Back in 2022, Nik Bonitto flew across the country on pre-draft visits and told evaluators of his goals in the NFL. All-Pros, all that’s great, he said.
“I wanted to be a guy,” Bonitto told The Denver Post, “that could be a gold-jacket guy.”
A year later, he sat in front of new Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph riddled with self-doubt. He doubted Joseph’s affirmation, as he told Bonitto then in 2023, that he could be a double-digit sack guy in the NFL. He questioned whether he could even play after finishing with 1.