Bo Nix is the first rookie quarterback in Denver Broncos history to win three straight games.
But, to think Nix is mostly responsible for those wins would be akin to think your grocery cart did your shopping for you. You had to load the items in the cart, pay for them at checkout, and prepare the food purchased before value was realized.
The reason the Broncos won three straight games was a lot more reliant on the Broncos defense than Nix at quarterback. What one could credit the Broncos rookie signal caller with is that he didn’t mess up the results during consecutive wins over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets and Las Vegas Raiders.
Tonight, after suffering a home loss last Sunday to the Los Angeles Chargers, the Broncos are in New Orleans to meet the Saints at the Superdome. The Saints also have a rookie directing their offense, but unlike the Broncos, New Orleans has been forced to turn to Spencer Rattler in the wake of an injury to starter Derek Carr.
The Saints came out of the gate to the 2024 season the early leader, beating their first two opponents, the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys, by a combined score of 91 to 29. Problem is that the quick start did not blend into solid succeeding performances. The Saints host the Broncos tonight while riding a four-game losing streak.
The woes for the Saints began in the fourth quarter of a third week game at home against the Philadelphia Eagles. For three quarters the Saints defense held the visiting Eagles off the scoreboard, then allowed 15 four quarter points enroute to a three-point loss. The next week, against NFC South Division opponent the Atlanta Falcons, the Saints allowed a late field goal to clip them by two points, 26-24.