Stop it.<\/p>\n
Last time I checked, Sean Payton is still the head coach of the team. He\u2019s 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\u2019s zero evidence a slump is in his future.<\/p>\n
And don\u2019t 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\u2019t had a slow September, Nix could\u2019ve easily eclipsed 4,000 passing yards and tossed 35 TDs.<\/p>\n
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?<\/p>\n
Oh by the way, Stroud still won a playoff game in his second season despite the supposed \u201cslump\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Plus, look at what Denver did this offseason. They gave Nix not one, but two legitimate NFL runnings backs in RJ Harvey<\/a> and J.K. Dobbins<\/a>. They added a proven tight end in Evan Engram<\/a>. And Marvin Mims Jr., Devaughn Vele and Troy Franklin all have another year of pro experience under their belts.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Nix did two things very well in year one that weren\u2019t talked about enough as part of his game coming out of college. He\u2019s got a way stronger arm than anyone forecasted, plus his ability to create plays with his legs was a massive surprise.<\/p>\n The good news is arm strength and mobility don\u2019t just disappear overnight for a 25-year-old rising star. Maybe we\u2019ll have to have those conversations in a decade, but they\u2019re a long ways off.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Yes, we\u2019re 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\u2019ve figured his game out.<\/p>\n I get it. It\u2019s 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\u2019t get here soon enough.<\/p>\n But that doesn\u2019t mean storylines out of thin air should suddenly become big talking points. A sophomore slump for Nix is a possibility, sure, but there\u2019s very little substance to back that up.<\/p>\n So rather than get sucked into something that\u00a0could happen, let\u2019s take a more positive outlook. Bo Nix is going to be a monster his second year in the league.<\/p>\n That \u201cslump\u201d talk will be a thing of the past about two games into the regular season after he tears up the Titans and Colts.<\/p>\n It\u2019s simply offseason fodder, nothing more.<\/p>\n
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