After quarterback Bo Nix impressed in his rookie season and the Denver Broncos made the NFL playoffs for the first time since 2015 last fall, there are heightened expectations for the team going into the 2025 campaign.

I was incredibly impressed with Bo [Nix] both on and off the field," Broncos owner Greg Penner said of the 2024 season.

The smile crackles through Junior Adams’ retellings, of the glory days in Eugene, Oregon, of the quarterback who saw the game a move ahead of the headsets on his own Duck sideline.