The Denver Broncos acquired quite a lot of blowback for drafting Oregon quarterback Bo Nix at No. 12 general. The critics decried Sean Payton’s handpicked resolution, claiming the Broncos “reached” on Nix.
With the complete NFL offseason now within the books, nothing Nix has completed has known as Denver’s resolution to draft him within the first spherical into query. However what if the NFL was allowed a post-OTA do-over? A post-OTA re-draft?
Bleacher Report‘s Matt Holder undertook such a enterprise, and whereas he had the New England Patriots passing on Drake Maye at No. 3 general in a post-OTA re-draft, in addition to the Atlanta Falcons going a distinct course than Michael Penix Jr. at No. 8, Nix was nonetheless the decide for Denver at No. 12 general.
Others might disagree in regards to the coach’s and group’s analysis of the quarterback, however Nix does not look like giving Denver any purchaser’s regret up to now.
– Matt Holder/Bleacher Report
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Following the precise 2024 draft, Holder gave the Broncos a lackluster grade for his or her haul. With a C+, the B/R author, on one hand, claimed that Nix wasn’t a “first-round-caliber prospect,” whereas on the opposite, saying that the decide “made some sense.”
“With 5 quarterbacks going within the prime 10, the Denver Broncos determined to succeed in for Oregon signal-caller Bo Nix. In a vacuum, it is a shock as a result of Nix merely is not a first-round-caliber prospect. He was the 61st-ranked prospect on the B/R board and one who carries loads of danger.
“Given the dearth of quarterback expertise after the highest six, although, flipping the swap right here made some sense. That does not imply that it was a beneficial decide or one that may be certain that Denver turns the proverbial nook,” Holder wrote on April 28.
Holder’s fuzzy math apart, the underside line is that Nix was at all times going within the first spherical. Payton has stated that individuals who say in any other case “do not know what they’re speaking about,” divulging data the Broncos had gathered of groups behind them planning on taking the Heisman Trophy finalist.
“Once I hear individuals say, ‘This man, he might have gotten within the second or third spherical,’ I do know they don’t know what they’re speaking about,” Payton stated on the Unbreakable podcast.
For these draftniks nonetheless clutching pearls over Nix’s first-round worthiness, it should damage to learn nothing, and actually, I imply, nothing however good buzz in regards to the rookie through the offseason coaching program. From Payton to his offensive assistants to Nix’s veteran teammates and crew insiders, the rookie first-rounder has roundly acquired nothing however reward.
With Nix being “as marketed” up to now, Denver taking him once more in a post-OTA re-draft makes excellent sense. Payton was enamored with Nix. The veteran coach was so taken that he initially cooked up an concept to point out up on the QB’s home to announce the Broncos’ decide earlier than being finally dissuaded by NFL insider Jay Glazer.
Nix hasn’t been named the starter but, so he nonetheless has that impediment forward of him. The Broncos’ quarterback competitors is about to renew later this month when coaching camp begins on July 26.
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