The Denver Broncos‘ locker room was dejected following the team’s last-second 16-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon.
That’s good.
“We’ve got to go back to work,” quarterback Bo Nix said following the loss. “All we want to see is effort, intensity, passion and love for the game of football. That’s what they’re going to continue to get from me and everybody in the locker room. It doesn’t hurt you if you don’t care. It doesn’t hurt if it doesn’t mean anything to you. It doesn’t hurt if you don’t put in the work and want the good result. Everyone in that locker room is hurt because we do all that stuff.
“We put in the energy, the effort, out there practicing in the snow, doing all this stuff and it’s hard, it’s difficult. Eventually, it’s going to go in our favor but right now, it hasn’t. The easy thing to do is give in and stop, say that it’s too hard. I feel like our locker room is going to respond better and consistently find ways to improve, find ways to keep going toe-to-toe with teams like this. One time, it’ll go our way.”
That’s the perfect mentality for Nix and Co. to have for the final seven games of the season. The Broncos will get to play the Chiefs again (in Week 18), but attention now turns to Sunday’s showdown with the Atlanta Falcons.
Denver’s players have been putting in the work, and they came oh-so-close to a huge upset win on Sunday. The loss hurt, and the Broncos now want to get a bad taste out of their mouth. The first opportunity to do so is the Falcons game. Expect Denver to bounce back in Week 11.
