The party line coming out of Denver pointed to Bo Nix being ready for OTAs; the most recent update from this situation tabbed the QB as being ahead of schedule on his ankle rehab. But it now looks quite possible the Broncos will be careful with their starting quarterback this offseason.
As Nix’s rehab from an ankle fracture continues, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo note the third-year passer underwent a follow-up procedure described as a cleanup. While the NFL.com duo indicates this is not an unexpected development, the prospect of the Broncos being careful with Nix this offseason also emerged.
This comes after Nix’s scheduled recheck last week. The Broncos are expected to be cautious with their signal-caller, but Rapoport and Garafolo note the QB is “firmly” expected to be ready for training camp. While Nix is going into his third season in the same system, the Broncos are changing play-callers — with Sean Payton giving the reins to QBs coach-turned-OC Davis Webb — this year.
Denver lost Nix at a rather inopportune moment, seeing the durable passer suffer his injury during the overtime period of a 33-30 divisional-round win over the Bills. Payton announced postgame it would be Jarrett Stidham making the start in the AFC championship game. Although the three-year Broncos backup started off well, an untimely fumble gave the Patriots vital early field position — in a game later mired in a blizzard — that helped them unravel a defense-oriented Broncos game plan.
The Broncos’ Nix-driven “what if?” regarding a Super Bowl LX berth represented the latest bad break for Payton in the playoffs, with the late-season QB injury coming years after the Minneapolis Miracle sequence and the infamous uncalled pass interference play in the Rams-Saints 2018 NFC championship game. Payton appears quite confident in his 2025 nucleus, with the Broncos having re-signed a host of players from that roster in free agency (to go with the Jaylen Waddle trade).
Stidham enters the second season of a two-year, $12MM contract, and the Broncos also included third-stringer Sam Ehlinger in their re-signing spree. That duo figures to see more work during OTAs and minicamp. Although it could be construed as a setback in that Nix was viewed as on track for OTAs before word of this second procedure surfaced, training camp is nearly three months away.
He’s done.
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He’s going to be prone to reinjury
The Vikings logo really heightens the sense you’re projecting here.
That doesn’t make sense.
“He’s done” and “He’s going to be prone to injury” sound a lot more like comments about the quarterback the Vikings took right before the Broncos took Nix.
More than one player can be prone to injury and McCarthy sucks ass. Not sure what you’re point is. Sounds like you’re afraid Nix is injury prone.
I don’t tend to worry a guy is injury prone because of one injury.
You should when it’s season ending and requires a second surgery
He got injured in the conference championship game. Of course it was season ending.
It would have been season ending at any point
I wouldn’t take chances with this kid, either. They finally seem to have their next franchise QB if they can keep him healthy.
The next average QB getting ready for a $55-60m contract coming up.
Lmaooo preach
Hopefully Waddle will make Nix look like a better QB than he is
Broncos should have signed a quality backup. First of all, Nix hasn’t been all that great. The Broncos kept winning in spite of him. Second, Stidham has shown he’s not the answer if Nix goes down. They have a championship caliber roster except for the QB position. The schedule is going to be a lot tougher this year, so they’re not going to be able to eke out wins this year with mediocre QB play.
“It’s All About The QB” =NFL for Mouth-Breathing Incels.
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Russel Wilson is out there. He even started some last year and knows the broncos system 🙂
Could’ve would’ve should’ve. Alot of top teams don’t have good backups. Stidham got put in a blizzard playoff game with terrible field conditions. Their defense still kept them in that game. Not much else you can ask for. They better hope Nix didn’t reach his ceiling.
Time to get Gucci DiNucci back in Denver.
DiNucci and Jay Cutler would make for a fun QB competition 🙂