Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix nonetheless needing to be manipulated like “a dog on a leash” provides Josh Allen hope of extending the Buffalo Payments’ playoff run, in keeping with Phoebe Schecter.
The highest seeded Broncos host the Payments on Saturday, reside on Sky Sports activities at 9pm, within the AFC divisional spherical.
Many components look like stacked in favour of the Broncos, who play at house after a bye week in opposition to a Payments staff that battled to a 27-24 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars final weekend.
The one space the place the Payments have a transparent benefit is at quarterback, with 2024 MVP Allen a much more full possibility than Nix, who has nonetheless required cautious administration by Broncos head coach Sean Payton throughout his second season within the NFL.
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Talking on the most recent episode of Sky Sports activities’ Inside The Huddle podcast, former Payments assistant coach Schecter defined why she thinks the away aspect may triumph.
“This is going to be a huge test,” Schecter stated. “Going into Denver, we have seen what it is finished to groups previously. It is so loud, you are at a excessive elevation, it is going to be only a hostile surroundings.
“However there are a pair groups within the playoffs proper now who’ve defenses and a quarterback that maybe is not going to maintain them alive.
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“Bo Nix has definitely improved as this season has gone on but it still feels like he’s a dog on a leash in a sense, in terms of being limited in what he’s able to do, kind of being manipulated in some ways to throw certain looks.
“And naturally that is a part of the sport. Clearly, as a coordinator, as a quarterback, there are specific issues that you just’re searching for, however I feel it feels extra intense as a result of a few of the inaccuracy that reveals up, a few of the particular play calling, the rollouts – you are nearly discovering methods to guard him greater than you’ll need to see from a quarterback who’s been in league a pair years now.”
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The winner of the competition will face both the New England Patriots or Houston Texans within the AFC championship recreation, with the opposite divisional spherical fixture happening on Sunday night.
Within the NFC, the Seattle Seahawks host the San Francisco 49ers afterward Saturday evening, earlier than the Los Angeles Rams go to the Chicago Bears in Sunday’s late recreation.
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