{"id":688238,"date":"2026-01-19T08:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/688238\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:14:24","slug":"bo-nix-has-silenced-critics-with-playoff-win-over-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/688238\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Nix has silenced critics with playoff win over Buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Few outside of the Mile High City believed the Denver Broncos would be able to compete against Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills this weekend. A lot of that criticism centered around Bo Nix and the Broncos\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There were reasons why the Broncos were able to pull out an exciting 33-30 overtime win on Saturday. The five turnovers clearly kept the game close as the defense was not able to stop Allen on any drive outside of the turnover drives. He took his team to a score on every other drive. The other reason was none other than Bo freaking Nix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Denver\u2019s run game was nonexistent with just 10 total rushes by running backs. The other 58 offensive plays was a Bo Nix pass or a Bo Nix run. He finished 26\/46 for 279 yards and three touchdowns and added another 29 yards on 12 carries. That means <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bylucaevans\/status\/2012699533373821089\" rel=\"nofollow\">85% of the offensive plays were centered around Nix<\/a>. He put the offense on his shoulders and they won in overtime because of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2012696454708556120\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to Next Gen Stats<\/a>, Nix outperformed Allen where it mattered the most \u2014 the big play. On deep passing with 20+ air yards, Nix was 3\/4 for 84 yards and two touchdowns, while Allen went 0\/9 with two interceptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Every reason given for the doubt on Nix last week was centered around how great Josh Allen is and how much playoff experience he has had in his career. And I agree, Josh Allen is a great quarterback, but how can these same people try to say Bo Nix isn\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On the season, Nix finished with 4,595 total yards, 33 total touchdowns, and a 15-3 record as a starter. Not bad for a second-year guy. He also became the first player in NFL history to have over 7,500 passing yards, 750 rushing yards, and a playoff win in his first two seasondd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It will take a huge effort from every player on the team to keep the season going another week. The defensive struggles will need to be figured out and the offense will need to find its absent running game. Those things could certainly happen, but one thing is clear to me and that is anyone who says Bo Nix \u201cain\u2019t it\u201d should be pretty quiet moving forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">And if those critics aren\u2019t silenced by this performance and the body of work all season long, then they are just stupid. Sorry, not sorry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few outside of the Mile High City believed the Denver Broncos would be able to compete against Josh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[83996,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-688238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-denver-broncos-playoffs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115920769256021541","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}