Bo Nix Shines in Preseason: Denver's Cautious Optimism

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00:00All right, so Denver, there's there's natural optimism here.

00:06It's been fake optimism the last several years, as you know, Jacob, just, you know, a lot

00:10of different GMs, coaches, quarterbacks this year.

00:14It's all about Bo Nicks.

00:15I will say that in the video highlights that I've seen of Nicks legitimately has looked

00:20good in the preseason, 205 passing yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions, and certainly

00:26nobody is picking the Broncos to win.

00:28Most people feel like this is a transition slash rebuild year for them.

00:33Should Broncos fans be optimistic with preseason stats because he would be the poster boy for

00:40the preseason this year?

00:43I think you can look at his performance and say, yeah, there are certainly reasons to

00:47be encouraged.

00:48I mean, you look at how he's performed.

00:50He's been hyper accurate.

00:51He has the second best passer rating in the preseason so far, 116.7 among qualified passers.

00:58But the big thing you got to remember is it is still just the preseason.

01:02And you can just look at the quarterback ahead of him in passer rating is like a cautionary

01:05tale of how, hey, maybe performing well in the preseason doesn't mean anything.

01:09Mac Jones currently leads the league in preseason passer rating with a 170 point or 120.7 rating.

01:17And look, I was a Mac Jones guy coming out of college, but it's no secret his time with

01:22the Patriots didn't exactly work out.

01:24And I'm not saying that Bo Nix is going to bust or anything here, but the competition

01:29level is going to kick up a little bit once the regular season actually starts.

01:33So I do think there will be growing pains, but I think you've seen kind of what you're

01:37going to see a little bit from Nix.

01:39He's an experienced five-year college starter.

01:42He has good mobility and he's a very accurate quarterback at his best.

01:45So maybe the Broncos floor is a little higher than we thought it was with Nix there because

01:51they still have Cortland Sutton and Tim Patrick is there and he's a rock solid weapon when

01:55healthy.

01:56So I think if he could take advantage of those guys, they'll be in okay shape.

02:00But you know, he's still a young quarterback on a team that has some holes on it.

02:04So I wouldn't get overly excited about this season if I'm a Broncos fan.