The NFL has changed a lot throughout the years.
While the quarterback position has always been important, teams place an even greater emphasis on it in today’s NFL.
It is getting increasingly difficult for teams to make a run to the Super Bowl without a top-tier QB, which is why contracts for the position have grown exponentially.
With this mindset change at the forefront, teams are also getting less and less patient with young quarterbacks.
Take the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots, for example.
The Steelers and Patriots have drafted first-round quarterbacks in recent seasons, but after seeing them struggle over their first few years in the league, both teams have moved on to greener pastures.
Teams are increasingly apt to try again at quarterback, hoping to find someone who can make a difference in free agency or the draft.
Bo Nix is one up-and-coming quarterback prospect who is trying to make a name for himself in the league.
He isn’t expected to be taken in the first round, but there is growing optimism that he could be a diamond in the rough.
Nix recently revealed that his role model is his father, Patrick, who played football at Auburn, as a recent video from the NFL on ESPN pointed out.
Bo Nix’s role model is his father Patrick Nix who played football at Auburn pic.twitter.com/nDrXDsVRi6
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) April 15, 2024
Knowing Nix has a history of high-caliber athletes in his family should certainly help his case and could even improve his draft stock.
He did everything he could at the University of Oregon to showcase his skills, and he’s now forced to play the waiting game, hoping an NFL organization takes a chance on him in the draft.
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