Ian Eagle has one of the best voices in all of sports, as he’s working around the clock all year long to bring fans the best experience for NFL, NBA and college basketball games. He has been on the mic for plenty of Denver Broncos games throughout his many years in broadcasting, and was on the call for Aaron Gordon’s game-winning 3-pointer for the Denver Nuggets on Monday night.

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Eagle joined 104.3 The Fan on Tuesday morning to talk Nuggets and Broncos, and had plenty of good things to say about the Broncos.

“I’m just really impressed with how [Bo Nix] carried himself throughout the season. Obviously, the connection between [Sean] Payton and Nix, you could feel the trust level. I had them early, had them in that Jets game early in the season, when Payton in our production meeting, basically went on and on to say, no, no, this guy’s the guy, and we know it. And it was still when the stats weren’t backing up all of the plaudits,” Eagle said.

Eagle was on the call for Denver’s game in Week 4 against the New York Jets, a gritty 10-9 victory for the Broncos that helped carry momentum from the first victory of the Bo Nix era in Week 3. It was freezing cold and pouring rain in the Meadowlands that day and Nix was playing arguably his worst game of the same, but the Broncos were able to gut out a victory thanks to a missed field goal late in the game by New York. Nix finished with just 60 yards in the air on the day, but his intangibles were still on display for Eagle and the rest of the NFL world.

“For the Broncos, it was really a starting point, and I just saw a confident quarterback. Think there’s a belief within that team, and there’s certainly a belief with Sean Payton, that the guy knows how to win, knows how to run a program. He’s a problem solver. He’ll figure it out. He’ll do it in his way. By the way, he’s not going to change for anybody. He’s going to do it the way that he does it,” Eagle said.

 

 

While Eagle has had his hands full with calling high-stakes basketball games during the NFL offseason, he’s still been able to keep track of all that’s going on in the league, and he’s taken note of what the Broncos have done so far to try and help Nix take another large step towards becoming an All-Pro quarterback.

“I would tell you that it’s a lot of positive energy in the off season, from a national perspective, with Denver, that they can take the next step,” Eagle said.

For Denver sports fans wanting to hear his voice, Eagle should be back on the call for Game 2 of Nuggets-Thunder on Wednesday night after he called Game 1 and Game 7 against the LA Clippers. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. and will be televised on TNT.