Ways the Denver Broncos and the malleable quarterback can stop that Kansas City Chiefs' rule.
Ex NFL team assistant coach an analyst serves as a football expert who also plays for the UK's flag football team.
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Week six of the 2025 NFL season
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It's week six of the NFL season and after recent discussion regarding the Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles being a potential Super Bowl match-up, each surrendered their perfect starts.
Notable in those games were the amount of penalties each committed. The Eagles did so at crucial times so they kind of beat themselves having led 17-3 going into the final quarter against the Denver Broncos, set to play in London this weekend.
However it proved good to observe that Denver quarterback Bo Nix was able to overcome the shortfall and then lead three successful possessions in three attempts during the final period, to win the game 21-17.
The Broncos boast the top defender with cornerback their star corner. They are number one in goal-line defense, while the Eagles lead the league in red zone offence, and the Broncos won that battle.
They executed the Eagles' number regarding disguised blitzes. They did not always sending extra defenders instead they might plug two linebackers in the interior then drop them out and send a nickel off the edge.
At the start in the campaign, it was noted during a show that the Broncos could be this season's dark horses. They ended the previous year strongly and did a good job in continuing that momentum.
Could Denver be this season's underdog story?
Recently acquired TE their tight end has excelled big and new RB JK Dobbins is a player they believe in. He now ranks 5th league-wide for rushing yards (402) and tied for fourth in rushing scores (four).
I love how head coach Sean Payton has "RUN IT!" prominently on his call sheet.
This demonstrates how the Broncos represent a squad aiming to run first, since one can do a lot off the back of that. It slows down the pass rush and keeps you in positive situations.
This has benefited quarterback Bo Nix, who entered the NFL as a first-round selection last year, passing for 29 touchdown passes – just behind a star QB for the rookie record (31 back in 2020).
Josh Allen and Herbert possess powerful arms to pass all over, but they don't move in the same way that Nix has. He boasts exceptional arm talent, a unique trait, and he is so athletic.
His assets include his mobility, the capacity to pass on the run, as well as using different arm angles to make the pass when he rolls out of the pocket, on rollouts. He can deliver that layered pass across the middle or over the corner.
As a rookie QB, at 25, he displays great poise in the pocket and isn't really fazed by extra rushers. He tries to avoid a sack as much as possible and is able throw under pressure. He has a high football IQ and is very decisive.
When you constantly rush it eats up time and forces the opponent to stay in play extended periods, and when you've got an athletic quarterback the defence has to cover the field vertically and horizontally. This proves exhausting.
Nix has pushed back at Payton during games at times and I think the coach appreciates that fire, seeing him as such a competitor. In my view it's fun for him to coach a young quarterback who's kind of like moldable clay. He can really build something up the way he wants to build it. I think it's a unique opportunity for him.
Payton owns a Super Bowl and has passed a legend for career NFL wins (173, tying for 14th). He's seen everything. I think the success the Broncos are having on offence is largely due to his guidance, his schemes, his game sense – and the combination with Nix helps make him what he is.
You wouldn't want a better guy guiding you, to assist you during some of the tougher situations and build self-belief.
I have faith in Denver's defence, in the QB's grit and calm. Yet are they strong enough to face an elite team at its best? Since that was not a Super Bowl performance by the Eagles in their last game.
Right now, it's unlikely the Broncos are incredible. They're working above average, which is a good place to be in their division. The key to do to continue this path.
They excel at leaning into their strength, that is the ground game, and this is precisely what they should do versus the Jets in London. It's going to be the JK Dobbins show, in essence.
The Jets have allowed 140 rushing yards each contest (sixth worst), five ground scores this season (in the bottom ten), and they are the only team yet to win a game.
Since the league began tracking turnovers in 1933, the Jets are the inaugural squad to be without any turnovers through five games, which is surprising when you think that the head coach Aaron Glenn a defensive coach at the Detroit Lions.
The Chiefs' QB says Kansas City are off to a poor start following Monday's defeat by the Jaguars.
After this Sunday's game, Denver face a smooth-ish schedule up to their bye (in week twelve) - the Giants, Dallas Cowboys, the Texans plus the Raiders before the Chiefs.
Looking at their division, the Chiefs are 2-3 and the Broncos are even with the Chargers on 3-2 meaning they could challenge for the top of the division.
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