DENVER — Sparks were flying on the Broncos’ sideline on Sunday. But this time, Sean Payton wasn’t the one doing the yelling.

In the third quarter of Denver’s 34-18 win over the Las Vegas 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.

Following the win, Payton shed 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 and looked at me and said ‘I love you,’ and I said ‘I love you back,'” Nix said.

The exchange stemmed from Nix’s decision to flip Payton’s play call. Nix said Payton originally wanted him to throw the ball in the boundary, the short side of the field. However, there was confusion in the huddle, leading Nix to switch the play and throwing an incompletion to Franklin on third-and-3 with under two minutes to go in the quarter.

“There’s still a little bit of Ferris Bueller in this player that we got to get rid of,” Payton said, comparing Nix to the main character of the 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off." “Ferris (was) kind of quirky, doing his own thing once in a while.”

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