Mile High Report
On a day where just about everything went right for the Broncos, all eyes are on the young quarterback as he leads his team.
When Javonte Williams was carried into the end zone by the offensive line for the Broncos’ second touchdown of the day, Bo Nix saw it as something other than a big score.
The team picking up one guy to help him score was a metaphor.
“We have been wanting to get over a hurdle,” Nix said. “He stopped there for a minute and everybody just kind of pushes around him and gets him in the end zone. ...Nobody who was pushing or blocking cared who got the touchdown. They were just pushing from behind.”
Quinn Meinertz couldn’t have been happier for that opportunity. He and Williams were drafted together and he knew it would take a lot of defenders to bring No. 33 down.
So he was thrilled to help stop that.
“I can’t remember who else was there, but they’re bringing more tacklers, and we’re bringing more people,” Meinerz said. “Ever since my [Wisconsin] Whitewater days, I’ve been taught to push the pile. So I got there, pushed the pile, and we ended up scoring. It’s so much fun scoring by pushing the pile.”
But that group effort was made possible by the overall outstanding play all day by the quarterback.
By the rookie quarterback, mind you.
“It’s great. We were talking about it on the sideline at a certain point when we noticed he was 24-for-29,” fellow former Oregon teammate Troy Franklin Jr. said. “I was just like, man, he’s on a roll.”
Yes he was. Completing 28 of 33 passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns is no joke — and it has a lot of people starting to put Nix in the running for Offensive Rookie of the Year.
But a few think so highly of Nix lately, they suggest he should be up for MVP.
Those accolades mean almost nothing compared to winning games, and that’s what Nix is focusing on.
“Overall, we just played well,” Nix said. “The offensive line is playing at a really high level. The sacks we have given up were on me. It is not like we are letting guys through and getting beat. Sometimes I get sacked on my own, but I think they are doing a great job. We are running and throwing the ball really well.”
Meinertz agreed the whole offense was working well together, giving Nix time to throw and making sure he could count on the run game.
“We were all working together really well today. I feel like the O-line, running backs, tight ends, wide receivers, we were firing on all cylinders,” Meinerz said. “And you can’t talk about special teams enough. Marvin [Mims Jr.] with some of those incredible returns in the punt game. Our defense was playing lights out again. So it was just an incredible team win, and that is kind of how it was on offense....
