The main competition for the award is Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers and Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels. Bowers is having a great season, but this is a quarterback-driven league, and the battle between Nix and Daniels will lead to the ultimate winner. Not to mention there has never been a tight end to win the award.

The rookie QB has been one of the NFL's best passers against the blitz the past month, evidence of his growth in identifying defenses.

Bo Nix doesn’t care how tight the coverage is. If he sees Courtland Sutton running down the field, the Broncos quarterback is confident good things will happen. That has been prevalent as Nix has gotten more comfortable over the past five weeks,

Broncos QB Bo Nix was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week, the Air Player of the Week and the Rookie of the Week.

Broncos wideout Courtland Sutton just gave a ringing endorsement of quarterback Bo Nix ahead of Denver's visit to Las Vegas