Bo Nix sees something bigger than the next game when he talks about the Broncos: continuity. The Denver quarterback said the idea of keeping a group together is often overlooked in pro football, but he believes it’s one of the things that can separate teams over time.
“For professionals, I think it’s kind of underrated because we sort of take it for granted that we can just sort of bring another guy in or change a team,” Nix said in June. “We’re professionals, we’ll handle it right.
But you look at the teams that stick together for a long time, they end up winning. That’s kind of how, historically, that’s how it was.
You didn’t go from team to team as much. You look at the Knicks, they played in college together, and then they play a few years in the pros and they win a championship at a place it hadn’t been done in a long time.
Sean Payton is looking at the Broncos’ receiver room through a different lens, but with a similar theme: keeping the right pieces involved. The Denver coach said Marvin Mims should be getting more chances on offense and called the team’s crowded wideout group a positive problem.
“He doesn’t need to convince us,” Payton said. “I feel like each week when we go in to game planning, we’re always talking about certain things, and his name, I know, comes up from me.
Every time we continue to ask him down the field, give him these opportunities, he takes advantage of it. He’s been very consistent.
It’s just a matter of getting those touches. But very important games, even in Buffalo - I could point to a number of games.
It’s a good problem to have, but he’s doing well. ”
In Los Angeles, the Chargers are sorting out their own competition up front, where Kayode Awosika and Cole Strange are battling for starting jobs on the offensive line in front of Justin Herbert.
Awosika said the staff has made the approach clear from day one.
“When you come into this building with this coaching staff from the first day, they wipe you clean and say, go with conviction over perfection,” said Awosika. “Meaning speed, aggressiveness off the ball, and not worrying about the presentation.”
Strange echoed that same mindset.
“When you’re playing, if you’re focusing on trying to be perfect, you’re going to be awful,” Strange added. “You just have to go. So that’s kind of what that is, conviction over perfection.”
Herbert said the Chargers’ renewed focus on getting the ball out quickly should help the entire offense, including the line.
“It’s only going to help us, getting the ball out in a position where [receivers] can turn up the field and make something happen,” Herbert noted. ” … It helps with the offensive line. It’s going to be good for our offense.”
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