Brian Baldinger: Is Bo Nix’s new mindset the KEY to the Denver Broncos’ beating the Seattle Seahawks

Zac Stevens (0:00)

Thursday Night Football just over 24 hours away, and we are here to break it down with our guy, Brian Baldinger. We're gonna do a live from the Xfinity Studio here inside the DNVR Bar. Zac Stevens joined by Henry Chisholm. We got Hen-er-ya here behind the camera, rocking and rolling with you. I can't believe how quickly these short weeks go, Henry.

Henry Chisholm (0:23)

Yeah, it's honestly awful. Like I still, I haven't finished watching the Seahawks stuff that I want to. Like you just feel unprepared. And I mean, they probably feel the same way.

Zac Stevens (0:33)

Yeah, they definitely do. I love it. It's like just a sprint from the end of Sunday's game till this one. And then you get to breathe after the weekend. But I mean, or after the game over the weekend, there's no breathing right now.

Henry Chisholm (0:44)

No, even like in the locker room yesterday, because we're only in there once this week.

It feels like a waste to be talking about the last game. Yeah, like you have so many questions about what just happened. But all of a sudden, one thing Mike McGlinchey said is that because they go so light at their one practice on Tuesday, in a lot of ways, there's more rest for a Thursday night game than for a Sunday game, because you don't actually do anything until the actual game on Thursday.

Zac Stevens (1:11)

Yeah, yesterday's only practice was technically a walkthrough.

Henry Chisholm (1:15)

Not even a practice. Right, exactly. Yeah. That's kind of interesting. But I mean, it just comes way too quick. I feel like I'm not ready.

Zac Stevens (1:22)

Well, we're going to dive into Bo Nix in just a second. I think that this short week and not being able to overthink things could actually help Bo a lot. But before we do a couple of news and notes and items to get to. But before we do that, I want to give a shout out. We've got Evan and Aiden in the studio from Washington. They're here to support the Broncos tomorrow and they're stopping by.

And so really cool to have you guys in here and meet you, talk to you. Also want to give a shout out to our friend The Count. It is his birthday today, so happy birthday, The Count. And let's dive into some news really quick. Talano Hufanga, according to Jeremy Fowler, is expected to miss two to three weeks. Henry, this is a little bit of good news, a little bit of bad news. Good news is he avoids IR if this timeframe does hold up, which would be good. Bad news is that Broncos won't have him for this week against the Seahawks, which I mean is crucial with going up against JSN. They're also not going to have Pat Surtain. Neither of those are surprises, but it's unfortunate. And then next week against the Cardinals, that one should be okay not having him. And then the big one, that's if he misses two weeks. If he misses three weeks, he's going to miss the Chiefs game as well, which would be a killer with how the defense played against the Chiefs offense last time.

Henry Chisholm (2:40)

Yeah, I mean, he's just so important to this defense. Like there's so many things that he does that just kind of glue everything together. Like when you ask him to have a run fit on the edge, he can cover deep or he's so fast and quick twitch coming downhill that he can defend the run well also. So it's a big loss. I think it's a particularly big loss when you still don't have Pat Surtain.

And you hope Riley coming back this week is going to just be himself and there's nothing to worry about there. But the secondary is a little bit banged up and that's not something you ever like. It does seem like, I mean, Devin Key was the guy who subbed in last week for Huff when he went down. So you'd imagine it's gonna be a lot of Devin Key. Yeah, in the next couple of weeks.

Zac Stevens (3:21)

Yep, and GenX Hybe Mind in the Twitter chat says, what's his injury? It's an ankle injury. He actually suffered the injury after making a really good play, that tackle for a loss where he and DJ Jones got in the backfield late in the third quarter.

And they made the tackle and immediately when they all went down, DJ Jones popped up and was calling for medical attention because I don't know if Huff was screaming or if he saw something go wrong way. But the good news is not season ending, not IR, it appears. The bad news is Huff has been the best cover safety in the NFL this year in terms of like advanced metrics and not having that for JSN, not having Pats or Tan is a bummer. We're gonna dive into the matchup breakdown in just a second. One other piece of news to get to Kareem Jackson, speaking of safeties and good safeties, Kareem Jackson officially signed a one day contract to retire a Bronco today. The Broncos are going to have a little ceremony for him during the game tomorrow. I think this is really cool because Kareem Jackson spent more time as a Houston Texan, was drafted by the Texans and decided to retire a Bronco. It just shows how special this organization is.