The Denver Broncos notched their straight win after trouncing the Las Vegas Raiders, 34-18, at Empower Field at Mile High on Sunday.
Rookie quarterback Bo Nix went 19-of-27 for 206 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for a score. Star cornerback Patrick Surtain II, meanwhile, had two interceptions, including a 100-yard return for a touchdown to help the Broncos improve to 3-2.
There was high tension during the game, particularly between Nix and Broncos coach Sean Payton, who had a heated verbal spat with less than two minutes in the third quarter after an incomplete play.
But after the win, the 61-year-old Payton downplayed it as just another day in the office, saying, “it’s part of the deal,” as quoted by a report from ESPN’s Jeff Legwold .
The Super Bowl champion coach also compared the 24-year-old Nix to the main character in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a classic movie about a rebellious teenager.
When asked about his animated interaction with Payton, Nix kept it simple.