Broncos HC Sean Payton isn’t shy about letting people know when something is starting to annoy him, and he’s starting to get fed up with some of the narratives about QB Bo Nix. Denver’s selection of Nix at No. 12 overall last year was lampooned as a reach at the time by plenty of analysts. The perception was that Nix was maxed out physically and his stats were inflated from the move from Auburn to Oregon’s spread offense. But Payton cites a deep touchdown throw to WR Marvin Mims in a December game against the Bengals to refute the critics.

“That was the longest pass, by air yards, in the league in the ’24 season,” Payton said via Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer. “The ’24 season, the longest ball traveled is from the guy that has no arm strength.”

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