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Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis is Denver Broncos royalty, and he joined Keyshawn Johnson on the latest edition of “All Facts No Brakes” to discuss his former team ahead of Week 5.
Denver is rolling with rookie quarterback Bo Nix this season after selecting him with the twelfth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft out of Oregon. After an 0-2 start, Nix and the Broncos have won two consecutive games to get to .500. Nix has totaled 660 passing yards, one passing touchdown, four interceptions and a 62.5 passer rating — while completing 60.1% of his passes — during that span. The 24-year-old signal-caller has also rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns.
“When you watch him (Nix), you look at him and say, ‘OK, he’s a top-12 pick,’ and you just want to see moments,” Davis said. “That’s what I’m looking for. I want to see moments and throws in a game where [I’m like], ‘OK, I think he has it in him.’ That’s what I’ve been looking for the first couple weeks.
“He hasn’t played terrible, but he hasn’t played great the last couple [of] weeks, either. I know he’s a rookie, so I give him that kind of grace to say, ‘Alright, … let’s just play this thing out and not just rush to judgment and see where he’s going to be.’ [The Broncos have] got to score more points is the bottom line, though.”
On the other hand, the Broncos went a combined 11-19 with Nix’s predecessor, nine-time Pro Bowler Russell Wilson, under center — moving on from the 35-year-old veteran one season into a five-year, $242.6 million deal. To acquire Wilson and a fourth-rounder from the Seattle Seahawks in 2022, Denver gave up a pair of first- and second-round draft picks, a fifth-rounder, tight end Noah Fant, defensive end Shelby Harris and quarterback Drew Lock.
“He came in and [Denver] was expecting the Russell that was in Seattle, and for whatever reason … it just never materialized,” Davis said. “That was my biggest disappointment — that when he got to Denver, we didn’t…
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Publish date : 2024-10-04 19:06:01
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