Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix was awesome in his rookie season.

You know that by now, so does the entire NFL world.

So, maybe people are just bored, longing for training camp to get here then the preseason then the regular season.

But the talk of a Bo Nix “sophomore slump” is just silly.

Whether you’re shooting the breeze with a buddy discussing the 2025 Broncos, turn on the radio or Google “Bo Nix” it seems like this has become a popular narrative.

Stop it.

Last time I checked, Sean Payton is still the head coach of the team. He’s not going to let Nix regress in year number two. Coming off a campaign in which the former Oregon product threw for 3,775 yards, 29 touchdowns and completed 66.3 percent of his passes, there’s zero evidence a slump is in his future.

And don’t forget, Nix put up those numbers while not throwing his first NFL TD pass until Week 4 against the New York Jets. If he hadn’t had a slow September, Nix could’ve easily eclipsed 4,000 passing yards and tossed 35 TDs.

Where do these talking points even come from? Because Texans QB C.J. Stroud suffered a rash of injuries at wide receiver last year and came back to Earth a little bit?

Oh by the way, Stroud still won a playoff game in his second season despite the supposed “slump” and gave Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs a scare in the divisional round. If a slump means winning a postseason game, Broncos fans would likely take that with Bo Nix all day long.

Plus, look at what Denver did this offseason. They gave Nix not one, but two legitimate NFL runnings backs in RJ Harvey and J.K. Dobbins. They added a proven tight end in Evan Engram. And Marvin Mims Jr., Devaughn Vele and Troy Franklin all have another year of pro experience under their belts.

Throw in Courtland Sutton coming off a huge season, in which he had strong chemistry with Nix, and the mystery that is rookie wide receiver Pat Bryant, and Nix will have plenty of guys to throw the football to.

Nix did two things very well in year one that weren’t talked about enough as part of his game coming out of college. He’s got a way stronger arm than anyone forecasted, plus his ability to create plays with his legs was a massive surprise.

The good news is arm strength and mobility don’t just disappear overnight for a 25-year-old rising star. Maybe we’ll have to have those conversations in a decade, but they’re a long ways off.

If anything, Bo Nix could be a sleeper MVP candidate in year two with Payton. If the Broncos can dethrone the Chiefs from the top of the AFC West and win 12 or 13 games, Nix could enter those conversations.

Yes, we’re talking about a dream season in Denver, but that feels more realistic than Nix suddenly forgetting how to play football or NFL defenses unlocking some secret in which they’ve figured his game out.

I get it. It’s July and the sports world is boring. The NBA and NHL are done, baseball is in the dog days of summer and all kinds of football can’t get here soon enough.

But that doesn’t mean storylines out of thin air should suddenly become big talking points. A sophomore slump for Nix is a possibility, sure, but there’s very little substance to back that up.

So rather than get sucked into something that could happen, let’s take a more positive outlook. Bo Nix is going to be a monster his second year in the league.

That “slump” talk will be a thing of the past about two games into the regular season after he tears up the Titans and Colts.

It’s simply offseason fodder, nothing more.