ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos‘ only practice of the week leading up to Thursday Night Football is in the books. Here are my raw notes and what you need to know from Broncos practice—as well as a very enlightening Bo Nix‘s press conference—as the team prepares to play the Seattle Seahawks on primetime.
BO NIX’S BALANCE
—Sean Payton wants Bo Nix to “Let it rip”
—Davis Webb stated he wants Bo to be “aggressive, not reckless”
—That balance is leading to the biggest battle Nix is facing right now
—On Tuesday, following the team’s only practice of the week, he opened up about it
—“Well, that’s the biggest—honestly really and truly the biggest battle right now is, want to be aggressive, want to be aggressive, want to be aggressive. And then you see stats and you’re like, well this team is causing the most turnover in the league. And then you’re like, ‘Okay, well I can’t put my team in a situation where I’m turning the football over and putting my defense in a bad spot, giving them a short field.’
—Side note: The Seahawks, the Broncos’ next opponent, are forcing the most turnovers in the NFL
—Nix continued: “And at the end of the day, it’s like, ‘Who cares?’ Why would I go out there and worry about throwing an interception? Why would I go out there trying to throw every football 50 yards down the field? Just play the play. If the play is there, hit it. If it’s not there, check it down, run, throw it away, punt. Who cares, that’s the play I was dealt and I have to remind myself not to play hero ball. It’s just one play at a time. Do exactly what I’m supposed to do. And who cares if the play causes me to throw an interception and I forced it and that was there and I liked what I saw, it may happen. It’s going to happen. It’s happened before and it’s going to happen again. If it’s not there, I’m not going to throw it into a team meeting, I’m going to check the ball down and we’re going to move on. That’s just the play that’s given to me and I have to continue to just do that.”
—From Bo’s answer it’s pretty darn clear that the battle he’s having is whether to be aggressive or be safe with the ball
THE ANSWER
—Fortunately, Bo has the answer to how he can overcome his biggest battle right now
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