US EditionBroncos QB Bo Nix Will Have Season-Ending Surgery for Broken Right Ankle
Bo Nix fractured his right ankle late in overtime and will undergo surgery, ending his postseason as Broncos prepare for AFC championship without their starting quarterback.
- On Jan. 17, the Denver Broncos beat the Buffalo Bills 33-30 in overtime, advancing to the AFC Championship while Bo Nix fractured his ankle and will miss the postseason.
- On a designed quarterback run to the left, Nix lost yardage and was tackled by Bills safety Cole Bishop; the keeper preceded a deep pass to Marvin Mims Jr. that drew a decisive pass-interference flag.
- Bo Nix completed 26 of 46 passes for 279 yards and three touchdowns despite limping; he finished the drive and took a knee to set up Wil Lutz’s 23-yard field goal.
- With Nix sidelined, Jarrett Stidham, Broncos backup quarterback, will start the AFC Championship next week, potentially easing the Super Bowl path for the New England Patriots or Houston Texans.
- Surgery is scheduled Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama, the coach said, and Sean Payton announced the injury just over an hour after the game, calling it a shocking development.
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Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix Suffers Season-Ending Ankle Injury During Playoffs
Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix suffered a shocking, season-ending ankle injury moments before his team defeated the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs on Saturday, January 17. “Not good news … Bo fractured a bone in his right ankle,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton told reporters after the game. “He’s scheduled to have surgery Tuesday of this week to put him out for the rest of the season.” Payton, 62, subsequently clari…
Bo Nix to have surgery in Birmingham on bone broken during playoff game against Buffalo Bills
Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix will miss the remainder of the playoffs after breaking his right ankle during Saturday’s overtime victory against the Buffalo Bills.
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Sean Payton’s plan to become an NFL quarterback ended after a stint with the Chicago Bears as a replacement player and a year with England’s Leicester Panthers. So the 25-year-old former Eastern Illinois star mapped out a trip to San Diego State, loaded up his weathered Chevy Cavalier and drove from Chicago to take a coaching job under Aztecs coach Denny Stolz in 1988. Payton did indeed have a bright future in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl along…
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