Opinion·Column
The Floor Is 68: Nix, Waddle, and a Broncos Defense
Bo Nix, Jaylen Waddle, and the Broncos defense all finished at zero. John Mitchell didn’t need much more than that.
Nora Reed|Columnist|September 14, 2026|4 min
Keeps finding a way to mention Devyn isn’t done.
Sixty-eight is a rough week even in a 10-team league. Devyn got there the hard way: Bo Nix 0, Jaylen Waddle 0, Broncos D/ST 0, Puka Nacua 7.4. Chase Brown and Bucky Irving were fine, around 13 each, which is the part that makes it worse. The rest of the lineup just didn’t show up.
John Mitchell didn’t have to do anything fancy. Chuba Hubbard 20.7, Zay Flowers 21, Evan McPherson 19.5, 105.56 on the board. In a normal week that’s a middle-of-the-pack score. This week it was a beating, and then he probably went back to work.
I wouldn’t write Devyn off after one Monday. He still has Nacua, Irving, Chase Brown, and Jayden Daniels sitting on the bench with 17.66 that he didn’t use. That’s a lot of team to have a 68-point night. Morgan’s 1–0 is sitting there too, which I care about less than I probably should.
