The golden-haired prince, wearing Denver’s golden crown, didn’t deflect the shine. Bo Nix embraced it, just as he’s always done.
His peers officially think more highly of him than Dak Prescott, Jordan Love or Tua Tagovailoa, and such recognition on the NFL’s Top 100 was a “cool honor,” Nix affirmed Saturday.
But the 25-year-old also doesn’t want to be just the 64th-best player in the league, as he was ranked. All offseason long, veteran teammates from Mike McGlinchey to Pat Surtain II have lauded Nix’s sheer competitiveness behind the scenes. The world got a peek behind the curtain on Saturday.