the Denver Broncos entered the offseason in need of a new quarterback after parting ways with Russell Wilson, and it seems like they found their guy, selecting Oregon Ducks quarterback Bo Nix with the No. 12 pick in the NFL Draft. And it sounds like head coach Sean Payton is quite happy with his new quarterback.
After the draft, Sean Payton had some high praise for Bo Nix about what he thinks the new quarterback will bring to the team.
“You pay close attention to all the film study,” Payton said according to the Denver Broncos team website. “Obviously, he’s played a lot of football, but [he stood out in] sack differential, turnover differential, accuracy, third-down passing. [He was] first, first, first, first in this class. First in end-of-half, first in end-of-game, two-minute situations, second in red zone. Then let’s do another passing statistic and remove a lot of the short, underneath throws. Obviously, that’s part of what they do offensively, and you remove that, and you come back with the analytics and it’s still first. I would say his arm strength — we saw it at the Pro Day, but even in the private workout — was very good.”
Nix obviously had a lot of success at the college level, particularly at Oregon. We’ll have to see how he performs at the professional level.
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