Mile High Report
DOWN GO THE CHIEFS!
After a week and a half of haters, doubters, and non-bolievers, the Broncos silenced all of them with a huge victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. They improved to 9-2, have won 8 straight games, have a two-game lead in the AFC West, oh, and they are the number one seed in the AFC right now.
Things are great right now in Broncos Country!
As for winners and losers, we have a bunch of big winners from this game, as well as a loser or two that cannot be ignored despite the exciting victory. With all that said, here are the winners and losers from the Broncos’ huge victory over the Chiefs.
The non-bolievers were loud after the Broncos’ 10-7 victory over the Raiders, in which Nix had one of the worst games of his career. Since that game, the media was blasting Nix and the Broncos, calling them frauds, saying Payton may consider drafting a quarterback next year, and just a lot of hate and noise over the past 10 days. On top of that, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were coming into town and were heavily favored.
Despite that, Nix came into this game and played one of his most complete games of his career in what may have been the biggest regular-season game of his career.
He went 24 of 37 for 295 yards and led yet another game-winning drive. He did not have any touchdowns, but came up big in the 4th quarter and had multiple clutch third-down conversions.
Nix came up big in a playoff atmosphere against a team that has run the AFC and the AFC West for nearly a decade. He is a blocked field goal away from being 3-0 against the Chiefs and 2-0 against Mahomes.
I didn’t give up on Bo Nix and continue to be a B0-Liever. He’s the starting quarterback of the 9-2 Denver Broncos, who are the number one seed in the AFC.
I was hard on Franklin early in the game when he had a couple of tough drops. We haven’t seen him come down with the tough catches in big moments much at all this season, and it was looking that way again tonight. However, everything changed in the second half and 4th quarter when Franklin made multiple big catches, including the one that led to the game-winning field goal.
Franklin finished the game with 4 catches for 84 yards, including the big catch that set up the game-winner. It was a great redemption story for Franklin, and if he can contribute like this consistently for the Broncos, it could be game-changing for the offense.
Like it or not, he is a big part of the offense and has been getting a lot of targets from Nix in recent weeks. If the two can continue connecting on deep throws, this team is going to keep on winning.
