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By all accounts, Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix had a brilliant rookie season. Nix threw 29 touchdown passes (second most by a rookie in NFL history) and led the Broncos to the playoffs with a 10-7 record.
Nix and Co. came up short in the postseason, though, losing 31-7 to the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the NFL playoffs. After that loss, Nix was asked how satisfied he was with his rookie season.
The 24-year-old quarterback had a perfect response.
“Well, the simple answer is we didn’t win a Super Bowl,” Nix said. “So there’s a lot to learn from, a lot to grow from.”
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After getting “The Call” from the Broncos on draft day last year, Nix told the team’s front office, “You wanna win a Super Bowl? All right. Let’s go.”
Nix failed to win a title in his rookie season, but there are still plenty of positives to take away from his first year in the NFL.
“The cliché good answer would be we had a winning season, we made it to the playoffs, we did something that we haven’t done in a while,” Nix said of the 2024 season. “We competed hard against teams that are really good. We just kind of showed [and] proved to ourselves that we belong in some of these games. You play this game to reach the highest level, so I don’t want to be complacent, and I don’t want to ever be just comfortable and satisfied and happy with something that looks good on the outside.
“You play this game to win, and everybody’s working for a Super Bowl. We owe that to ourselves because of the time that we put into it. Unfortunately only one team can do that at the end of the year, so every [year], 31 teams are going home disappointed. It’s a lot to grow from, a lot to build from. I’m excited where we are. Like I said, I’m excited to be here at this time because our trajectory is going up. I’m excited for it. A lot of things we have out in front of us, a lot to look forward to which I’m pumped about.”
Nix will now get an end-of-season break before returning to the team for the start of the offseason program in the spring. Next season, the bid to win a Super Bowl will resume.