DENVER (AP) \u2014 Bo Nix set career bests by completing 85% of his passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns Sunday. Yet it was Javonte Williams\u2019 14-yard touchdown run that really delighted the Denver Broncos\u2019 rookie quarterback.<\/p>\n
Williams got a push<\/a> into the end zone from a half-dozen of his teammates after being stood up at the 5-yard line by former teammate Justin Simmons, and the Broncos rolled past the Atlanta Falcons 38-6 on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one play ever defines any game,\u201d Falcons coach Raheem Morris said. \u201c(But) that was a great-effort play by those guys and not a great-effort play by us. You\u2019ve got to give those guys a lot of credit for playing hard, playing physical. And they absolutely went out there and beat us today with their effort and their physicality, and that was a key to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n Game-defining or not, Nix suggested Williams\u2019 TD run summarized the Broncos\u2019 resolve following last week\u2019s gut-wrenching loss at Kansas City<\/a> in which the Chiefs blocked a game-winning field goal try as time expired.<\/p>\n Simmons tried to stop Williams at the 5-yard line, holding his ground for a second or two as reinforcements arrived from both teams for a shoving match that resembled a rugby scrum. <\/p>\n \u201cMy feet came off the ground and I was still moving,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI said is must be Quinn (Meinerz). It was a collective effort. I felt like everybody played well today on both sides of the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n That shove into the end zone isn\u2019t something they practice, Williams said.<\/p>\n \u201cNaw, they just saw me and Justin 1-on-1,\u201d he said. \u201cWe kind of stalemated and after that the cavalry came.\u201d<\/p>\n And they shoved Williams, Simmons and the rest across the goal line to complete the scoring run that gave Denver a tone-setting 14-3 lead.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that play is kind of the epitome of this week,\u201d Nix said. \u201cThose are the plays that you love to see from an offense \u2014 one united team that\u2019s going for one goal. … Just keep fighting and finding ways to get the touchdown.\u201d<\/p>\n Nix, who was 28 of 33, joined Hall of Famer Peyton Manning as the only rookie QBs in NFL history to throw for 200-plus yards with two or more touchdowns in four consecutive home games. And he joined Dak Prescott (2016) as the only rookies to post four games with a 70% or better completion rate with multiple touchdowns and no interceptions.<\/p>\n The Broncos (6-5) snapped a two-game skid and made it an unhappy homecoming for Simmons, who spent his first eight seasons in Denver before the Broncos unloaded his $18.5 million salary last winter. Simmons signed a one-year, $7.5 million deal with the Falcons (6-5), who have lost two in a row.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got to find a different way to get him down,\u201d said Simmons, who had five tackles and decided against throwing Williams to his left or right, lest he end up getting twisted and throwing him across the goal line.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m trying to just drive my feet,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cI probably could have knifed him. But in my head, I\u2019m the last line of defense. I\u2019m just trying to drive it back.\u201d<\/p>\n Simmons called that play \u201ca little sample size\u201d of Denver\u2019s domination Sunday.<\/p>\n