Broncos not considering benching QB Bo Nix, Sean Payton says - ESPN

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton said the team's offense, currently ranked 26th in scoring and 31st in third-down conversions, has far more things needing repair than just quarterback Bo Nix's play.

Payton was asked Monday if he has considered making a change at quarterback given Nix' struggles in the team's 4-2 start.

«No,'' Payton said. „He's going to become the by-product of all of the finer things that get improved, the improved play of our offensive line, the more efficient we are relative to balance running the football, and that's, you know, that's our job as coaches here.''

Thursday night's overtime win over the Seattle Seahawks was the third game this season in which the Broncos have scored 17 or fewer points and the fourth in which they've scored 23 or fewer. In their past two games combined — wins over the Los Angeles Chargers and Seahawks — the Broncos were 3-of-26 on third down.

Last Thursday night, after a second-quarter touchdown gave them a 14-3 lead over Seattle, the Broncos didn't run more than five plays or gain more than 23 yards in any of their 10 possessions. A Ja'Quan McMillian interception at the Seattle 43-yard line set up the winning field goal in overtime.

Nix, who has become the national face of the team's struggles, finds himself near the bottom of most major statistical categories, including 30th in completions over expectation (minus-4.0%), 31st in QBR (38.2) and 32nd in yards per attempt (5.6). Nix has had two of the three lowest single-game passing yardage totals of his career over the past two weeks.

He had 107 yards passing in the win over the Seahawks and 123 in the win over the Chargers.

Payton said Nix is part of a bigger equation in the offense. He also lauded