The Denver Broncos took the Kansas City Chiefs to the wire in Sunday’s game despite a special teams assignment botching them from winning. One thing that stood out, though, is that Bo Nix is the Broncos’ guy at quarterback. Here’s a look at our film room from his performance on Sunday.
Denver Broncos Film Room vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Bo Nix proves he’s the guy
Bo Nix finished Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs, going 22-of-30 passing for 215 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions. Prior to the Broncos’ field goal attempt being blocked, Nix orchestrated an impressive drive to set up a potential game-winner, finding Courtland Sutton on 3rd and 6 despite pressure coming after him.
His poise in the pocket was on display — he was decisive with where he was going with the football, and without a shadow of a doubt, Nix showcased that he was the Broncos quarterback who could compete against Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes.
Let’s highlight several plays shown in the film review above, starting with his connection to Adam Trautman, who ended up going for 34 yards on the play.
Denver’s offense hasn’t had a large volume of targets to tight ends this season. Trautman stays in to chip for one second and then releases on the crosser. The delay chip release frees up because of Kansas City’s aggressive approach to cover the crossing pattern from Troy Franklin on the left side, with Courtland Sutton’s crosser coming from the right side. Two KC defenders chase Franklin on the in route, and Trautman is free underneath. Lil’Jordan Humphrey does a great job of running off his defender on the vertical route, which then allows Sutton to turn into a lead blocker.
Now let’s go check out Nix’s touchdown pass to Courtland in the second quarter.
Audric Estime emerged for the Broncos in this game and was rattling off some chunk yardage, which opened things up here on Denver’s touchdown. It’s 3rd and 1 — Broncos go with their jumbo package with Matt Peart shifting to the right side, with Estime in the backfield, the Chiefs are playing this down under the premise of it being a heavy run indicator. Nix does a great job under center selling the fake to Estime and looks at Trautman, who runs the crossing route. Nix’s eyes on Trautman holds the safety for a second, then he shifts his eyes and footwork to the one-on-one, where Courtland Sutton beats Trent McDuffie for the touchdown. Accuracy, placement, touchdown.
Check out the full film review above for the entire breakdown.
