ENGLEWOOD – Bo Nix has had a lot of games to remember since he became a starting high school quarterback as an eighth grader in Alabama in 2014. The game on Sept. 8, 2024, hardly was one of them.
Making his NFL debut in the season opener for the Broncos, Nix in a 26-20 loss at Seattle completed 26 of 42 passes for just 138 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions and his 47.5 passer rating turned out to be his lowest as a rookie.
“Even after that game, he always stayed level-headed, he never road the highs and lows’’ said Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II. “He stayed consistent in his craft.”
Flash forward and what a difference a year has made. Heading into Sunday’s opener against Tennessee at Empower Field at Mile High, Nix has been called “a franchise quarterback” by general man