Despite losing 16–14 to the Chiefs, Nix and the Broncos put up a good fight against the only undefeated team in the NFL. Nix had one of his best games of his rookie season, completing 22-of-30 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns. He had a quarterback rating of 115.3.

You have to have the right shoes on,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said ahead of the Chiefs game. “It’s so important.”

Bo Nix did everything in his power to help the Denver Broncos end the Kansas City Chiefs’ perfect start to the season. Maybe he should have been blocking on their fateful field goal try, too. The rookie quarterback bounced back from a poor performance in an embarrassingly lopsided loss to Baltimore by shredding what had been one of the NFL’s best defenses Sunday.