Our Seattle Seahawks, the reigning Super Bowl champions, fell to the Denver Broncos 17-14 in an overtime battle on Sunday. Yeah, it’s a loss, and honestly, it felt like a bigger one given how much their quarterback, Bo Nix, was struggling out there.
A “Struggle” For Their QB, A Tough Pill For Us
Look, a win is always a win, and credit to Denver for squeaking it out. But the NFL world saw what went down: Bo Nix was having a rough go of it. The game went to overtime, 17-14, and for our Super Bowl champion squad to drop one to a team with a QB that even his own coach admits has room for improvement? That’s just a tough pill to swallow for us 12s. We expect more, especially when we’re supposed to be showing the league why we’re champions.
Payton’s Double Down and Nix’s Honest Admission
Denver head coach Sean Payton wasn’t shy about it when asked on Monday about possibly benching Nix for backup Jarrett Stidham. According to Jeff Legwold of ESPN, Payton’s response was a swift “No.” He’s standing by his guy, saying Nix “is gonna become the by-product of all of the finer things that get improved, the improved play of our offensive line, the more efficient we are relative to balance running the football, and that’s, you know, that’s our job as coaches here.” So, he’s basically saying Nix’s struggles are a team problem, not a Nix problem.
And Nix? He was honest about it too, even before the game. He admitted they could have played better, saying, “We’re definitely capable [of better]. I don’t know where the disconnect is right now, to be honest with you.” He nailed the issue, too: “I just think we’re really struggling to find those explosive plays, and that’s what makes an offense spectacular is explosive plays, and right now we don’t have those.” They’re struggling, they know it, and their coach isn’t benching the guy. So while Denver might be sticking with their struggling QB, the real question is how our champs let that one get away. We gotta be better. Much better.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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