That 17-14 overtime loss our Seattle Seahawks just suffered against the Denver Broncos? It felt rough, but apparently, former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick thinks the Broncos’ QB, Bo Nix, wasn’t even giving it his all, and he’s not backing down from that core criticism.
“Disrespectful” Was the Word, and It Stung
Fitzpatrick, now an analyst with the “NFL on Prime Video” crew, absolutely ripped into Bo Nix immediately after the Broncos barely squeezed out that Thursday night win against our Hawks. He wasn’t holding back, saying it was “really frustrating to watch” and that Nix wasn’t “playing competitively.” The kicker? He went as far as to say Nix’s play was “almost disrespectful to the quarterback position how he’s playing football right now.” Think about that, 12s. We lost to a team whose quarterback was apparently playing with a “disrespectful” lack of competitiveness. In that overtime thriller, Nix managed only 107 passing yards on 17-of-27 attempts. To make it worse for Denver, their offense ended six straight drives with a punt in the second half.
The Walk-Back With a Punch
Now, a few days later on his podcast, Fitzpatrick walked *part* of that back. He said the “disrespectful” line was “too far,” something he wished he could take back because “it boiled over.” But don’t get it twisted. He clarified that his core criticism was “fair.” He specifically felt Nix wasn’t showing the “effort and the competitiveness that he’s shown in the past” at the end of the game. He admitted, “That is somewhere I usually don’t go, but that’s what I felt.” So, while the harsh phrasing is gone, the *feeling* about Nix’s effort isn’t. Fitzpatrick still believes “something’s going on with him,” saying he wants to see the kind of “level in the fourth quarter” he saw from guys like CJ Stroud, Trevor Lawrence, Aaron Rodgers, Jalon Daniels, Josh Allen, Kirk Cousins, Jacoby Brissett, and Matthew Stafford in other games. That, he stressed, “is the type of competitiveness that the quarterback position deserves.”
The Numbers Don’t Lie For Our Foes
Let’s look at what Fitzpatrick’s seeing. Nix’s season numbers aren’t exactly lighting up the league: 1,049 passing yards, six touchdowns, and three interceptions. His quarterback rating is a dismal 38.5, which is better than only three other quarterbacks in the entire league. He’s only cracked 200 passing yards in two starts all season. The only silver lining for Denver is that he’s gone three games without an interception, and they’ve somehow scraped together a 4-2 start. But after seeing him struggle against our Seahawks defense and hearing Fitzpatrick’s strong words, you have to wonder what’s really going on with that Broncos offense that just edged out our Seahawks.
The Broncos are moving on to play the Arizona Cardinals next on Sunday. For our Hawks, this just adds insult to injury, knowing we came so close against a team whose quarterback is drawing such harsh, even if partially retracted, criticism for his on-field competitiveness. It makes you wonder what could have been in that overtime thriller. We need to bounce back hard after a game like that.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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