Bo Nix has drawn comparability to Drew Brees early in his NFL profession, so it got here as little shock that the Denver Broncos’ second-year quarterback spent a while this offseason with the Corridor of Famer.
Brees gained a Tremendous Bowl whereas enjoying for Sean Payton for 15 seasons in New Orleans, and Payton noticed plenty of similarities between the 2 when drafting Nix with the twelfth total decide in final 12 months’s draft.
Nix led Denver to the playoffs as a rookie, throwing for 3,775 yards, 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions whereas finishing 66.3 % of his passes. Like Brees, Nix does not have elite arm power however has been praised for his imaginative and prescient, footwork, grasp of the offense and management talents.
Throughout his first full NFL offseason, Nix hung out with Brees and famous throwing teacher Tom Home whereas additionally internet hosting just a few days of exercises with a bunch of talent place gamers.
“He is somebody who works his tail off, needs to enhance and the entire offseason is deliberate out,” Payton stated Wednesday. “He is gone and visited Brees for 4 or 5 days and provides Tom Home in right here. There’s rather a lot that he needs to soak up in a quick time frame. That is an incredible factor for a younger participant like that.
“Him simply reaching out (to Brees) and simply coordinating a while to dive into the offense, the schedule, the calendar, his schedule and his work week in season. All of that’s simply stuff he is doing on his personal.”
Payton stated Nix visited with Brees in San Diego to be taught extra in regards to the offensive scheme and speak about enjoying quarterback within the NFL. As for Home, the well-known baseball teacher, Payton stated the main focus has been on mechanics and arm care work which will go unnoticed.
“There’s plenty of administration of your arm and supply. None of us will see precisely … there’s simply sure warmup methods if you’ll,” he stated. “You are not going to see a special launch. The arm take care of a pitcher may be totally different than the arm care of a quarterback. Then the way you would possibly heat up, there could also be some parallels, however I do not know that we’ll see it with our eyes.”
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