“Sometimes it’s my love language”

Sparks flew on the Broncos sideline on Sunday. But this time it wasn’t Sean Payton yelling.

During the third quarter of Denver’s 34-18 victory over the Raiders, rookie quarterback Bo Nix was seen arguing with the Broncos’ head coach after his potential touchdown pass slipped through the hands of wide receiver Troy Franklin.

After the win, Payton shed some light on his exchange with Nix, saying, “It’s part of the deal.”…Sometimes it’s my love language.”

Nix jokingly downplayed the discussion between him and Payton.

“He turned around and looked at me and said ‘I love you,’ and I said ‘I love you too,'” Nix said.

The exchange stemmed from Nix’s decision to overturn Payton’s play call. Nix said that Payton originally wanted him to throw the ball into the boundary, the short side of the field. However, there was confusion in the huddle, which led to Nix changing the game and throwing an incompletion toss to Franklin on third-and-3 with less than two minutes left in the quarter.

“There’s still a little bit of Ferris Bueller in this player that we need to get rid of,” Payton said, comparing Nix to the lead character in the 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” “Ferris was kind of quirky and acted out every now and then own thing.”