Broncos' Bo Nix reveals strategy for contending with criticism: 'I delete my social media'

The Denver Broncos did conscionable capable to flight their Week 10 matchup against their AFC West rivals.

Second-year backmost Bo Nix's regression from his standout rookie play was connected afloat show arsenic helium finished past Thursday's 10-7 triumph implicit the Las Vegas Raiders with conscionable 150 passing yards and a brace of interceptions.

The Broncos' lackluster showing past week sparked angst among fans and drew further disapproval from observers. Nevertheless, the Broncos participate Week 11 with an 8-2 grounds and beryllium atop their division. Nix said helium silences critics by tuning retired societal media during the season.

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Denver Broncos backmost Bo Nix (10) jogs disconnected the tract aft an NFL shot crippled against the Dallas Cowboys connected Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, successful Denver, Colorado. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Instead, helium puts his absorption connected gathering upon Denver's beardown grounds and correcting the team's violative shortcomings.

"We marque this amusement concern a batch bigger than what it is, and we hide everybody is conscionable retired present having a bully time, having fun, doing the champion they can,'' Nix told ESPN. "For me, it's rather simple, I delete my societal media, I don't person it, truthful unless idiosyncratic says it to my look I don't truly perceive it – and cipher is ever bold capable to accidental it to your face. I don't get connected societal media.''

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Nix finished his NFL rookie run with 3,775 passing yards and 29 touchdowns. His ratio has dipped done 10 games this season. Nix's accuracy has besides been an contented successful 2025, with the backmost being off-target connected 18.5% of his throws — which ranks 30th among his counterparts.

However, the young awesome caller does pb the league successful 4th fourth touchdown throws this year. 

Denver is undefeated successful games successful which it trailed entering the quarter. But the level of consistency has apt fallen abbreviated of what Broncos caput manager and play-caller Sean Payton had hoped, though Payton acknowledged that Nix is not the sole crushed the Broncos' discourtesy has struggled.

Denver Broncos caput manager Sean Payton talks with backmost Bo Nix (10) during the 2nd fractional astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High connected Nov. 6, 2025 successful Denver, Colorado. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)

Operational problems and intelligence errors person led to the Broncos' discourtesy being whistled for 52 penalties truthful far. "It's our jobs, offensively, to enactment ourselves successful a presumption of starting faster,'' Payton said. "I similar that this year, we're doing amended successful these one-score games, but to spell wherever we privation to spell determination has to beryllium improvement."

Nix likened the caller disapproval to his assemblage shot days, specifically playing successful the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Denver Broncos backmost Bo Nix (10) throws during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders connected Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, successful Denver, Colorado. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

"Went to Florida, and we mislaid and that's erstwhile I got to cognize the atrocious broadside of this sport," Nix recalled. "It's unfortunate for sure, but astatine the aforesaid time, it's what comes with the territory. It's besides a acquisition due to the fact that it allows different radical to spot however you respond to adversity. There's a batch of younger kids retired there, a batch of radical retired determination who privation to beryllium successful our shoes ... it's bully for them to spot not everything is pretty, not everything is happy-go-lucky."

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The Broncos big the Kansas City Chiefs connected Sunday. 

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