Despite a Week 10 loss, the Denver Broncos and Bo Nix are proving they belong

On By Littum

It’s never a bad thing to always try to find the positive despite the suffering, and the Denver Broncos proved they belong despite the loss in Week 10. It’s strange, but Bo Nix played much better than the 14-point output indicates. Maybe if the officials didn’t call a rather suspect “illegal contact” penalty on Brandon Jones, the Broncos could have gotten the ball back and scored more points.

And to end the first half, maybe if Courtland Sutton didn’t drop a pass that hit him in the hands, the Broncos would have had three more points there. Bo Nix completed 22/30 passes for two touchdowns. He was efficient and created the stingy Kansas City Chiefs defense.

When the Broncos needed their QB to put them in position for a game-winning field goal, he did just that. If it weren’t for a fluke on special teams, we’d be talking about Nix walking into Arrowhead and beating out Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Despite the Week 10 loss, the Denver Broncos and Bo Nix absolutely proved they belong. Nix has 10 touchdown passes and a 92.9 passer rating since week 3, and he was calm and collected in Week 10. The crowd was insanely loud and there were a ton of high-stakes moments that Nix was able to pull off. The biggest was converting the third and medium to Courtland Sutton. That allowed the Broncos to run out the clock.

Over the next few weeks, Denver will face Atlanta, Las Vegas and Cleveland, and they are better than all three teams. It’s clear the Broncos belong in this league, and for all the people who laughed at the franchise for taking Bo Nix, they’re about to have to eat their words, big time.

The sky isn’t falling, but it feels like we’re in the middle of a terrible thunderstorm. Hopefully, over the next few weeks, the Broncos can use this angry energy from this game to push them on a bit of a winning streak.

That would be the most ideal situation for the team, and they may only need to win nine games to make the postseason. They’re still in a playoff spot, and at the end of the day, this game doesn’t matter in the long run, and it might not matter this season either.