The Broncos are OVERTHINKING this...

The Broncos are overthinking this, and it really doesn't need to be that hard when analyzing what's going wrong. Everyone knows now it is not the play calling. It is a player performance problem, but it does not all fall on Bo Nix. And the reason for that is because we know he's a winner. That being said, the system, what's being required of the players, and what's being required of everyone may be a bit overcomplicated. and this might be a Sean Payton problem just as much as he helps us win he's also holding the team back and that that's you know these are problems thankfully that I'm used to when it comes to like you know teams that have championship aspirations we we had an abysmal offense guys back in 2015 when we won the Super Bowl granted Bo Nix is not you know a hampered Peyton Manning um and the defense is not the 2015 broncos we know this however there is enough of a balance between this team and an understanding and an acceptance of the players everyone's bought into the system no one's questioning it especially because we're three and two we have a winning record as much as people want to dismiss that um now what's gonna happen thursday night i don't know probably bad things if i'm being honest just the way that things are set up right now it's not equating to probably a good outcome i but this is also the nfl you do not know what to expect i would be thrilled with a four and two outcome out of that six game stretch uh last game was a game that we had to have we got it not maybe in the way that we wanted it to be but uh now the question is what can we do about this offense is it going to change or are we stuck maybe with this this version of of a uh i guess an offense that's fighting against itself almost You can tell, literally, when watching games, that the Broncos offense is their own worst enemy, not the defense of anyone that they're facing. And I want to give credit. Obviously, other teams are doing things as well. It's not just all about the Broncos. However, when you see this much of a consistent problem, you can clearly tell we're getting in our own way. So anyway, make sure to subscribe, join the channel, join all that stuff, and we'll keep updating you on all things Broncos. that being said let's just kind of jump right into this because there is a lot to talk about um so right now uh Swiper who is a awesome really like a great content creator um for the Nuggets but he also talks you know just Denver sports in general he says the Denver Broncos offense is currently being ran by a timid quarterback who is second guessing everything he sees down the field and the running game will continue to suffer if the QB doesn't strike fear in defenses down the field these are fair criticisms I don't I don't believe and so uh Bo Nix's ESPN QBR this is from Andrew Mason um said his QBR on Sunday was uh 27.6 that is the 21st of 27 eligible quarterbacks so far this you know this specific week this was before the Monday night game but obviously you know Stafford and Josh Allen both performed better than Bo Nix no one's gonna be talking and about anything other than that. It was better than Justin Herbert's QBR, 23rd, who had a 26.6, so not too much higher, just one point above Herbert's really bad QBR. Nick's season-long QBR is 43.1, which is 24th of 30 eligible quarterbacks, and Herbert is 30th, and the 29 spot is the quarterback that the Broncos will be seeing on Thursday in Sam Darnold. so you know stats don't always tell the truth numbers don't always tell the truth I don't know if Darnold is playing worse than Bo Nix I haven't been watching a ton of Seahawks football but at the same time apparently the numbers say that Bo has been playing better than Sam Darnold this year granted Sam hasn't played as many games uh there's more stats to show from Bo but you know we've still beaten the Rams in an amazing second half primetime game uh Jags second half was amazing not much about this game was great uh neither was the Niners or the Chiefs so like our losses our two losses didn't look great and this one win was obviously not a great offensive performance either um but it's it's nothing where it's like that you cannot come back from this these are things that are fixable I truly believe that um and uh Zach Kelberman was talking about in four games with Davis Webb as play caller the Broncos uh logged a 37.4 percent offensive success rate uh which is you know based which is the the fifth lowest or sorry the yeah sixth lowest in the NFL and a 9.6 percent explosive play rate which is the third lowest was not good numbers but obviously not like the worst in the league but still not great in week five uh with Sean Payton calling plays Denver had a 27.5 percent success rate and a 2.5 explosive play rate across the first three quarters those numbers jumped 47 and 11.8 respectively in the fourth quarter and the broncos completed their uh comeback win this is you can almost argue is like an unacceptable and yet somehow a sustainable way of running a team and an offense the defense is doing a remarkable job keeping us in games and the offense just waits they wait until the fourth quarter when maybe the other team maybe we're just conditioned better than everyone else everyone's tired in the fourth quarter and we aren't but it's just a crazy way to like consistently win games and everyone says it needs to change and it does Sean Payton has acknowledged this in his press conferences but at the same time we have a winning record we're going against really hard teams there's obviously the Chargers not being one of them but still like it's it's it's this is not an easy schedule by any means so the broncos rating so far right now total offense 30th uh rushing offense 25th passing offense 25th yards per play 26 yards per rush 27th yards per pass play 28th third down conversion rate 27th points per game 26th when you have that many consistent major stats offensively in the bottom five essentially or bottom five to eight like yeah you can see why fans are upset that this offense is stagnant they cannot get out of their own way and we're just stuck waiting to be like waiting until the moment happens where things get solved um uh dan uh orlovsky was talking about how just Bo Nix is he's really really right now struggling with just like just his feet in the pocket like he cannot he does not feel comfortable throwing in the pocket he and uh it's like and we knew this about Bo that it seems like he you know performs better when he's on the run this was from last year but it's like even worse now it's been like just amplified where he can barely make plays out of the pocket and almost needs to be on the run to I don't know like improvise or something like he's not seeing the field and so because you have to like back up and ask yourself why can't Bo throw from the pocket it's because he's not seeing the field he almost like needs to limit the amount of field he's working with by running to one side to allow things to open up and make a play which is not how you can run an offense that's going to win a super bowl it will catch up with you especially in a playoff game um i i want people to remember like oh everyone talks about oh we beat the bills that's one playoff game you have to win three to win a super bowl at the very least if not four so it's uh i just i you know that that that is an absolutely a concern um you know and zach Stevens here said that there is a ton uh there is a tone uh the tone sorry is a kind of changing when in terms of Sean talking about Bo Sean is now trying to build up his confidence again because it's clear that confidence is not where it once was um even with the team being three and two it's not because of Bo Nix's play and so besides maybe second half Bo in the against the Rams but after that like most of these wins have been been because of you know just the defense and you know the offense kind of keeping us afloat so um when it comes to you know Sawyer Beninger from predominantly orange said that I'm not worried about any sort of inability to throw the ball down the field we've seen Nix do it before and he can do it again the concerning part of Nix's play up to this point is that it simply looks like we're not seeing the same guy out there that we've seen in the past unmet expectations with Nix in his third season have caused unrest amongst the fans to say the least Nix has not shown progression in year three and instead has shown um you know some significant signs of regression you almost expect it from like a sophomore slump except Bo was playing better last year and now we are in a situation where he's gotten he's playing like the worst of his career um everyone wants to speculate is it you know his ankle is it like just like not getting enough reps in the offseason i think it's all of the above for sure uh Bo is even starting to like you know talk about like being more confident being playing a little bit more free uh he's aware that he's not playing his best he even said it after usually he just says we won like you know it is what it is uh but he even admitted after you know sunday's game it's like yeah i didn't that was not my best game um and um so Ian Sinclair from Mile High Report said that if it wasn't obvious obvious over the last season and five games denver is never out of a game uh that's a heck of a thing for a team uh to possess no matter what the broncos encounter no matter how bad they play they have a shot it's what this team is good and bad thankfully denver survived on sunday it really is amazing how the broncos just look like a completely different team in the final quarter the same is true for nicks it starts with the running the ball better it's no coincidence that nicks and the denver offense started to play better when the running game was more effective whatever the broncos do in the fourth quarter would be nice to see earlier in games but how many times have we said that over since the last season and i agree it's like you you we can keep asking for it but and then yet they keep winning so i feel like a lot of the broncos players and coaches are like how much do we need to change for winning games. John Heath from Broncos Wire said that it's clear the Broncos' offensive struggles have frustrated new wide receiver Jalen Waddle. After Denver ran the ball on 3rd and 9 early in the second quarter, Waddle looked up in the air, yanked off his chinstrap, and appeared to shake his head as he tried to the sideline. Later in the game, Waddle slammed his helmet on the sideline after a 3-and-out. He finished the game with just two receptions for 19 yards. Denver would likely be wise to get Waddle more involved, but he could also do a better job of making the most of his opportunities with reliable hands when he is targeted and it's referencing to a couple times where he's dropped the ball and this comes with like a rep problem it's like the broncos have a rep problem where if they are not getting their guys the ball often enough it's like you know like they have stone hands because it's like oh i like the ball is actually like in my vicinity which is not a good excuse by any means but it it's also telling that The Broncos go through long stretches of offensive lulls. Throw more quick plays. Offer more quick slants, designed plays that aren't meant to take very long for Bo to allow the play to develop and then make his reads. Because clearly he's not reading the field very well anyway, so why not go with the quick game? And then you're expecting maybe a defense to expect you to make that adjustment. and then so you try and trick them out or psych them out by going with like the long uh the longer plays and yet Bo's not executing them so why not do a version of a playbook that Bo will have a better time executing that's just that's all I can say right now that is probably gonna be I mean if that means you know messing up early in the game maybe like a fumble or an interception happens so be it just make the guys loose let let them play loose if it's like a you know a turnover game like full of like just mistakes all over the place at least you tried something and know that's not the way that you can do things but you know to kind of run this thing back over and over and over again it doesn't seem like not only is it not sustainable but you just know it's not going to work in three or four consecutive playoff games against really good teams so uh with that being said let me know what you guys think about all this down below in the comments. I want to hear your thoughts and until next video I will see you then.