The Denver Broncos are off to a 3-2 start this season, but it's been a pretty rocky 3-2 start if we are being honest. The offense ranks third-worst in the entire NFL, averaging just 269.0 total yards per game, and Sean Payton has already yanked play-calling duties away from new offensive coordinator Davis Webb. The play-calling change didn't help on Sunday, as the Broncos struggled against the winless Los Angeles Chargers.
Denver did escape SoFi Stadium with a 23-17 victory, but the offense put up just 224 total yards and converted one of 12 third downs while quarterback Bo Nix threw for 123 yards and a touchdown. Nix doesn't look like a quarterback on the cusp of leading the Broncos to the Super Bowl nine months ago. He's completed 59.9% of his passes, which ranks 26th in the NFL, and his 188.4 passing yards per game rank 25th.
While Denver added a deep threat in wide receiver Jaylen Waddle this offseason, Nix's 5.2 air yards per attempt are the fewest by a qualifying quarterback through five games since C.J. But Nix doesn't seem overly worried about it. During Tuesday's press conference, Nix was asked how he handles stretches when he's playing well and when he's not.
What's his process like when it comes to moving on from bad plays? He offered a pretty strange response. "It's the same when I'm playing really good," Nix responded.
"I think playing good and playing bad, it's a narrative, and I think it's honestly kind of something we make up. I don't think necessarily I'm playing any different than what I'm normally playing it's just every once in a while a ball will bounce this way or something will happen this way and we'll get a pressure on this look when we had somebody open, I had to throw it away and I wanted to hold onto it a little bit longer and the guy was open and next thing you know, statline looks different. We're talking about something completely different..." Playing good and playing bad is a narrative?
It's something we make up? This is one of those strange cases where the messenger actually makes the message make more sense. Because we've seen Nix play "good" and "bad" football in the span of 60 minutes many times over the last three years.
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