Mile High Report
Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix did many things well as a rookie starting in the NFL, but throwing when pressured was not one of them. Through data that I scrubbed from a bluesky post which was pulled data from PFF (from behind their paywall) that was reposted from fball_insights.com.
This has data for 36 QBs, but some definitions are needed to make sense of this. First this is ONLY dropbacks during which the QB was pressured. The rate at which QBs were pressured in 2024 can be found here:
In the first table, here are some definitions for you.
The negatives are pretty obvious, Bo appears to have created a lot of pressure for himself and to avoid making TO-worthy throws he also avoided trying to make big time throws when pressures. This also explains why Jayden Daniels got more accolades than Bo last season. Daniels was one of the best in the league AS A ROOKIE, when pressured. When you are in the same category as Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen and better than Patrick Mahomes in your first NFL season – YIKES!.
The positive is that Bo has obvious things upon which to improve in his second year. I distinctly remember a play against the Ravens last season in the red zone where Bo ran out of bounds (self-sack) instead of throwing the ball away. Hopefully that will not happen this season. Additionally as the game continues to slow down for him, he will become more comfortable trying to make the big time throws when he is pressured. This also explains why Javonte Williams got so much playing time last season, since Sean Payton knew he needed to have his best pass pro RB in the game to help keep pressure away from Bo.
