Bo Nix has led the Denver Broncos to the playoffs in each of his NFL seasons to this point, however he nonetheless has loads of room to develop to be counted by all as one of many elite QBs within the NFL.
All however irrational Patriot followers, agree the Matthew Stafford was the very best QB within the NFL in 2025. I mentioned this earlier this month. So let’s have a look at a number of areas the place Nix can enhance in 2025.
In keeping with Sumersports.com Nix had 478 pure dropbacks and 186 play-action passes – 28% playaction. This doesn’t issue within the 5 RPOs as Nix had 669 dropbacks in 2025 and 478 + 186 is 664. 669 was most within the NFL. Dak Prescott was second with 657. One apparent means that Nix can “improve” is for the Broncos to have a greater working recreation. A run recreation that the opposing protection fears makes play motion a lot more practical.
For individuals who don’t know, EPA is predicted factors added which seems at how yards gained or misplaced on a play affected the historic likelihood of scoring factors on a drive. EPA within the NFL stands for Anticipated Factors Added. It’s a sophisticated soccer statistic that measures the online level worth gained or misplaced on a single play based mostly on the sport’s present scenario.
The QBs whose offense used playaction probably the most in 2025 have been Stafford and Daniel Jones. They have been the one two above 36%. Evaluate that to Joe Burrow whose offense solely used playaction 17.6% of the time (see under).
The Ravens had among the finest run video games within the NFL in 2025 and that helped Lamar Jackson get the very best EPA/play on playaction passes – 0.55. Lamar had an astounding 79% completion charge on playaction passes. Bo Nix had an EPA/play on playaction of 0.07 which was nineteenth of 24 qualifiers. I’m guessing that a lot of Bo’s lack of success was do to the protection not respecting the run recreation. Though J.Okay. Dobbins and RJ Harvey each confronted a excessive proportion of stacked containers, so perhaps Bo was simply not excellent (but) at playaction throws. The dashing information under is from NFL Subsequent Gen Stats. Stacked containers (8+ defenders) are a present of respect for the RB and disrespect for the QB.
Discover that Javonte Williams didn’t face many stacked containers and this contributed to his elevated success in Dallas final season.
Throwing Into Tight Home windows
One other space the place Nix can enhance is his confidence on throwing into tight home windows. NGS has a measure for this they usually name it aggressiveness: Aggressiveness tracks the quantity of passing makes an attempt a quarterback makes which might be into tight protection, the place there’s a defender inside 1 yard or much less of the receiver on the time of completion or incompletion. AGG is proven as a % of makes an attempt into tight home windows over all passing makes an attempt.
Intermediate Distance Throws
One other space the place Bo can enhance is intermediate depth throws (goal is 10 to 19 yards from LOS). In keeping with SISdatahub.com, Bo was twenty fourth of 29 qualifiers on intermediate throws with an IQR (their proprietary passer score) of 66.
IQR: Sports activities Information Options’ proprietary quarterback metric builds on the normal Passer Score system by contemplating the worth of a quarterback unbiased of outcomes outdoors of his management resembling dropped passes, dropped interceptions, throwaways, and many others.
This was poor, even in comparison with different first or second yr QBs.
Bo additionally solely threw 37% of his intermediate throws to the center of the sector. Solely Michael Penix had a decrease proportion final season at 35%. Jared Goff and Dak Prescott threw far more to the center of the sector on center distance throws – 69% and 68%. In Bo’s case, I don’t know the way a lot of this was his reluctance to throw there and the way a lot of this was playcalling and/or receivers’ lack of ability to get open there since he was reluctant throw into tight home windows. Hopefully Jaylen Waddle helps open up the intermediate distance center of the sector for Bo.
On deep throws, Bo had an IQR of 88 which was twelfth of 29. Justin Herbert had the very best in 2025 at 120 whereas Jaxson Dart’s 45 was the worst. Bo had 70 deep throws and accomplished 25 of them, however I bear in mind roughly 10 drops on deep throws. Stafford had probably the most deep completions with 36 final season on 78 throws (which was probably the most). Solely 4 QBs accomplished 50% or extra of their deep throws in 2025 – Brock Purdy, Sam Darnold, Drake Maye and Lamar Jackson.
I tabulated on the passing charts for each common season recreation for Nix in 2025 (at NGS) and under is the breakdown. Bo did enhance later within the season on throws past 10 yards from the LOS.
Evaluate Nix in recreation two to Nix in video games 14 and 15:
The change might even have been taking what the protection was giving, however it’s fairly dramatic from the start of the season with virtually no throws longer than 10 yards from the LOS to loads within the later season video games.
What are do you suppose Bo will enhance probably the most on in 2025? Let me know within the feedback.
