Week 1 NFL player projection
Bo Nix
PROJECTION
Bo Nix is a DEN QB facing KC in Week 1. He averaged 231 passing yards across 17 recorded 2025 games, in a range from 141 to 352. Below: the WinForge median projection, then the record it has to be judged against.
MEDIAN PROJECTION
WinForge projection (median)
250
Passing Yards
WinForge projection (median)
1
Passing TDs
DEN vs KC · Mon, Sep 14 · updated Jul 18, 2026. These weekly projections are prepared for Week 1. This is the median: half of the outcomes WinForge simulates land above it and half below.
WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS
Bo Nix has been consistent rather than trending. 231.2 passing yards per game in 2025, compared with 222.1 in 2024 — a change of under 20% either way across the seasons WinForge stores.
Measured against this week's 249.6 projection, he cleared it in 6 of 17 games last season.
Split his 17 games down the middle and the two halves do not match: 225.4 passing yards per game early, then 236.4 late.
HOW HE ACTUALLY FINISHED IN 2025
231.2
Passing Yards / game
6/17
games clearing this projection
1
targets
100%
avg snap share
White line = his actual median (212). Gold line = this week's WinForge projection (249.6). This bar is built from recorded results, not a modelled range.
THE SHAPE OF HIS 2025 SEASON
His 2025 weeks were not evenly spread. The best was 352 passing yards in Week 16 against JAX; the quietest was 141 in Week 18 against LAC. He finished above his own 231-per-game average in 8 of 17 games.
He accounted for at least one touchdown in 15 of 17 games, and more than one in 7 of them. Scoring is the most volatile part of any projection, so a record built on a handful of multi-score weeks reads differently from one spread evenly.
His longest single play on record in 2025 went for 52 yards. That single play is worth about 22% of an average game for him, which is the difference between a total built on steady volume and one that depends on a single play landing.
His snap share held roughly steady through the season: about 100% across his first 5 recorded games and 100% across his last 5. A stable role is the part of a projection least likely to be wrong.
He also carried the ball 83 times across those games, which matters for any projection that scores rushing separately from passing.
2025 GAME LOG
| Wk | Matchup | Rec/Tgt | Passing Yards | TD | Snap | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEN vs TEN | 0/0 | 176 | 1 | 100% | 22 |
| 2 | DEN vs IND | 0/0 | 206 | 3 | 100% | 42 |
| 3 | DEN vs LAC | 0/0 | 153 | 1 | 100% | 52 |
| 4 | DEN vs CIN | 0/0 | 326 | 3 | 100% | 28 |
| 5 | DEN vs PHI | 0/0 | 242 | 1 | 100% | 34 |
| 6 | DEN vs NYJ | 0/0 | 174 | 1 | 100% | 26 |
| 7 | DEN vs NYG | 0/0 | 279 | 4 | 100% | 32 |
| 8 | DEN vs DAL | 0/0 | 247 | 4 | 94% | 39 |
| 9 | DEN vs HOU | 0/0 | 173 | 2 | 100% | 30 |
| 10 | DEN vs LV | 0/0 | 150 | 1 | 100% | 43 |
| 11 | DEN vs KC | 0/1 | 295 | 0 | 100% | 48 |
| 13 | DEN vs WAS | 0/0 | 321 | 1 | 100% | 41 |
| 14 | DEN vs LV | 0/0 | 212 | 1 | 100% | 15 |
| 15 | DEN vs GB | 0/0 | 302 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 16 | DEN vs JAX | 0/0 | 352 | 1 | 100% | 48 |
| 17 | DEN vs KC | 0/0 | 182 | 2 | 100% | 23 |
| 18 | DEN vs LAC | 0/0 | 141 | 0 | 100% | 37 |
SEASON BY SEASON
| Season | G | Tgt | Passing Yards | Per game | TD | PPR/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 | 1 | 3,775 | 222.1 | 34 | 22.1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1 | 3,931 | 231.2 | 30 | 20.5 |
CAREER VS KC
| Season | Wk | Team | Rec/Tgt | Passing Yards | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wk 17 | DEN | 0/0 | 182 | 2 |
| 2025 | Wk 11 | DEN | 0/1 | 295 | 0 |
| 2024 | Wk 18 | DEN | 0/0 | 321 | 4 |
| 2024 | Wk 10 | DEN | 0/0 | 215 | 2 |
WHY THIS PROJECTION MOVES
Bo Nix is tagged as starter for DEN. The page uses team-leading QB projection volume in the current weekly board, then layers in a middle-tier prior matchup with KC ranked #13 vs QB and allowing 15.4 fantasy points per game so the public read is tied to this player's actual weekly situation.
ACCURACY FRAMING AND EVERY OTHER WEEK 1 PROJECTION
In the independent 2025 test using games kept out of training, the WinForge passing-yards model explained 45% of the variation in actual QB passing yards. The model-fit result shows how closely projections tracked real differences in results; it is not a hit rate. Read the accuracy ledger and methodology for context.
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