Sunday’s win for the Denver Broncos was the biggest win in the last 10 years of this franchise, and Bo Nix and company could very well use the confidence from this win to create the birth of demonstrated ability.
Sean Payton uses the quote all the time. Confidence is born from demonstrated ability. Prior to Sunday’s win against the Philadelphia Eagles, the Broncos hadn’t done well in close games or against teams with a winning record since Payton and Nix paired up.
Sunday’s win could change everything.
“It’s awesome,” Nix said. “It’s a great win. It proves that we can go on the road and beat these tough teams,
and we can be a tough team to play. So that’s good for our confidence. It’s good for going on this trip. A lot of teams struggle before they go to London, but we focused on this trip, we focused on this game, and we went out and got it done. It was good for us.”
Nix was on fire in the fourth quarter, completing 9-of-10 passes to help Denver drain the clock and the Eagles’ timeouts. What’s even more impressive is that he shook off a rough first half, where he and the offense struggled, stayed patient, and everything opened up.
J.K. Dobbins and the Broncos’ rushing attack were more crucial than most think in the second half, with Denver rushing for 94 yards in the second half alone.
“We talked about it,” Payton said. “I said, look, you don’t get a chance to play these games that have a ton of upside. Now don’t get me wrong, there’s downside, but there’s a ton of upside relative to defining what you become. And this is one of them. I think they were confident coming in. I asked them afterwards, ‘Who are you afraid of?’ And this is a league that’s, man, this is a fine line between a groove and a rut, and it was a good win.”
It’s a win that can change the course of an entire season, and building off of that by taking care of business against the New York Jets in London.
