Jeff Legwold Oct 23, 2026, 06:00 AM ET

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Jeff Legwold covers the Denver Broncos at ESPN. He has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years and also assists with NFL draft coverage, joining ESPN in 2013. He has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999, too. Jeff previously covered the Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans at previous stops prior to ESPN.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos ' offense haven't just taken a step backward this season. They're full-tilt headed in the wrong direction, even as the defense has lifted the team to a 4-2 start. Name the quarterback metric, and Nix is near or at the bottom through the first third of the season.

As one long-time NFL quarterbacks coach and playcaller put it recently: "It's just hard to watch and hard for them to find something [Nix] or Sean [Payton] can even dial up just to get their balance. ...…