So Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels will both be starting....

Montana Tom wrote:
They are pretty enamored with Bo Nix in Denver (and for good reason). Don't get me wrong, I think JJM is going to be awesome long term. But I was a Bo Nix fan before the draft and it will be entertaining watching his career in Denver. That's three out of the top six QBs in this year's draft starting.  We won't see Penix for one or two years. I predict Drake Maye will implode...never understood the fascination with him. This was quite the QB class, wasn't it?

I've got zero problem with Bo Nix: good kid, good leader. He'll move the chains. What's his ceiling, that's the question. More mobile than people give Nix credit for. I'd root a little harder for him if he didn't have Sean Payton as his coach.

purplefaithful wrote:
Man, I just think its way to early to label this QB class anything; generational (ala 1983) or bust (ala 2021) Ask me in 2026...

We'll have moved on to label the 2026 QB class prematurely.....don't you know how this works?  :P But I do think this QB class is going to turn out to be special. If you have the #5 and #6 QB selected be McCarthy and Nix? That's something.

MaroonBells wrote:
Yeah, I think Andy Dalton is an excellent comp to what I was thinking. Like Nix, Dalton was 24 when he was drafted. Played really well early on, even went to the Pro Bowl as an alternate, and everyone wondered why he was the 5th QB taken. But then he really kind of settled in to what he would always be: a very good game manager with unremarkable athleticism and arm talent. I think Nix can be better than Dalton, but the Red Rifle is probably the closest comp to what I was thinking.  And for what it's worth, Dalton is the only QB from that draft still playing. Newton, Gabbert, Ponder, Locker...all were done years ago.

Nix is getting a ton of love from the media for his preseason performances and already claiming Payton is a genius, lol. The reasons team's passed on Nix is because of his age and his upside (or lack thereof)....the Andy Dalton comparison is a good one. But if Payton is willing to cater the offense to Nix's strong parts, he should have a decently productive offense. But you have to commit to that for Bo to reach his high end, which might be lower than the guys drafted before him.