After one other disappointing season got here to an finish final 12 months for the Denver Broncos, the group’s brass felt it was time to place an finish to the Russell Wilson experiment within the Mile Excessive Metropolis and never waste any extra time throughout Sean Payton’s stint with the storied franchise.
In consequence, the Broncos selected to launch the one-time Tremendous Bowl champion and transfer in one other route on the quarterback place, which many believed would contain handing the keys over to journeyman Jarrett Stidham.
Nonetheless, the Broncos gave the impression to be enamored with the prospect of choosing a rookie quarterback within the 2024 NFL Draft, and that’s exactly what the entrance workplace in Denver did, with the group bringing in Bo Nix out of the College of Oregon.
With Nix receiving comparisons to New Orleans Saints legend Drew Brees and Payton seemingly liking what he sees from the previous Geese star, the Broncos selected to make him their first-round decide, which was one in all six gamers taken on the place within the 2024 NFL Draft.
On Sunday, Denver obtained their first take a look at their new rookie quarterback, as he took the sector towards the Indianapolis Colts and placed on a present main the group to 4 scoring drives whereas finishing 15 of his 21 go makes an attempt, prompting ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky to dub him the Broncos new starter below heart.
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— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) August 11, 2024
With the Broncos making Nix the starter for subsequent week’s sport towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers, Denver would possibly wish to get yet one more take a look at him earlier than making it official that he’ll be the Week 1 starter or at the least have some extra time to see how he does towards a distinct protection.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if the Broncos can proper the ship with Nix below heart as an alternative of Wilson, with the group desperately eager to get again on monitor within the AFC.
