OT: Other Sports: Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies etc…Part VII

[pont]

What kinds of bizarro world is this? Nix and the Broncos were actually damn good today. So confusing!

 

[BobRossColton]

Audric estime needs to replace javonte

 

[lionsDen]

Only seen a small fragment today. Looked a lot better still leaves a lot to be desired. Old have easily been three ints.

 

[MonsterMack]

^ There it is. Shut up dude

 

[Hasbro]

I’m okay with loses this year. Use that high pick on a support stud or maybe we get lucky and a team wants to trade up for a QB.

I’d rather tank in ‘26 for Arch Manning.

 

[willy702]

I’m okay with loses this year. Use that high pick on a support stud or maybe we get lucky and a team wants to trade up for a QB.

I’d rather tank in ‘26 for Arch Manning.

If this franchise is tanking for Arch something has gone quite horribly wrong.

 

[chet1926]

Only seen a small fragment today. Looked a lot better still leaves a lot to be desired. Old have easily been three ints.

Rofl, he had 1 really bad read, that had a small chance to intercepted had the DB made a perfect read. But I've also watched pieces of 3 other games that and guess what.. Other QBs around the league are also missing reads and making dangerous could be intercepted throws or getting intercepted. It happens to every single QB in the league, every week. It's a tough league.

 

[Bonzai12]

why is taylor swift always on sunday night football

…..and the calls always going the chiefs way as normal

 

[Bonzai12]

Cool photo from the kids first win

 

[chet1926]

why is taylor swift always on sunday night football

…..and the calls always going the chiefs way as normal

The Chiefs will get the benefit of every call until Mahomes retires. Sucks, but the league loves it star players and will make sure they succeed.

 

[lionsDen]

Rofl, he had 1 really bad read, that had a small chance to intercepted had the DB made a perfect read. But I've also watched pieces of 3 other games that and guess what.. Other QBs around the league are also missing reads and making dangerous could be intercepted throws or getting intercepted. It happens to every single QB in the league, every week. It's a tough league.

I don’t care what other qbs do, I measure Bo nix to Bo nix

Notice from this game they came out and stretched the defense. They used play action and roll outs. If you had been following any of my posts you’d see that I said that they needed to do this. I mean I saw three passes that made me scratch my head. I didn’t record the game and I doubt there’s any replays I can find to prove you wrong. Off to week 4

 

[MonsterMack]

Our rookie QB in game three of his career wasn't prime Tom Brady. I fixate on flaws and ignore promising signs. I'm an idiot

 

[MonsterMack]

If only Bo Nix had the athleticism and arm talent of Anthony Richardson. That's how we evaluate potential success right?

 

[chet1926]

I don’t care what other qbs do, I measure Bo nix to Bo nix

Notice from this game they came out and stretched the defense. They used play action and roll outs. If you had been following any of my posts you’d see that I said that they needed to do this. I mean I saw three passes that made me scratch my head. I didn’t record the game and I doubt there’s any replays I can find to prove you wrong. Off to week 4

I mean Nix could go 40 for 40 for 450 yards and 5TDs and you'd find a way to critique it.

You've proven you simply don't like the player, you will never "judge" him fairly or objectively.

I just watched the supposed best QB on the planet, Mahomes, throw at least 3-5 head scratchers tonight and a horrendous INT in the end zone. If the best QB on the planet is making boneheaded choices, I think I can live with a rookie playing in his 3rd ever game making a couple as well.

The reality on the NFL is there are rarely "perfect" QB performances. Every single last one of them makes a couple of poor decisions every game. Sometimes it's a nothing burger because the defender drops an easy one, other times they hurt because you throw an int in the endzone.

At the end of the day the score sheet said Nix played effectively, didn't turn the ball over and he helped his team win 26-7 on the road against a pretty good team. Was he perfect, no, there are plenty of items to continue working on. Did he hurt the team, no. Was he a positive factor in helping the team win, yes. Did he show improvement from the last game, yes. Did he do what the coaches asked him to do today, yes.

 

[Alex Jones]

If only Bo Nix had the athleticism and arm talent of Anthony Richardson. That's how we evaluate potential success right?

Anthony Richardson is the most god tier physical talent I have ever seen at QB. f*** I think the argument is out there Richardson is the most physically talented player in the NFL period.

If you get offered Bo Nix for AR you take that 100 out of 100 times. Even if Bo Nix works out its unclear if his ceiling is high enough to win a championship. If Anthony Richardson works out you get the most unique weapon in NFL history.

 

[Bender]

Anthony Richardson is the most god tier physical talent I have ever seen at QB. f*** I think the argument is out there Richardson is the most physically talented player in the NFL period.

If you get offered Bo Nix for AR you take that 100 out of 100 times. Even if Bo Nix works out its unclear if his ceiling is high enough to win a championship. If Anthony Richardson works out you get the most unique weapon in NFL history.

Yeah but so was Cam Newton at one point until he started wearing weird hats and couldn't play QB like at all anymore.

 

[henchman21]

I thought NIx looked a lot better than his first two games. It just has to continue and I'd like to see some higher flashes if he's to become a legit starter.

Anthony Richardson is the most god tier physical talent I have ever seen at QB. f*** I think the argument is out there Richardson is the most physically talented player in the NFL period.

If you get offered Bo Nix for AR you take that 100 out of 100 times. Even if Bo Nix works out its unclear if his ceiling is high enough to win a championship. If Anthony Richardson works out you get the most unique weapon in NFL history.

Yeah he's an absurd talent. It is probably doubtful he puts it all together, but you simply take that risk. Like Jersey and Silayev... if it clicks, you have a potentially dominant weapon. If it doesn't, you wasted a high pick. At least in Jersey's case they can afford the risk... Colts really need AR to work.

 

[Bonzai12]

Michael Vick and Randall Cunningham are the two guys I think of for QBs who were elite athletic and ‘made it’ in the NFL. Both were pretty damn good - Cunningham is one of my fav all time NFL players - but neither won a SB and neither is in the HOF despite being so stratospherically better in raw physical talent. Vick and Randall both had absolute cannons for arms.

I actually think it’s more difficult these days to trump the entire league with athletic talent. Playcalling is just way more sophisticated on both sides of the ball. There’s a lot that goes into the QB position. If it was easy to scout them we wouldn’t have so many absolute flops. I definitely acknowledge though that a portion of the flops happen because a GMs job depends on success, and success comes from having a good QB. That just naturally inflates QBs draft positions whether or not they are justified.

I really wish they hadn’t gotten rid of NFL Europe - it was a terrific breeding ground for breakthrough talent and diamonds in the rough to emerge. I think the NFL has really suffered in talent overall since that league ceased operations.

 

[Pokecheque]

Michael Vick and Randall Cunningham are the two guys I think of for QBs who were elite athletic and ‘made it’ in the NFL. Both were pretty damn good - Cunningham is one of my fav all time NFL players - but neither won a SB and neither is in the HOF despite being so stratospherically better in raw physical talent. Vick and Randall both had absolute cannons for arms.

I actually think it’s more difficult these days to trump the entire league with athletic talent. Playcalling is just way more sophisticated on both sides of the ball. There’s a lot that goes into the QB position. If it was easy to scout them we wouldn’t have so many absolute flops. I definitely acknowledge though that a portion of the flops happen because a GMs job depends on success, and success comes from having a good QB. That just naturally inflates QBs draft positions whether or not they are justified.

I really wish they hadn’t gotten rid of NFL Europe - it was a terrific breeding ground for breakthrough talent and diamonds in the rough to emerge. I think the NFL has really suffered in talent overall since that league ceased operations.

It's difficult to create a "minor league" in football simply because the career span is so incredibly short. The average NFL career is something like 2 years. You just don't really have time to "develop," you either got it or you don't.

Much as I'd like to see some sort of spring league set up, I just don't think it's going to happen. I assumed America's insane appetite for football would be enough to prop up a rival professional league that eventually became a talent feeder, but that's not the case. The best attempt I think so far was the Alliance of American Football, and they barely made it like four months or something like that.

For better or worse, the NCAA is essentially an NFL minor league, and that will just have to do.