Quarterback Bo Nix is seeking to construct off of a strong rookie marketing campaign after the twelfth general decide of the 2024 NFL Draft guided the Denver Broncos to a 10-7 report and a playoff berth.
A part of the Broncos’ makes an attempt to assist Nix this offseason concerned giving him new weapons by way of the signing of tight finish Evan Engram and the collection of working again RJ Harvey within the second spherical of this 12 months’s NFL Draft.
For a chunk printed on Monday, Nick Kosmider of The Athletic detailed how Engram, Harvey and others on the roster may assist Nix enhance his deep-ball effectivity as a second-year professional.
“He ranked twenty seventh amongst 36 certified QBs in EPA (anticipated factors added) per dropback on throws of 25 or extra air yards,” Kosmider wrote about Nix. “The hope for the Broncos is that the addition of ‘interior triangle’ targets like Engram and Harvey will get defenses out of a few of their two-high appears and open up clearer deep-ball photographs. If Nix can enhance his effectivity with these photographs, the Broncos can begin forcing defenses into more and more tough selections.”
Nix completed third in Offensive Rookie of the 12 months Award voting and gave the Broncos quite a few causes to imagine that he’ll show to be the membership’s long-term reply at quarterback. In keeping with Professional Soccer Reference, he ended his first professional common season ranked sixth within the NFL with 29 passing touchdowns, twelfth with 3,775 passing yards and 18th amongst certified gamers with a 93.3 passer ranking.
As Kosmider talked about, Nix was chargeable for highlight-reel landing passes thrown to large receiver Marvin Mims Jr. over a pair of December video games. Broncos head coach Sean Payton clearly needs to see extra of these so-called “large boy throws” from Nix this coming fall:
