Ways the Broncos together with their flexible quarterback can stop that Kansas City Chiefs' reign.
Ex NFL team assistant coach an analyst is an NFL pundit and plays for the UK's flag football team.
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Week six of the 2025 NFL season
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We're in the sixth week of the NFL season and after last week's talk about two top teams as a potential Super Bowl match-up, each lost their unbeaten records.
Striking during those contests were the number of penalties each conceded. Philadelphia committed them in key moments meaning they essentially beat themselves after leading 17-3 going into the final quarter against Denver, who play overseas this Sunday.
However it proved good to see how Denver's QB the rookie was able to have that deficit before direct three successful possessions on three possessions in the fourth quarter, to win the game by four points.
Denver boast the top defender in CB Pat Surtain II. They rank number one in goal-line defense, whereas the Eagles lead the league in scoring near the end zone, yet the Broncos won that contest.
They executed effective strategies regarding disguised blitzes. They weren't always rushing extra pass rushers instead they might position two LBs in the 'A' gap before drop them out and dispatch a nickel off the edge.
At the start in the campaign, we said during a show how Denver could be the current year's dark horses. They ended last season well and excelled in continuing that momentum.
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Recently acquired tight end Evan Engram has stepped up significantly and new RB their rusher is a guy the team trusts. He's currently fifth in the NFL in ground gains (over 400) as well as tied for fourth for rushing touchdowns (four).
It's impressive how the coach Sean Payton displays "RUSH!" prominently of his playcall sheet.
That shows that the Broncos are a team aiming to prioritize the run, because one can do a lot based on that approach. It reduces opposing rushes and maintains in favourable situations.
It's also helped quarterback Bo Nix, who entered into the league as a first-round selection in the prior draft, passing for 29 touchdown passes – second only to a star QB for the rookie record (31 in 2020).
Other elite QBs possess the arm strength to throw anywhere, but they lack in the same way as Nix. He has incredible arm talent, a unique trait, and he is highly agile.
His assets are his mobility, the capacity to throw while moving, as well as using different arm angles to deliver throws as he moves out of the pocket, the bootlegs. He is able to deliver that layered pass across the middle and over the corner.
As a rookie QB, at 25, he displays great poise in the pocket and is not bothered by extra rushers. He aims to evade a sack as much as possible and is able pass under pressure. He has sharp intelligence and remains very decisive.
If you constantly run the ball it eats up the clock and forces the defence to stay on the field for longer, and when you've got an athletic quarterback the defence must cover the field downfield and horizontally. This proves draining.
The quarterback has pushed back with the coach during games at times and it seems Payton likes that attitude, that he's a fierce rival. I think it's exciting for the coach to coach a rookie QB who's kind of like play-dough. The coach can really build something up how he desires to build it. I believe it's a unique opportunity for him.
Payton owns a championship and now passed Bill Parcells for career NFL wins (173, tying for 14th). He has witnessed everything. In my opinion the success Denver are experiencing on offence is mostly down to his guidance, his play-calling, his situational awareness – and the combination with Nix helps shape him what he is.
You wouldn't want a more qualified person guiding you, to help you through some of the tougher situations and build confidence.
I believe in Denver's defence, in Bo Nix's tenacity and composure. Yet are they good enough to face an elite team at its best? Since that wasn't championship-level play by the Eagles last Sunday.
Right now, it's unlikely the Broncos are elite. They're working above average, that's a solid position to hold their division. All they need to do to continue this trajectory.
They excel at embracing their strength, which is running the ball, and that's exactly what they should do versus the Jets in London. It's going to be the JK Dobbins show, in essence.
New York have surrendered 140 yards on the ground per game (among the worst), five ground scores so far (10th worst), and they are the sole squad without a win a game.
Since the NFL began tracking takeaways decades ago, the Jets are also the first team to be without a single takeaway through five games, this is kind of shocking considering that the head coach was previously defensive co-ordinator with another team.
The Chiefs' QB says the Chiefs are off to a poor start after a recent loss to Jacksonville.
Following this Sunday's game, Denver face a smooth-ish schedule up to their break (in week twelve) - the Giants, Dallas Cowboys, the Texans plus Las Vegas Raiders prior to the Chiefs.
In the AFC West, the Chiefs are 2-3 while Denver are even with the Los Angeles Chargers on 3-2 so they could make a run for the top of the division.
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