Nichols is injured on the big sack. Nichols does not have the mobility Streveler does and is sacked many more times and carted off the field.
Nichols without his checkdown Harris is killed.
Nichols also likely gets worse as the game goes on. Nichols consistently throws for under 200 and would have at the LDC. He also doesnt put up 65 yards running. We lose with Nichols. In what World does Nichols win when the D or Special teams dont score a TD?