{"id":856150,"date":"2026-10-11T09:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/856150\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:06:30","slug":"broncos-sean-payton-must-fix-bo-nix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/856150\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos’ Sean Payton must fix Bo Nix"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Published October 10, 2026 2:33pm\n <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I believe you are right about everything, Kiz. OK, not everything. But your assessment of the Broncos\u2019 Bo Nix conundrum is \u2014, unfortunately \u2014\u00a0 spot on. We want Nix to be so much more than he is. But, I have this niggling, aggravating worm in my brain saying: \u201cListen to Mark, listen to Mark.\u201d Ahh, I wish that worm would just shut up!<\/p>\n

\u2014 M.H., king of the road<\/p>\n

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Kiz: I believe Denver will beat the Chargers in SoFi Stadium, which should be awash in a sea of orange Broncomaniacs. But here\u2019s the caveat. By taking over the play-calling, coach Sean Payton<\/a> has made this trip to La La Land a must-win game. By shaking things up, the coach is sending a message to his players. If the move works, the Denver bandwagon<\/a> is rolling again. But if it doesn\u2019t? This season will be in the ditch.<\/p>\n

If the Broncos are going to draft a quarterback worth anything in the Class of 2027, they would have to tank this season to get anybody decent. So the team better sign Nix, no matter what your opinion might be, Kiz. The offensive line has to do a better job protecting him so he\u2019s capable of staying in the pocket longer instead of having to be on the run all the time.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chaz, Des Moines, Iowa<\/p>\n

Kiz: Brock Purdy of the Niners is the lone starting quarterback who has been sacked less than Nix this season. He\u2019s bailing on plays. He doesn\u2019t trust his eyes. He\u2019s afraid to pull the trigger on routes over the middle of the field. Can he be fixed? Yes indeed! Will he ever be a truly elite quarterback? Heck no!<\/p>\n

Payton can fix Nix! Our quarterback is a closer and wins close games in the fourth quarter. Bo is ours. He will take us to the Super Bowl! Don\u2019t give up on him for another roll of the dice with a draft choice!<\/p>\n

\u2014 R.D.M, Golden<\/p>\n

Kiz: Well, rather than show Nix a boatload of money, the Broncos could pick up his fifth-year option and draft a quarterback. College football just got a lot more interesting in our dusty old cowtown. Should Notre Dame advance to the national championship game, CJ Carr will move into the top 10 on everyone\u2019s draft board. Should the Irish stumble, Carr might return to N.D. for another season. But if he declares for the draft and is available in the second half of the first round? There\u2019s your target for the Broncos.<\/p>\n

The toughest guys ever to play NFL football? Two growling Bears. Linebacker Dick Butkus is 1A. And Mike Ditka, who passed away at age 86 last week, is 1B.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jim, Colorado proud<\/p>\n

Kiz: OK, let\u2019s hop in the way-back time machine to 1964, when I was a scrawny first-grader. The two things that scared me the most on television were those flying monkeys from \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d and Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown bedraggling a linebacker.<\/p>\n

And today\u2019s parting shot suggests that reading this knucklehead\u2019s column is more exhilarating than hopping on the Storm Chaser at Elitch Gardens.<\/p>\n

Reading your articles is like riding a roller coaster, Kiz. Sometimes, I throw my arms up and cheer! And sometimes I\u2019m nauseous and just want to throw up.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steve, thrill-seeker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports Published October 10, 2026 2:33pm Unfortunately, I believe you are right about everything, Kiz. OK, not everything.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,10148,301,2863,187,3943,14288,48222,100803,6,302,8131],"class_list":["post-856150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-nuggets","tag-basketball","tag-bo-nix","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-denvernuggets","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-mark-kiszla","tag-mike-ditka","tag-nba","tag-nuggets","tag-sean-payton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117421485797396116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}