Bo Nix Week 1 QB Grade: Broncos vs. Titans

Week 1 is in the books for the Denver Broncos and year 2 starting QB Bo Nix. Fresh off a rookie campaign where he threw for 3,775 yards, 29 touchdowns, 12 interceptions with a 93.3 Passer Rating, he squares off against a pretty solid defensive squad in the Titans.

Let's take a look and see what we find for week 1 of the 2025 season.

Basics

C/A: 25/40 (62.5%)

Yards: 176

Touchdowns: 1

Turnovers: 3

QB at Fault Sacks: 1

Passer Rating: 60.0

True Passer Rating: 57.7

Time to Throw: 2.50s

Time to Pressure: 2.18s

Pressure Rate: 27.08%

18.52% Poor Play Rate vs. 1.85% Big Play Rate

Breakdown

• Nix missed a fairly open touchdown early on the first drive, a 1st and 15 throw from the Tennessee 15. A ball he sailed over his receiver, giving him no chance on the ball. Inaccuracy was a theme for Nix on the afternoon. He settled down a bit in the second half there, however there were more than a handful of throws he made that caused the receiver to make an extraordinary effort when hauling in the throw.

• The Tennessee front 4 were an issue all afternoon, making Nix bail from the pocket early and often, his good mobility saves him from a few sacks, but the back end of the defense made him pay under pressure, forcing 2 interceptions and the lone sack being a strip sack and recovery for the Titans.

• Nix's lone touchdown pass was a thing of beauty, a 22 yard strike to Courtland Sutton off a double move. A play that seemed like they were preparing the Titans defense for all first half. Nix pulled off a brilliant pump fake/strutter combo with Sutton, Sutton turned up field and past the CB (this probably should have been a defensive holding call) and Nix delivered a perfect ball over the top of the CB for a touchdown. Nix's first "Elite" throw of the year.

• Both of Nix's interceptions came off of him misreading the coverage not realizing a CB drifting with a clear out route peeled off it and/or passed it off to a Safety to cover the underneath, his first interception was also a misplaced throw that lead his receiver into a dangerous area leading to the interception.

• Nix wasn't very effective using his legs, but one play stands out. a 2nd and 18 in the 3rd Quarter. Nix navigated the pocket well and made 2 defenders miss in the open field, picking up 11 and giving his team a chance to convert the first down on the next play, which they would with a 7 yard completion from Nix.

• His last throw of the afternoon was a deep shot incompletion which he overthrew Marvin Mims, he also had Courtland Sutton wide open on the play deep but looks like he had pre-determined his throw. A tough double miss on a 4th down play that could have iced the game.

• All told this was a really tough game for Nix, scoring a -2.10/-2.90/-5.00, which would be a "Poor" game by my scoring. With 2 QB's left to grade on the week, this charts in as the worst graded game of week 1.