The NFL's preseason slate isn't centered around the end result. It's about the journey, aka player development, and the discovery of which players will survive each of the league's 32 teams' roster cutdown from 90 to 53.

Preseason performances are far from the be-all and end-all, but they provide a useful chance for squads to warmup and see where they stand ahead of Week 1. Positional battles are always an interesting feature of the preseason as players on the same team seek to prove to the head coach that they are worth being named the starter in their respective position.

Bo Nix is living up to his first-round hype this summer as his stock continued to climb in Denver's Week 2 preseason exhibition against Green Bay. As he fights to earn the Week 1