Bo Nix is the oldest of the six quarterbacks chosen within the first spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft, however the Denver Broncos really feel age is only a quantity.
“You have a look at it, it is arduous as a result of that is new, however 24 years outdated isn’t that outdated for soccer,” Broncos basic supervisor George Paton instructed Mike Klis of KUSA-TV in Denver. “To me the age, they will be extra, particularly with a man like Bo Nix, 61 begins, we really feel like he’ll be extra game-ready than if we had been going to draft a 21-year-old.”
Klis added three of the QBs taken within the first spherical of the draft — Caleb Williams (Chicago Bears), J.J. McCarthy (Minnesota Vikings) and Drake Maye (New England Patriots) — are 22 or youthful and have two full seasons as faculty starters. Denver could really feel Nix’s expertise offers him a shorter studying curve.
“If you watch him, it is fairly calming,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton stated of the twelfth total choose, by way of The Athletic’s Nick Kosmider. “He is very environment friendly. You see a ton of NFL throws in [Oregon’s] offense. He is making the throws we’ll ask him to make.”
