Bo Nix had a great take on expectations for the 2025 Broncos
After quarterback Bo Nix impressed in his rookie season and the Denver Broncos made the NFL playoffs for the first time since 2015 last fall, there are heightened expectations for the team going into the 2025 campaign.
Broncos coach Sean Payton has pushed back on the notion of "picking up where the team left off" in 2024, noting that every year marks a fresh season with new challenges. Nix has clearly taken that message to heart.
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When he was asked about expectations for the team and himself after an OTA practice last week, Nix had a perfect response.
'It's a loaded question because each year you start over," Nix said last Thursday. "Nobody really knows what anybody has. That's why you go out there and play the season. If we were all what people said we were going to be, we wouldn't play the season. We would just finish with the final standings of what they said we were going to be. So that's why you play the game. That's why you go out there and go through a full season. We're going to learn a lot from this time to the season. We're going to learn a lot once we get into the season and go.
"I have a buddy on the team and we talk about it all the time — we tell each other, 'You're still a nobody, you haven't done anything yet.' We have a lot to prove, and we have a lot to go out there and do. It's people like that who keep you in check. It's teammates that have your back and continue to motivate you because he's right. I haven't done anything up until this point, and I have a lot to prove and a lot to show. Every day it's working. Every day, it's finding a way to get better. You don't want to get to Year 2 or go down the road, and all of a sudden you got stuck and didn't get any better. So that's my focus right now. It's not even worrying about what people say. Just internally, I know I have a long way to go.'
Nix is going off a brilliant season in which he surpassed 4,200 yards from scrimmage and scored 34 touchdowns, but there is room for improvement, and he knows it. The QB has arguably already arrived, but the teammate telling him he hasn't accomplished anything yet is undoubtedly a strong motivation. It is true that Nix has not won a playoff game, and that will be among the QB's top goals in 2025.
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The ultimate goal is obviously winning the Super Bowl, and after getting knocked out of the postseason in the first round last year, fans in Denver will hope to see the team win in the playoffs this season. Nix and the Broncos will take it one step at a time.
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This article originally appeared on Broncos Wire: Denver Broncos: Bo Nix had a great take on 2025 expectations
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