The Denver Broncos drafted Bo Nix with their 12th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, and this will end up being his biggest issue during his career. It looks like Nix was the Broncos target all along. The team ended up being able to stay put with their first-round pick and select him.

Jon Cooper goes so far back with Sean Payton, he remembers when the Broncos coach was the second-smartest guy in the room. “I watched him play football in high school (in Chicago), that’s how far back I go with Sean,

Bo Nix was been compared to Drew Brees after reports emerged that Sean Payton was interested in the quarterback before the NFL draft. The comparisons intensified after the Denver Broncos used their first round pick to select Nix in the 2024 NFL draft.

Broncos coach Sean Payton sees some similar traits between rookie Bo Nix and his former quarterback and likely future Hall of Famer Drew Brees.

As for Broncos head coach Sean Payton, he's also been pretty excited about Nix. Asked this week whether he sees any similarities between Nix and Drew Brees, the quarterback who led the New Orleans Saints for most of Payton's tenure, the coach said he sees both similarities and differences.

A year after finishing with a middling 8-9 record, Denver still does not have many assets for the future, thanks to the disastrous Russell Wilson trad e. And even though Sean Payton is a proven coach with a Super Bowl ring, his leash will get dramatically shorter if the Broncos get off to another slow and disappointing start this season.

The Denver Broncos drafted Bo Nix in the 2024 NFL Draft, and that means big expectations for the rookie QB. That's not intentional, though, but there is a price that you have to pay when you're the newest Denver Broncos quarterback.

With the 12th overall pick in April's NFL Draft, Denver welcomed Bo Nix, a promising quarterback whose collegiate journey spanned from Auburn University to the University of Oregon. Despite the 2023 draft brimming with potential franchise quarterbacks,