Mile High Report
The Denver Broncos dominated another NFC South opponent — this time the Atlanta Falcons. Here are Mile High Report’s game balls for this game!
The Denver Broncos put on a clinic on Sunday during their 38-6 win over the Atlanta Falcons. They punted just three times and scored on every other drive. This complete game in all three phases closed the door on two tough road losses and put Denver back on track with a late season playoff push. At 6-5, their schedule looks favorable and all they have to do now is take care of business.
With such a convincing win, there are more game ball possibilities than we have staff to give them. But we did our best! Here are Mile High Report’s game balls!
Credit to where credit is do on this one. Few wide receivers have taken more heat for lack of production than former second-round pick Marvin Mims Jr. No heat coming this week, because Mims brought his own heat against the Falcons. There are so many highlight reels from this 33-yard bullet route for a in the second quarter to this 37-yard punt return in the third quarter, but we’ll stick the money catch that resulted in the game-breaking score at the end of the first half. Have a game ball, Marvin! - Tim Lynch
Bo Nix just put up his best game as a pro. In the process, he’s now heavy in the discussion for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, and one could argue he should be the favorite. Against the Falcons, Nix was 28-for-33 for 303 yards passing with four touchdowns, 9.3 yards per completion and a 145.0 rating. Nix has 11 TDs in the past four games. He has four TDs in two of the last four games, and 19 total TDs to six INTs. The Broncos finally have their QB. - Ian St. Clair
When the Broncos traded away Von Miller there was much chagrin about where our alpha pass rusher would come from? Generally these players are really expensive either in draft capitol (like Von) or as free agents. Unless a team gets lucky, like the Raiders did with Maxx Crosby or Bengals did with Trey Hendrickson or the Broncos did with Nik Bonitto. Nik has cemented himself as an elite edge in the NFL. His play yesterday was very much something like we would have seen from early career Von. Nik had seven total tackles (4 solo), 2 TFL, 2 QBhits, and 2 sacks. He now has nine sacks on the season and should be the first Bronco since Von (and Bradley Chubb) to get double digit sacks (which they did in 2018). Nik now has at least one sack in eight of the last nine games (BAL was the exception). The guy taken with the last pick in the second round in 2022 could end up being the best defensive player taken in that draft. Sauce...
