Bo Nix, Broncos not ready for playoffs, should be traded at NFL trade deadline

BALTIMORE – This too shall pass. Like a kidney stone.

“There are a lot of what-ifs in this game,” Broncos QB Bo Nix mused after Denver suffered a 41-10 loss at the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium. “But the fact is we got our asses kicked.”

You're saying the Broncos are “one player away” and the trade deadline is looming on Tuesday? Only if that player was born on the planet Krypton and jumps over tall buildings in a single jump. Sell, baby. Sell ​​or stay put.

At least Denver found a WR2. Unfortunately, he also happens to be their QB1.

“We've had tough losses,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said of the franchise's worst loss since the infamous 70-20 loss at Miami in September 2023. A little misery.

“And you just can’t express yourself, not even the head coach – or any of us. We need to be able to say, 'Hey, you know, we're going to get on the plane and go back to work (Monday).'”

The Broncos were pushed into a statement game, loosening their lines and showing their age. After nine weeks, the Broncos are 3-0 against the NFC South, the Mountain West of the NFL divisions. They are 2-4 against the adults.

Tampa Bay, New Orleans and Carolina woke up Sunday morning with a combined record of 7-17. The Ravens (6-3) woke up in a bad mood.

“As a young team, we have to find ways to make sure something like this doesn't happen again,” said Nix, who had nothing but good — 223 pass yards and a leaping 2-yard touchdown on a Philly Special throw from Courtland Sutton — in a game that required him to be special.

“So I think as an older team, guys that have been around a long time, they can just put it behind them and move on to the next (game) and play.” But I think we really need to look at it and figure out why happened… try to fix our mistakes so that it doesn’t happen to us again, otherwise we’ll be right back in the same situation.”