Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix doesn’t care about silly national media narratives.
While sports talk shows around the country debate whether or not the Broncos are Super Bowl contenders, Nix had a message when he met with reporters on Wednesday after practice.
“The worst thing you can do is let other people tear down a 10-2 record. Whether saying you don’t play anybody or you’re just relying on the defense or whatever negative somebody is going to put on a positive,” Nix said.
There have been a lot of positives for this Denver season.
First, they’ve won nine games in a row and sit atop the AFC West. They also control their own destiny for the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs. And they’ve beaten the Chiefs and Eagles, the two teams who played for a championship last February.
For Bo Nix, he doesn’t let the outside noise affect him, but he might’ve heard some of it.
“It’s always going to happen and we don’t really worry about it. We’re just excited, we know we’ve come a long ways. This franchise and organization has had some great years and then went into a little lull there for a minute. But then it just takes a couple guys who get back on track and all of the sudden we’re 10-2 and right where we want to be,” Bo Nix said.
Nix added the Broncos “worked hard” to get to 10-2 and also pointed out the team could have an even better record. Their only two losses came on walk-off field goals at the buzzer to the Colts and Chargers. Both happened all the way back in September.
“Everybody can talk about a 10-2 record and make excuses of why we have it, but you still have to win games. You’re still playing NFL teams who pay their players just as much as we are paid,” Nix said.
That’s the kind of fiery response from Bo Nix that Broncos fans will love. Denver is 10-2 and has a real shot to go back to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2015.
And the sooner NFL pundits accept that, the better.
