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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix looked sharp in his first season in the NFL. The rookie earned an invite to the Pro Bowl as an alternate after surpassing 4,200 yards and scoring 34 touchdowns while leading his club to a playoff berth with a 10-7 record.
Nix was exactly what the Broncos hoped he would be, and general manager George Paton was pleased to see the QB’s poise throughout the year.
“You all saw it,” Paton said during his end-of-season press conference in January. “[It was a] pretty incredible rookie year. Bo was a pro the minute he walked in the building for rookie minicamp. You saw the poise throughout the season. Poise beyond his years. Poise for a rookie. Just the leadership. He was a captain as a rookie, and that’s tough. The team embraced him. You just look at that — the intangible piece — then you look at the talent [and] what he did on the field. A lot of the games looked like they did at Oregon. [He is] very accurate, can process [and] makes quicks decisions. He doesn’t put the ball in harm’s way too often. [He took the] third-least sacks. We talked about that all through the draft process.
“You saw the arm. He has really good arm talent. I think the thing that you search for through the draft process is he never flinched. We’d be behind in games — we always came back — didn’t always win them. We’re always looking for that it factor. I talked about it with you guys previously. You go to Kansas City. That tough environment, he brings us back in field goal range. The Raiders — you can name a bunch of games. Cincinnati, that’s a tough place to play and Bo — he raised the level of everyone around him. I feel like he has that it factor.”
There is, of course, still room for growth from Nix, and he plans to attack the offseason to continue growing as a pro.
“[For] things he needs to work on, the coaches will get with him,” Paton said. “He knows he has a lot to work on to get to where he wants to be. He has that as his mindset. He’s been here. It’s like, ‘Bo, you have to take a little break.’ He was here today. He was here yesterday. I’m sure he’ll get away from it and then jump into it.”
Nix will return to the team’s facility for offseason workouts later this spring, followed by minicamp and then training camp in the summer. After impressing as a rookie, Nix will aim to take another step forward in Year 2.