Oct 15, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix (10) looks on in the second half against the Seattle Seahawks at Empower Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos somehow escaped Thursday Night Football with a victory against the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks.
It was a bizarre, low-scoring overtime affair that certainly didn’t deserve to be watched over the Milwaukee Brewers thrilling sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS.
But after the game on Prime Video, Ryan Fitzpatrick gave the real highlight of Thursday night.
“Bo Nix is not playing competitively. It’s almost disrespectful to the quarterback position how he’s playing football right now,” Fitzpatrick said on the postgame show.
Nix was 17-of-27 passing for 107 yards in one of the most painfully boring performances you’ll ever watch. Fitzpatrick eviscerated Nix on the postgame, stating that he doesn’t have the trust of head coach Sean Payton.
It was the closest thing that the NFL has to Stephen A. Smith’s famous Kwame Brown rant after the former No. 1 overall selection was traded away by the Los Angeles Lakers.
Fitzpatrick even winds up his take with a “first of all” before he starts lambasting Nix’s unwillingness to throw the football down the field.
“In overtime, he’s got two chances to be competitive, the last one being a designed run for him to run, make somebody miss and get a first down for your football team!” Fitzpatrick passionately ranted about Nix’s end of game ineptitude.
The Broncos are 4-2 after the win, but it’s been a turbulent ride. Broncos head coach Sean Payton had to reassume playcalling duties from new offensive coordinator Davis Webb. Throughout the first six games of the year, Nix has thrown only six touchdown passes compared to three interceptions and he’s been sacked eight times.
“I could only imagine how Sean Payton feels!” Fitzpatrick exclaimed. “Sean Payton, Davis Webb, everybody that blocks for him, he’s not competing right now and that’s something that he’s hung his hat on for the last two years. I don’t know if he’s still injured or what’s going on, but it’s not good enough! It’s effort.”
This side of Fitzpatrick on the postgame desk is a welcomed addition.
Instead of clowning with drunken fans in the stands chanting for him to take his shirt off, Fitzpatrick refused to sugarcoat another really bad game from Nix.
While some would argue that Fitzpatrick struggled to push the ball down the field at times throughout his career – and that he might not be the right messenger for this – someone with Tom Brady, Drew Brees or even Russell Wilson’s stature couldn’t go scorched Earth on a starting quarterback like this without receiving pushback.
