Should Patriots Draft Bo Nix in the 2nd Round?
Should Patriots Draft Bo Nix in the 2nd Round?
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00:00 Passed the first round, now we're moving into the Day 2 prospects.
00:03 First one we're going to talk about is Bo Nix.
00:06 Now, I saw Dane Brugler, who I love his stuff.
00:09 He is one of the most knowledgeable draft resources on the planet, I think.
00:13 He actually had the Patriots in, I think it was his latest mock draft,
00:16 taking Marvin Harrison Jr. and then Bo Nix.
00:19 And I feel like he's one of the most polarizing guys in this class,
00:22 where I see people being like, "Uh, no, I'm going to have him higher than other people.
00:25 I really like him."
00:26 And other people are like, "Yeah, no, he's fine.
00:28 But let's pump the race a little bit."
00:30 So, where do you stand on him?
00:33 I feel like I'm kind of like a Bo Nix centrist.
00:36 I think he's okay.
00:38 I don't think he's that bad.
00:40 I wouldn't take him in the first round.
00:41 I don't think, like...
00:43 I see a world where at the very back end of the first round,
00:46 if you want to take the swing, I wouldn't do it, but I get it.
00:50 I mean, shoot, if Kenny Picken can go in the first round,
00:53 Bo Nix can go in the first round.
00:54 He's more talented than that.
00:57 But he's kind of...
00:59 I'll start with he kind of has the Jaden Daniels thing of like,
01:02 you've played a lot of football,
01:04 and you're still a little bit inconsistent in certain areas.
01:07 To me, the inconsistency with Bo is more...
01:13 Jaden Daniels will...
01:15 His decision-making will fluctuate,
01:17 and you won't know exactly what you're going to get.
01:19 With Bo, it's just like he is a little bit late
01:21 and just won't trigger on certain stuff.
01:24 And obviously, I think part of that is the Oregon offense.
01:26 It kind of runs a BS offense.
01:28 And so, when they actually call real concepts,
01:31 he just isn't as practiced on them
01:33 as he is on some of the other stuff,
01:35 some of the simpler stuff that he's doing.
01:37 And I think he's not all the way confident in it.
01:39 And I think you can see that hurt him,
01:41 especially on some throws outside the numbers.
01:44 Those are the hardest throws to make if you're going to be late
01:47 because the sideline is like the extra defender.
01:49 So, those are really tough.
01:51 The other thing with Nix is his footwork is really...
01:55 He'll get really bouncy,
01:57 and he'll be late because of his feet,
01:59 which I think is really annoying.
02:00 And I said earlier that you can fix footwork.
02:03 You can fix drop-back footwork,
02:04 and I think that's really his biggest issue.
02:06 But again, he's played for five seasons in multiple systems.
02:09 Like, you're 23, 24 years old, man.
02:12 You should have this a little bit more figured out
02:14 than you do at this point.
02:17 So, that's some of the stuff that does bother me with Nix.
02:21 He's like... When you have these older players,
02:23 like I said, who don't feel complete yet,
02:26 that is always going to bother me.
02:27 At the same time, he's got the tools, dude.
02:30 Like, he's built.
02:32 I think he kind of has the same dimensions as Jalen Hurts.
02:37 I don't think he's quite as rocked up as Jalen Hurts is,
02:40 but that dude can squat 600 or whatever.
02:41 So, it's a little bit of a different category.
02:46 But I think he's kind of similar in that sense.
02:49 Athletically, I think he's really quick, and he's very...
02:52 It's not just that he's quick,
02:53 but he kind of has the Caleb-ish quality to him
02:56 where as soon as he sees color flash, he knows to go.
02:58 And he knows where to go, and he'll get out.
03:00 He's very agile, all that sort of stuff.
03:02 In the open field, he's like a pretty good runner.
03:05 He can get you for 20 yards if you let him.
03:08 He's not going to be Jaden Daniels,
03:09 but he can go get yards if you need him to.
03:11 And I think in the NFL nowadays,
03:13 you've got to have a guy who can at least go get you 10
03:15 when you need it every now and then.
03:17 And I think he can go do that.
03:18 Then you can use him as a designed runner
03:20 a little bit in the red zone.
03:21 And I think that's pretty valuable.
03:23 In terms of his arm talent, I think it's pretty good.
03:26 Again, I don't think it's elite,
03:28 but he can rip some of the posts they put in this offense.
03:31 He can rip some throws over the middle.
03:32 I think especially off-platform, he's one of those guys where...
03:36 You know, sometimes you see quarterbacks
03:37 who have even good arms.
03:38 When they throw off-platform, they just lose a little something
03:41 or they lose a little bit of control.
03:43 I don't think that's an issue with Nix.
03:44 I think he throws pretty well outside the pocket and on the move.
03:47 I think he can maintain that sort of stuff.
03:50 So, he's to me a dice roll I'm kind of willing to take on day two.
03:56 On day two.
03:57 I want to be clear about the day two.
03:58 Because I just think when you look at the tools,
04:01 you know, the athletic ability, the arm talent,
04:04 some of his creativity, I think is actually pretty impressive.
04:07 I think it's worth seeing if you can get something out of him.
04:11 Again, I think you might have to simplify the offense for him a little bit.
04:14 Probably never going to be an elite processor.
04:16 But you could reasonably get, I think,
04:18 a decent starting quarterback play out of him.
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04:39 So, in this hypothetical situation,
04:42 if the Patriots have their shot at Drake May or Jaden Daniels,
04:46 and they decide we're going to get a ridiculous wide receiver,
04:49 maybe even if it's like a Jowalt or someone like that,
04:51 where it's like you walk into the NFL
04:53 and you're one of the best players at your position, day one,
04:56 and then they do get Boatniks.
04:58 Is that going to be the kind of thing where if you're a Pats fan,
05:00 you're like, I can talk myself into it, maybe?
05:02 Or is it like, no, that's a decent choice.
05:04 Like, you know, you don't, I feel like because there's all these super-powered quarterbacks,
05:08 like you think you need that generational guy,
05:10 but it's still a team sport.
05:11 Like if you've got a good offensive line, good protection,
05:13 you're not running for your life,
05:15 and you've got a one-star receiver and a bunch of guys who do their job,
05:18 is that the kind of situation where you think they're a legitimate playoff contender
05:21 moving forward pretty quickly?
05:23 Or is it like, yeah, but you passed up on a kind of player
05:26 that could be in certain ways a generation, not generational prospect,
05:29 but like a potential blue-chip prospect if you develop them well,
05:33 who could kind of rise all ships, even if the supporting cast isn't great.
05:36 Is it, that was a long-awaited question,
05:39 but how would you feel about either one of those scenarios?
05:42 I would not pass up on Drake May if he's there for Bo Nix.
05:47 I definitely would not do that.
05:48 But if either the, you know, the quarterbacks they want are gone,
05:51 or like you said, they draft DeWalt, whatever it is,
05:54 I do think you can get like reasonably productive play out of Nixon.
05:57 I actually, my comparison for him is Jalen Hurts,
06:00 because I think you would kind of build the offense the same way,
06:02 where you want to protect him up front, because he does kind of have like,
06:06 I don't think he's completely averse to pressure,
06:08 but he's a little bit inconsistent in some of the ways that he'll handle it within the pocket.
06:12 And so like, you kind of need to protect him the way that Hurts is protected in that sense.
06:17 And then I think the way that the offense functions in Philadelphia,
06:20 at least last year when it was good, was a lot of like, okay, we're going to run RPOs.
06:24 We're going to throw a bunch of corner outs to our tight end, corners and sail routes.
06:28 We're going to throw as many go balls as we can get away with to our really good receivers.
06:32 And we're going to kind of try to just hone in on a few things and spam that over and over again,
06:37 and then use the quarterback in the run game.
06:38 I don't think Knicks is going to be as effective as Jalen Hurts,
06:42 but he can be as effective a runner as Daniel Jones, and Daniel Jones is a pretty dang good runner.
06:47 So I think that you can get that style of offense,
06:50 and you can get I think like top half offense out of a player like that. Again,
06:54 like I don't know, it's not like a certainty,
06:56 but I think that's like if you take that in the second round or something,
06:59 I don't think it's out of the realm of possibilities at all.
07:02 I don't think the Pats would have scoffed at last season.
07:03 I think that might have gotten them in the range where they couldn't get a really good quarterback
07:07 to hit somebody like that.
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