The New York Jets took a 6-0 lead over the Denver Broncos into halftime at the Meadowlands in Week 4. Aaron Rodgers had a particularly quiet half, completing just eight of 16 passes for 81 yards. He was also sacked three times in the rain, but somehow, the quarterback on the other sideline was even worse.
Much worse even.
Broncos' rookie quarterback Bo Nix completed 7-of-15 passes for negative-seven passing yards. That's not a typo. Nix's longest completion of the game went for two yards. Four of his completions were for negative yardage.
Tortured viewers and curious box score-checkers were amazed by the numbers. Or lack there of.
Bo Nix, who is 7-of-15 for minus-7 passing yards, is the first quarterback to have multiple completions in the first half and throw for negative yards since at least 2000.
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) September 29, 2024
The Broncos are losing but the good news is that Bo Nix has a three stroke lead in the Masters on a Sunday pic.twitter.com/1YEj6LtuAo
— Steven Ruiz (@theStevenRuiz) September 29, 2024
Bo Nix’s longest completed pass is for zero yards and he’s completed four passes for negative yardage. ESPN lists the Broncos’ receiving leader as the players who were targeted on incomplete passes pic.twitter.com/hvXAxhVxSo
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 29, 2024
RT if you have more passing yards than Bo Nix pic.twitter.com/pTwe0aTiZB
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) September 29, 2024
The good news is that Nix won't need a huge second half to improve his numbers and the Broncos are still in the game. The bad news is that the Broncos might not be able to do anything to improve either situation.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Bo Nix Had a Historically Bad Half With Negative Passing Yards vs. Jets.