Ways the Broncos and the 'play-dough' QB can end that Chiefs' reign.
Former NFL team assistant coach an analyst is an NFL pundit and represents the UK's flag football team.
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Week six of the 2025 NFL season
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It's week six in the NFL season , after recent talk about two top teams as a potential Super Bowl match-up, they both lost their perfect starts.
Notable during those contests were the amount of infractions both committed. Philadelphia committed them in key moments meaning they kind of defeated themselves after leading by two touchdowns entering the final quarter against the Denver Broncos, who play overseas this weekend.
However it was good to observe that Denver's QB Bo Nix managed to have the shortfall before direct three scoring drives in three attempts during the final period, securing the game by four points.
The Broncos boast the top defender with cornerback their star corner. They are number one in goal-line defense, whereas Philadelphia lead the league in scoring near the end zone, yet Denver prevailed in that contest.
They had the Eagles' number regarding disguised blitzes. They did not necessarily sending more than four defenders instead they might plug two linebackers in the interior then drop them out and dispatch a slot defender from the outside.
At the start in the campaign, it was noted during a show how Denver might emerge as the current year's surprise contenders. They finished the previous year strongly then excelled in continuing that momentum.
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Recently acquired TE their tight end has stepped up significantly while recent RB JK Dobbins is a player the team trusts. He's currently 5th league-wide for rushing yards (402) and tied-fourth for rushing touchdowns (4).
It's impressive how the coach the Broncos' leader displays "RUN IT!" prominently on his call sheet.
That shows that Denver are a team that wants to run first, because you can achieve much off the back of that. It slows opposing rushes and keeps you in favourable down and distances.
This has helped QB Bo Nix, who entered the NFL as the 12th overall draft pick in the prior draft, passing for 29 TDs – just behind Justin Herbert in rookie records (31 in 2020).
Other elite QBs have powerful arms to throw all over, but they don't move in the same way as Nix. He has exceptional arm talent, a unique trait, and he's highly agile.
His assets are his movement, the capacity to pass while moving, as well as using varied release points to deliver the pass when he rolls out of the pocket, on rollouts. He can throw that layered pass across the middle and past defenders.
As a rookie QB, aged 25, he displays great poise under pressure and isn't bothered by extra rushers. He tries to evade a sack whenever possible and is able throw in tight spots. He possesses a high football IQ and remains very decisive.
If you consistently rush it eats up time and makes the defence to be on the field for longer, and when you've got a mobile QB the defence has to defend the area vertically side to side. This proves exhausting.
Nix has pushed back at Payton on the sideline at times and I think Payton likes that attitude, seeing him as such a competitor. I think it's fun for him to coach a young quarterback that is kind of like play-dough. The coach can really develop him how he desires to shape him. I think it's a special experience for the coach.
The head coach owns a Super Bowl and now passed Bill Parcells for career NFL wins (173, tying for 14th). He has witnessed it all. I think the achievements the Broncos are having on offence is mostly down to his guidance, his schemes, his game sense – and the combination with the QB aids shape him into who he is.
You wouldn't want a better guy in your ear, to help you through difficult moments and boost self-belief.
I believe in Denver's defence, in the QB's grit and calm. But are they good enough to go against a top squad at full strength? Because that wasn't a Super Bowl performance by the Eagles last Sunday.
Currently, it's unlikely Denver are elite. They're performing above average, that's a good place to be in the AFC West. All they need to do is maintain this trajectory.
They excel at leaning into their forte, which is the ground game, and this is precisely what they must do versus the Jets at Tottenham. It's going to be a Dobbins-focused game, essentially.
New York have allowed 140 yards on the ground each contest (sixth worst), five ground scores this season (10th worst), and they're the only team yet to win any game.
Ever since the NFL started recording turnovers in 1933, the Jets are also the inaugural squad to be without any turnovers in five outings, which is kind of shocking when you think that their new coach was previously defensive co-ordinator with another team.
The Chiefs' QB says the Chiefs are off to a poor start after Monday's defeat by the Jaguars.
Following the upcoming matchup, Denver face a smooth-ish schedule up to their break (in week 12) - the New York Giants, the Cowboys, Houston Texans plus the Raiders before the Chiefs.
In the AFC West, Kansas City are 2-3 and the Broncos are even with the Chargers on 3-2 so they could challenge for the top of the division.
It depends on what version Kansas City shows up they meet because the Broncos {beat|def
