Denver Broncos fans exhaled collectively when Bo Nix finally ended their quarterback nightmare in 2024. The rookie sensation brought stability to a position that had plagued the franchise for nearly a decade,

Players who display incremental improvements within their first season are ideal candidates to break out in their sophomore season. That’s how star corner Patrick Surtain II views Broncos quarterback Bo Nix.

Nix's first quarter of the 2024 season was emblematic of that learning curve, but he still managed to balance the scales by getting the Broncos to 2-2. From there, Nix hit the month of October, and before long, head coach Sean Payton had removed most of the guardrails he'd laid around the playbook.