Back to the Denver Broncos Newsfeed

Payton not trying to ‘over-coach’ his young QB

There is such a thing as over-coaching, and Sean Payton knows it.

So that’s why he wants to be careful not to do it.

And even though Bo Nix has work to do with his feet and has plenty of things he can improve, Payton knows he has a QB with great potential, and he doesn’t want to take away the fire.

Like lowering his shoulder into rookie DB Kool-Aid McInstry because they played against each other in high school and McInstry had been “talkin smack” to him all game.

Nix on lowering his shoulder into a DB and then *almost* handing him the ball:

"I was just messing with him.