{"id":119199,"date":"2025-06-10T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/119199\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:17:10","slug":"phillip-lindsay-isnt-ready-to-say-that-the-broncos-are-bo-nixs-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/119199\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillip Lindsay isn’t ready to say that the Broncos are Bo Nix’s team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phillip Lindsay has seen a lot of Broncos football in his life. Growing up in Denver, he was a kid during Elway\u2019s back-to-back run in the late 1990s, he saw what Peyton Manning did for the team in the early 2010s, and he had a front-row seat to the quarterback carousel after Manning\u2019s retirement as he was lined up in the backfield next to six different starters over his three years.<\/p>\n

He knows so much about Broncos quarterbacks, he even started a game as Denver\u2019s quarterback in 2020. Remember when every quarterback on the roster was in COVID protocols, forcing the former Pro Bowler to start the game against Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints<\/a> under center for the orange and blue? He didn\u2019t throw a pass in that game, but was officially labeled as the starter after he took the first handful of snaps as the Wildcat quarterback.<\/p>\n

Strange times.<\/p>\n

On \u201cThe Drive<\/a>\u201d on Monday, Lindsay made a bold statement about the current state of the Broncos, and whether team is more Bo Nix\u2019s team or Sean Payton\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo I want Bo Nix to take it over? Heck yes. Will he? Soon. But right now, this is not Bo Nix\u2019s team just yet,\u201d Lindsay said. \u201cHe\u2019s on the verge of having it be his team once the season starts. Couple games go by and now it\u2019s like okay, you\u2019re the man. This is still Sean\u2019s team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remember, Nix is only entering the second year of his young career and has plenty of time to continue to blossom and take over the team. Despite starting 61 games at quarterback in college for both Auburn and Oregon \u2014 which was a record for a year<\/a> until Dillon Gabriel reset it at the end of last season \u2014 there are still plenty of things for the 25-year-old to learn and experience before the Broncos can truly be his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce Bo figures out Sean completely, once Bo knows the whole entire playbook \u2026 once Bo Nix gets with Evan Engram, once Bo Nix has that run game and he\u2019s able to have success, once he starts to change plays consistently, once he starts to talk to his teammates during the game \u2026 when you see him really start to communicate every single play, that\u2019s when you know that it\u2019s Bo\u2019s team. That\u2019s when you know that he has the confidence and he doesn\u2019t need Sean to tell him a play,\u201d Lindsay said.<\/p>\n

Sean Payton is known for having one of the deepest offensive playbooks in the history of the NFL, with some of the most confusing calls in the game. Payton started to open it up later in the year last season as his young quarterback got more experience under his belt. That took lots of time, as it took Nix a fair amount of time to get used to the playbook and how to deliver the call to the rest of the offense.<\/p>\n

watch the huddle pic.twitter.com\/ZDWAk8gKbt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

The combination of Nix doing a double-take with his call sheet and the confused reaction from Greg Dulcich show the growing pains that Nix went through at the start of his rookie campaign. However, he showed that those growing pains were necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce Bo Nix gets more games under his belt, once Bo Nix finds ways to win and change plays \u2026 that\u2019s when it becomes your team. I\u2019m ready to give him the keys, but it\u2019s Sean, and I don\u2019t believe Sean\u2019s ready,\u201d Lindsay said.<\/p>\n

Nix recently said<\/a> that part of his growth into year two is \u2018not thinking\u2019 about the process of the play at the line of scrimmage, and instead focusing more on what the defense is doing so he knows what to expect when the ball is snapped. Improving his mental game is the next step to him becoming a top quarterback in the NFL, and the young signal caller seems prepared to take on that challenge.<\/p>\n

Listen to \u201cThe Drive\u201d with Zach Bye and Phillip Lindsay on weekdays from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. MDT on 104.3 The Fan.<\/p>\n

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