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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix will miss the remainder of the NFL playoffs with an ankle injury suffered in a 33-30 victory over the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round on Saturday.
Broncos head coach Sean Payton broke the news to reporters after the game.
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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix will miss the remainder of the NFL playoffs with an ankle injury. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
“It’s not good news, in the penultimate game of overtime, Bo broke a bone in his right ankle. He is scheduled to have surgery on Tuesday of this week, which will sideline him for the remainder of the season,” Payton said.
If the penultimate play of the game is truly what Payton was referring to, then that would be the play in which the Broncos simply took a knee before scoring the game-winning field goal. The play just before that, Nix threw an incompletion that resulted in a 30-yard pass interference on Buffalo, which put the Broncos within field goal range.
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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix was injured late in Saturday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)
Nix finished 26 of 46 for 279 yards and three touchdowns while totaling 29 yards on 12 carries in the win.
Payton said Broncos backup Jarrett Stidham will start at quarterback for Denver in next week’s AFC championship game at Mile High Stadium against the winner of Sunday’s Patriots-Texans divisional game.
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Nix finished 26 of 46 for 279 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday’s win. (Logan Bowles/Getty Images)
“[Stidham] is ready,” Payton said. “We will be ready for the next challenge.”
