An NFL season is like strapping into a rollercoaster and blindfolding yourself. It's thrilling, slightly terrifying, and, most notably, it leaves you never knowing when the twists and turns are coming. Each week is a constant reminder that we truly don't know what's going to happen, even if we dig as deep as we can into each storyline and stat to see who has the edge.
That said, we've been fortunate here to keep you in on a few developments that were right around the corner this season. Last week, we noted that we wouldn't be surprised if Tennessee pulled out its first win of the season, and they proved us right. However, we whiffed on the other predictions, especially MarShawn Lloyd exploding for 100 yards rushing.
Despite the tasty matchup against a poor Dallas run defense, the Packers back mustered just 10 yards on the ground. Hey, while we'd love to get every pick right, the nature of this story is to pull out some obscure and/or bold-ish predictions, which means we're inherently going to miss on a few. Nevertheless, we're rolling our sleeves back up, pointing the bat toward the outfield, and calling our shot on some storylines and/or individual performances that we wouldn't be shocked to see happen over the course of Week 7.
To put it nicely, Bo Nix has been bad through the first six weeks of the season. The Broncos quarterback seems skittish attempting any pass that goes much further than the line of scrimmage, and the Denver offense is suffering because of it. Nix's 4.9 air yards per attempt this season is the lowest of any quarterback through six games in the last 20 years.
Meanwhile, his passer rating and per dropback are 23rd among 29 quarterbacks to throw at least 100 passes this season. Despite the ball traveling the fewest through the air than any other quarterback in the league this season, Nix's turnover-worthy throw rate ranks 17th. For instance, Nix nearly threw a pick-six on the opening drive of Denver's eventual win over Seattle on a throw that was about five yards down the field towards the right sideline.
Bo Nix NEARLY threw a PICK 6 pic.twitter.com/4mZ1xhJsVo Denver has already shaken up the offensive playcalling duties with Sean Payton taking back the play sheet over David Webb. If the offense continues to struggle, the next step is to make a change at quarterback, even if it is only for a brief period. The Cardinals defense just stifled Matthew Stafford and the Rams last week, holding them to 16 points in an upset win at SoFi Stadium.
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