Bo Nix has often been compared to Drew Brees. Sean Payton would know how much validity there is to the proposition.
As soon as Bo Nix became an NFL draft prospect, he was compared to Drew Brees. How much you could attribute the Nix/Brees comps to Sean Payton now being the head coach of the quarterback-needyHowever, despite Nix and Brees being very different players, there are some similarities to their respective games. On Tuesday, Payton was asked if there's anything about Nix that reminds of Brees.
Translation? Nix's passion for and enjoyment of the entire process reminds Payton of Brees, the quarterback he coached for 15 years with the. Payton didn't stop there, though. He also pointed to Nix's accuracy, maturity, and relative experience as commonalities, too. Indeed, Nix entered the 2024 draft as the most experienced college quarterback of all time. Those 61 career starts Payton referenced are an NCAA record.
Oddly, that Pro Bowl campaign came on the heels of the Chargers drafting Eli Manning at No. 1 overall, trading him to the, and acquiring the No. 4 overall pick Philip Rivers in exchange, along with some other compensation. Brees had something to prove, and he did just that, keeping Rivers on the bench with aplomb.
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