Gut Reaction: Broncos Trounce Saints in Sean Payton's Homecoming | MHH Pod

Nix is looking great and will keep getting better as he gets experience. If you expect him to be the best QB in the league from the moment he steps into it you’re delusional

my first time seeing this show, you have very generous fans.

If Nix couldn't run BC would be nervous he's Tebow 2.0 at this point. I'm giving him next season to be sure. He does need more weapons. NFL product is bad lots of crappy teams. NO's quit on their HC it was obvious last night.

As a lifelong bronco fan we need to go back to our Orange crush uniforms they look better than all the rest of the uniforms they've come up with other than our blue with the horse on the helmet that's awesome but I throw back uniform that needs to be our uniform

In the 70s, we had the orange crush. Now we have the orange unknown’s

Awesome team win! Some thoughts:

1. If young Bo could get his nerves calmed down earlier in games, we could be cruising with our D. The jittery footwork is why he's missing so many throws. He settles down closer to the half. This can and will get fixed.

2. If McGlinchey or Palco were healthy for the Chargers game, it wouldn't have been so lopsided. 3rd string RT proved to be catastrophic. This OL is special when healthy.

3. If the run game can keep this up, we'll be in every game. Austime is a worry, though. 2 fumbles on extremely limited carries? Not good. Sign Watson back until that's corrected.

4. D bounced back huge without Surtain. Saints were brutally injured but Broncos teams of old found ways to lose games like this.

5. If the young targets for Bo like Krull, Franklin, and Vele can keep progressing, we could possibly sneak into the playoffs. I'd love to see Mims take a step forward too. Krull has to be a focus moving forward. You gotta have someone to throw to at TE.

6. Like it or not, if we want to keep winning, we're going to have to make Bo a big part of the run game like a young Josh Allen. Bo's legs are going to have to compensate for the passing game until the staff can get his footwork cleaned up and until he gets used to being under center.

Like it or not Drew Lock has been our best Quarterback since Peyton Manning

Bo Nix is nothing more than a upgraded Tim Tebow we are not beating Elite Teams with his awful mechanics

I remember John Elway's rookie season. I used to listen to Jim Turner and Mike Hafner's radio call-in program. People were calling in, trashing Elway because he didn't look as good as Marino. In fact, in the early games, he looked terrible. Turner and Hafner were saying what you're saying, that he was just a rookie. One incredulous fan angrily said, "What are you seeing out there?!" Hafner responded, "I'm seeing a super-star learning how to play the game." It turns out that Hafner was right. The same thing will likely happen with Nix.

Nix is no good stop, can't even throw to Sutton, my God

I'm done with the JW slander!!

It’s a win but unfortunately the questions about Bo Nix still remains. He missed open receivers, awful footwork, and could have had easily 1-2 INTs. We should have scored at least in the 40’s. As of right now I just don’t see a franchise QB. He’s a great backup but not the franchise

8 tackles sack int return for 6 points told everyone bartons stats were better then josey last couple years

No Chad nix missed two tds. I'm sorry I want nix to be great but the jury is still out brother

Still not sold on Williams.

Good Win. Defense completely dominated, despite missing PS2 and being forced back into zone coverage. Offense was efficient, running game was excellent, but defense definitely main reason we won this game.

Was disappointed with Bo Nix's performance, but was encouraged by two of his throws in particular. Neither throw was worthy of the highlight reels, but both caught my attention because Bo displayed excellent anticipation and timing. One was a 10 yard pass to Jordan Humphrey, and one was a pass to Mims that should have been caught for some 15 yards. Both times, the timing and anticipation Bo Nix displayed was extremely impressive. Reminded me of the way he played back in Tampa.

Still was mostly disappointed with how Bo played though. Saints defense wasn't good at all, our receivers were getting much more separation in this game. Bo continues to struggle with accuracy, a lot. Twice we had to settle for field goals when players were open for touchdowns. Tight end was open for first down, and Franklin was probably open for a touchdown. Second play tight end is open for a touchdown, is standing less than 5 yards from Bo, but Bo still misses him. These two passes were even criticized at halftime. Bo almost threw an interception before halftime. I think he was aiming for Vele, who was open, but the pass was so off I can't tell for sure. Bo also almost missed his tight end agian near the fifty yard line for 20+ yards, but the tight end was at least able to jump up and come down with that pass.

If Bo Nix is going to make it in the NFL, he desperately needs to improve his footwork, his overall mechanics. After 7 weeks, I have seen zero improvement so far. Watch how Bo lifts the heel of his foot before he rotates his hips, how his feet sometimes leave the ground entirely, how he raises his shoulders before he throws, etc. Until Bo Nix fixes these mechanics, he will continue to throw inaccurate passes, and those missed opportunities will lose us games, possibly even keep this team out of the postseason, despite having a top 5 defense. These inaccurate throws are leaving points on the field and causing turnovers. Bo had the entire offseason to work on these things, the season is about halfway over at this point, we should be seeing signs of improvement by now.

For these reasons, I am officially off the Bo train. I will be the first the eat crow if time proves me wrong, hope does still remain. But I wanted to see much more tonight competing against such a pushover defense. The receivers got considerably more separation tonight. This offense will keep us out of a postseason that the defense deserves to be in. That is my (lengthy) gut reaction.

How awesome is it to see the rookies play so well! That’s the most exciting thing! The culture is changing!!!

Nix threw a lot of bad balls for me. He’s still the guy. He runs the offence well and his scrambling is top class. His accuracy was really poor but i do think he will improve. We should beat the panthers and then that’s not bad for a team supposed to win 5 all season

I definitely think Nix is our man, I think his early running helped him get loose and confident. I hope Payton lets him play his game. Nix did miss seeing and hitting some open receivers. At other times receivers dropped the ball.
Joseph has the defense looking snappy.

Go Broncos!

I cannot understand the “fan,” negativity. He threw a couple bad balls, otherwise he was solid. The rookie is learning and the Broncos are winning. All is well😂😂

I don't understand those expecting Nix to be playing like Manning right out of the gate. Even Manning played underwhelmingly in his rookie season.

11 nad 6 you watch# B4L

U guys continue to shit on pookie. U want more Estime? Is that it? He makes Melvin Gordon look like a HOF player.

And I'm all for optimisim....but how u can repeatedly put the words "Bo Nix" and "Dimes" in the same sentence repeatedly has me wondering if u need stronger glasses. I have 20/20 vision....and what I saw was Nix somehow miss TWO wide open guys in THE SAME AREA and somehow threw it between them. I saw him dirt a couple short layup. The only wide open man I saw him hit all night was Tyrann Mathieu. Those throws Nix missed are made by NFL QBs 10/10 times, and to say otherwise, ur either in denial or lying to yourself. I LOVE the Broncos. But Bo makes things look hard that shouldn't be, rookie or not. There is evidence piling up that he is not the guy. I haven't seen another QB all year make embarrassing throws like that. Good thing payton stuck with the run.

Man bo missed a few wide open guys!!
Come on bo!! Love the win though

Let’s go !!