During his first season as quarterback of our local NFL team, Bo Nix won back as many hearts in Broncos Country as Russell Wilson alienated in two years.

Nix is one of us in a way Wilson never understood.

Bo knows the thrill of sharing the Red Rocks stage with Brad Paisley, throwing out the first pitch at Coors Field and watching the magic of Nikola Jokic from courtside in Ball Arena.

He ended the Broncos’ long playoff drought and beat the hated Kansas City Chiefs.

But as Nix stepped onto the field Thursday for spring practice, so in command of the playbook from cover to cover that he now feels confident coaching up his teammates, he declared that the standard of football excellence has again been raised a mile high, precisely where it belongs in Broncos Country.

Whether on the field

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