In perhaps the defining regular-season win of Sean Payton’s tenure in Denver, Bo Nix and the Broncos came all the way back from a 17-3 deficit in Philadelphia and drove the defending-champion Eagles into the turf for an improbable 21-17 victory. Here’s The Denver Post’s report card.
OFFENSE — B+
What a tale of two halves. And what a tale of two quarterbacks.
Bo Nix, through five games, has looked night-and-day as a thrower when he’s simply gone through his progressions with decisiveness. For much of the first half Sunday, he looked completely helpless against defensive coordinator Vic Fangio’s swarm. And for much of the second half, he looked like the ascending star that Sean Payton promised for much of this offseason. In one star-making fourth-quarter drive, Nix went 5-for-5 passing