broncos’ young passes also detailed a clear vision of what he wants his legacy to be.

Bo Nix Offers Telling Admission After Broncos Beat Giants

Nix threw for 279 yards and 2 touchdowns with 0 interceptions in the game, completing 54% of his passes.

The Broncos were held scoreless through three quarters before Nix accounted for all four of Denver’s in the fourth quarter. Nix was 16-for-25 (64%) for 175 yards and 2 TDs in the fourth quarter of the contest.

Nix said he was “thinking about how I was going to answer questions if we got shut out.”

“Not where you want to be. And at some point, I knew we’ve done it before in the fourth quarter. At some point, we’re going to go down and score. Now, maybe too late. We may not score enough, but at some point we’re going to do it. We did it. Got a good drive there at the end of the third, scored quickly in the fourth. And it’s almost like once we scored and got the two-point conversion we knew how to play all of a sudden. So, it was just – I don’t have many answers, but we just kept fighting,” Nix told reporters on October 19, later speaking about this game in his legacy.

“Just never flinch, never back down, always in the fight. It wasn’t pretty for a long time. And me included, we all were like, ‘Man, it’s just not our day. We can’t get anything going.’ And then, just takes a few plays, and a few moments, and a few guys making plays, a few pieces of encouragement by guys and all of a sudden you go – I don’t even know how we scored 33 points in a quarter. That’s kind of insane.”

The Broncos’ 33 points are the most in a fourth-quarter after a three-quarter shutout in NFL history. Nix is the first player with 2 passing and 2 rushing TDs in the fourth quarter of a game.

Bo Nix Gets Honest About Broncos Offense

The Giants outgained the Broncos 210 yards to 105 through the first three quarters. Per NFL Next Gen Stats, the Broncos’ win percentage bottomed out at 0.7% in the fourth quarter. But Denver had a 174-73 edge in the final frame to get the win.

“We just saved all our good [plays] for the fourth quarter, and they just they worked. We just kept running them. And we found some momentum, and our defense found some stops. We got a huge turnover, and all of a sudden we just got some life back. Thought we could win the game, and so we kept playing until we won the game,” Nix said.

“It’s just whatever we had to get done, we did it. And it was a full team effort. Just play after play by guys. Now you want to see it done earlier. But whatever it takes. By any means necessary.”

Nix and the Broncos would certainly prefer not to neeed such a miraculous effort.

Bo Nix: ‘Thank You, Lord’

Asked about his mindset during the run, Nix, who is deeply religious, cited God and teammate Evan Engram’s remarks.

“It’s just, ‘Thank you, Lord, for putting me in that position and choosing me to be the quarterback of this team and giving us the opportunity to win a game like that. And Evan said it best in the locker room, ‘Man, he chose us for for a time like that.’ And just very thankful, just very relieved. You win a game like that, it’s like the best thing ever. My first time sort of wining a game like that. So, it was awesome. It was a great team win. Every side of the ball made a huge impact in the game at some point. And we just kept making plays and kept hope until the very end,” Nix said.

“We just got a resilient group and it’s impressive to win a game like that. It’s not easy mentally to continue to fight like that and put everything on the line when there’s really nothing to lose, and it’s tough, but we got a tough team.”

Up next in Week 8, Nix and the Broncos will host the Dallas Cowboys, who defeated the Washington Commanders in Week 7.

Insider can’t believe ‘crazy paragraph’ he wrote about Colts’ historic offense

The Indianapolis Colts added to the win column once again this week, and it was the Los Angeles Chargers who were in their way. The Colts won 38-24, and it was their offense like stuck out again, as they may be playing some of the best football of any team right now. Looking at their offense this week, they have been able to do some historic things, and ESPN’s Stephen Holder couldn’t believe he was writing this.

“The Colts have eclipsed 30 points in five of their seven games and lead the NFL in points per game (33.1) and yards per play (6.4). According to ESPN Research, their 232 points this season are their most through seven games since 1964– two decades before they relocated to Indianapolis from Baltimore,” Holder wrote.

Daniel Jones has resurrected his career in Indianapolis, and he’s getting the ball to everyone on the field. His has an array of options, and it’s almost not surprising that they’re scoring this many points every game. Add on to the fact that Jonathan Taylor is scoring every game (sometimes twice, sometimes three times), and you have the makings of an offense that’s going to be hard to stop.

Some were maybe wondering if this could be a fluke by the Colts, but through seven weeks, they look like the real deal.

Colts continue to dominate on offense

The Colts offense has been special this season, and the players themselves believe that this is sustainable as the year continues. Michael Pittman Jr. has been with the team for some time, and he knew that all they needed was one more player. That player was [Daniel] Jones.

“I always knew that we had really good players here and we were just missing something,” Pittman said. “And that’s something that Dan brought. I’ve always had confidence in our guys. We were just one player away.”

“We go into every game thinking we’re scoring 40,” Mo Alie-Cox said. “I mean, we are on the verge of doing it again. Every time we get the ball, we think we’re going to score.”

The Colts have made it look easy on that side of the ball, but their defense is also making big plays and limiting the opposing teams. If they continue to play like this as a collective unit, there’s no telling where they’ll stand at the end of the season and when the postseason arrives.

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