Bo Nix has drawn comparability to Drew Brees early in his NFL profession, so it got here as little shock that the Denver Broncos’ second-year quarterback spent a while this offseason with the Corridor of Famer.
Brees received a Tremendous Bowl whereas taking part in for Sean Payton for 15 seasons in New Orleans, and Payton noticed plenty of similarities between the 2 when drafting Nix with the twelfth total decide in final 12 months’s draft.
Nix led Denver to the playoffs as a rookie, throwing for 3,775 yards, 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions whereas finishing 66.3 p.c of his passes. Like Brees, Nix does not have elite arm power however has been praised for his imaginative and prescient, footwork, grasp of the offense and management talents.
Throughout his first full NFL offseason, Nix frolicked with Brees and famous throwing teacher Tom Home whereas additionally internet hosting a number of days of exercises with a gaggle of ability place gamers.
“He is somebody who works his tail off, desires to enhance and the entire offseason is deliberate out,” Payton mentioned Wednesday. “He is gone and visited Brees for 4 or 5 days and provides Tom Home in right here. There’s lots that he desires to soak up in a quick time frame. That is an important factor for a younger participant like that.
“Him simply reaching out (to Brees) and simply coordinating a while to dive into the offense, the schedule, the calendar, his schedule and his work week in season. All of that’s simply stuff he is doing on his personal.”
Payton mentioned Nix visited with Brees in San Diego to study extra in regards to the offensive scheme and speak about taking part in quarterback within the NFL. As for Home, the well-known baseball teacher, Payton mentioned the main target has been on mechanics and arm care work that will go unnoticed.
“There’s plenty of administration of your arm and supply. None of us will see precisely … there’s simply sure warmup methods if you’ll,” he mentioned. “You are not going to see a special launch. The arm look after a pitcher could be totally different than the arm care of a quarterback. Then the way you would possibly heat up, there could also be some parallels, however I do not know that we’ll see it with our eyes.”
–Area Degree Media
