Great article. Nix is the same guy doing the same shit against backup players.
Let’s start with the completion rate. It’s a nice big number, which looks great. Any completion percentage that starts with a seven will draw some eyes. Nix completed eight of nine passes (88.9 percent) in the preseason game against the Packers, which is even cooler.
But let’s dive into those. To start, while Nix played with Broncos starters, it was against a Packers defense that did not play most of its starters and sat back in a passive version of Cover-3 for much of the game (eight of Nix’s 12 dropbacks).
Against Green Bay, Nix had an average depth of target of just 3.8 yards, per TruMedia. His average depth of completion was 4.5 yards past the line of scrimmage. Among 74 quarterbacks who threw at least five passes in preseason Week 2, his aDOT ranked 68th (Wilson was 67th and Stidham was 69th).
This carried over from the first preseason game. Nix had a higher aDOT against the Colts (7.1) but still only had a 4.9-yard average depth of completion. Both his aDOT and average depth of completion are near the lower end of rookie quarterbacks this preseason, while Nix has the second-most dropbacks of the group.
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