In the wake of Saturday's exhibition game, ESPN 's Seth Walder has voiced a gloomy misgiving over the legitimacy of Nix as a franchise quarterback. In an article laying out future NFL power rankings, Walder offered up a bold take for the Broncos.

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Further compounding the issue is that the Broncos had a rather unenviable rushing attack in 2024, one that required a whole lot of repairing over the last several months. Jared Dubin of CBS Sports feels that Denver's ground game will remain its most significant obstacle heading into 2025.

Nix was the fifth quarterback selected in the first round, going 12th overall to the Denver Broncos after Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Michael Penix Jr., and J.J. McCarthy. Yet Broncos head coach Sean Payton believes he may have landed the best of the bunch.

IN 2024, THE Broncos hold the twelfth pick in the first round. Payton has met with Caleb Williams and Drake Maye, out of diligence. He knows both will be gone when the Broncos pick, but he plugged them into his processing formula anyway.

Going into the 2025 NFL season, Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix has a 56.8 " Total QBR " rating following his rookie campaign last fall. That puts Nix in the bottom half of the NFL's projected starters, 18th out of 32 QBs.

ESPN's Jeff Saturday says Bo Nix and the #Broncos don't deserve to make the playoffs over the Bengals. "Ain't nobody trying to watch Bo Nix, a rookie quarterback, play over Joe Burrow.