After the Denver Broncos clinched a spot in the NFL playoffs with a 38-0 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, veteran wide receiver Courtland Sutton gave a brilliant response when asked about rookie quarterback Bo Nix.
Sutton’s answer was lengthy, but it’s worth reading the full message, transcribed below courtesy of Denver’s PR team:
I got to lay eyes on Bo during minicamp. I was like, ‘Man, he can throw that ball a little bit.’ Being able to get into training camp and see his determination to want to grow, to want to learn. He asks so many questions of just wanting to understand concepts. Watching him run through a play and then he’ll come back and start having conversations with us. I’m like, it’s hard to get some veteran quarterbacks to do some of those things. To see a young guy have so much drive and passion for the game, it makes everyone around you better. I think I might’ve said it before, but for your quarterback to be the guy that has that energy, that has that juice, that comes to work everyday with a smile on his face and a determination to get better… When your quarterback’s that guy, it makes everybody else in the entire building better. He’s that guy. He shows up to work, and he’s just determined to be the best him that he can be. It ultimately makes everyone around him better. I never wavered. It’s so funny hearing all the things of, ‘The Broncos are going to win four games, and three games, and two games. This, and this and that… Have a rookie quarterback, blah, blah, blah.’ I’m like, ‘Man, they had no idea what we had in this locker room and what we have in this locker room, and the type of player that Bo is.’
Bo isn’t your average rookie. He comes in to work like a veteran. If no one knew that Bo was a rookie this year, and you just saw how he worked, and saw how he played on the field, no one would say, ‘That’s a rookie.’ I admire that about him. I admire that he doesn’t allow the outside circumstances or the outside noise to try to determine the type of player that he’s going to be. He has so much more. I told you all before—it’s only the beginning. I’m so excited [that] I get to experience Bo Nix’s career. However long I get to experience it, I know he’s going to play a lot longer than I will. However long I get to experience it, it’s a fun experience to be on. It’s [as] fun [a] roller coaster to ride as you can say in. He has so much more. It’s only the beginning. This isn’t a farewell to Bo’s rookie season. He has a lot more in the tank going into [after] this rookie season. It’s dope to see him carry your organization and a team to the playoffs after not being in the playoffs for nine seasons.
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— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) January 6, 2025
Sutton said it well. Denver’s future is in good hands.
Nix finished his rookie season with 4,207 all-purpose yards and 34 total touchdowns. He will now look to build on those impressive totals when the Broncos go on the road to face the Buffalo Bills in the NFL playoffs.
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