The Broncos might’ve come away with a thrilling win on Thursday, but that didn’t mean their quarterback was beyond reproach.
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quarterback → come → reproach
In fact, Ryan Fitzpatrick let Bo Nix hear it.
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Nix → let → it
Denver, thanks to a defense that picked off Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, came away with a 17-14 win on “Thursday Night Football.”
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that → pick → Football
On the other side of the ball, though, Denver struggled to get anything going, with 168 yards of total offense.
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anything → struggle → offense
Nix, coming off a less-than-stellar 123-yard passing game against the Chargers on Sunday, continued to struggle by going 17-for-27 for 107 yards.
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Nix → come → yards
It marked the second-fewest passing yards of Nix’s career, only topping a 60-yard effort against the Jets in Week 4 of 2024, but that came in a game with torrential rain in the Meadowlands.
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that → mark → Meadowlands
On Thursday, Nix averaged just 4 yards per attempt, his lowest of the season.
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Nix → average → season
The effort, on the whole, upset Fitzpatrick, the veteran quarterback of 17 years.
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effort → upset → years
“Bo Nix is not playing competitively,” Fitzpatrick said on the Prime Video postgame show.
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Fitzpatrick → play → show
“It’s almost disrespectful to the quarterback position how he’s playing football.”
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he → ’ → football
When pressed about what he meant, Fitzpatrick added: “First of all, the guy doesn’t want to throw the ball, that’s fine.
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that → press → ball
He’s throwing to the flats, he’s throwing behind.
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he → throw → flats
He has no trust from his coach [Sean Payton]; he calls a screen play on third-and-8.
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he → have → third
Just run up and let the clock keep going.
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clock → run → ?
What’s he do?
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he → do → What
He throws it away, Seattle gets the ball, they have a timeout.
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they → throw → timeout
“And then, in overtime, he’s got two chances to be competitive, the second one being a designed run for him to run, make someone miss and get a first down for your football team!
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someone → get → team
Now they’re in the locker room right now, they’re excited they won.
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they → ’re → room
He’s not playing competitive football right now!”
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He → play → football
Host Charissa Thompson, clearly excited by Fitzpatrick’s energy, noted: “You are playing competitive broadcaster, and I love that you are fired up.”
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you → excite → broadcaster
Nix’s 2025 season ended prematurely when he fractured his ankle in the AFC divisional round, forcing him to miss the conference championship against the Patriots the following week.
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he → end → Patriots
Before last week’s game in Los Angeles, Payton took over the play-calling duties from offensive coordinator Davis Webb.
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Payton → take → Webb
“I can only imagine how Sean Payton feels,” Fitzpatrick said.
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Fitzpatrick → imagine → ?
“Sean Payton, Davis Webb, everybody that blocks for him.
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that → block → him
He’s not competing right now, and that’s something that he’s hung his hat on the last two years.
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he → compete → hat
I don’t know if he’s still injured or what’s going on, but it’s not good enough — it’s effort.”
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it → know → ?
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