Broncos-Commanders report card: Bo Nix, Nik Bonitto provide exclamation marks in OT win

In their the majority chaotic win yet a Bo Nix-led drive and a Nik Bonitto-led stop gave the Broncos a - win over the Commanders in overtime on Sunday Night Football Here s The Denver Post s record card from a nail-biter in Maryland OFFENSE C Well the story was no different in Week than from Week or any of the weeks in between Fits of brilliance Moments of sheer flow state for Nix And head-scratching inefficiency for long stretches Through three quarters Nix was excellent Sunday He led a textbook two-minute drive toward the end of the first half getting the ball out quick and accurate He capped it off with one of the highlight plays of his second-year season a rocket to Courtland Sutton in the end zone while being tugged to the turf in Maryland And then Nix nearly shot himself and the Broncos odds in the foot in the fourth quarter altogether missing Commanders linebacker Bobby Wagner and throwing a double-pump interception right to him Denver s offense imploded for three drives to finish the fourth quarter as Nix suddenly looked out of sorts both with his footwork in the pocket and timing with receivers A promising three quarters for the Broncos offense was nearly undone by a complete stinker in the fourth only for Sean Payton to utterly dismantle the Commanders defense on the first drive of overtime with a variety of underneath routes on a five-play -yard touchdown drive It was inconsistent It was enough Renck Bo Show remains a hit especially in clutch but Broncos cannot keep winning this way This file is auto-generated function d l use strict l querySelector d addEventListener undefined typeof URL d wp d wp d wp receiveEmbedMessage d wp receiveEmbedMessage function e var t e facts if t t secret t message t value a-zA-Z - test t secret for var s r n a l querySelectorAll 'iframe data-secret ' t secret ' ' o l querySelectorAll 'blockquote data-secret ' t secret ' ' c new RegExp https i i i