Breaking: Broncos Urged to Sign Senior Bowl QB After Week of Buzz
The Denver Broncos have been linked to Bo Nix often and the Senior Bowl only intensified it.
Senior Bowl week offers a barometer on each prospect’s NFL draft stock. Considering the Denver Broncos needs at quarterback, it was an illuminating week.
Oregon’s Bo Nix was in Mobile, AL, last week for the Senior Bowl, and has been a catchy name sticking like glue to the Broncos of late. It’s no great surprise to find Chris Trapasso of CBS Sports matching the Ducks passer with Sean Payton’s team after seeing him perform this week.
Payton wants a play-within-the-system, get-it-out-quickly pocket passer, and sure, some athleticism to extend plays wouldn’t be the worst addition to the skill set. Acquaint yourselves with Nix, Broncos fans.
Now, of course I don’t know Denver’s draft intentions. But Nix fits the latter description to a T. And Payton can watch his entire collegiate career to witness the maturation Nix made from a Wilson-esque quarterback at Auburn to a methodical, calculated pocket passer always looking to throw the ball in a hurry based on where the defense dictated. After barely getting to 60% completion in his final season at Auburn, Nix completed 71.4% of this passes with the Ducks in 2022 and that rate jumped to 77.4% in 2023.
And given his athleticism and the magnitude of the position, Nix going No. 12 overall wouldn’t be shocking.
