Broncos quarterback Bo Nix suffers season-ending injury during playoff win vs Bills

Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix will miss the rest of the NFL playoffs with an ankle injury. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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“Not good news, on the second-to-last play in overtime, Bo fractured a bone in his right ankle.He’s schedule to have surgery Tuesday of this week, which will put him out the rest of the season,” Payton said. 

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If the second-to-last play of the game is truly what Payton was referencing, then it would be the play in which the Broncos simply took a knee prior to kicking the game-winning field goal.The play right before that, Nix threw an incompletion that resulted in a 30-yard pass interference call on Buffalo, which set up the Broncos in field-goal range.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix was injured near the end of Saturday’s game against Buffalo Bills.(Isaiah J.Downing/Imagn Images)

Nix was 26-of-46 for 279 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 29 yards on 12 carries in the win.

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Payton said Broncos backupJarrett Stidhamwill start at quarterback for Denver in the AFC Championship game next week at Mile High Stadium against the winner of Sunday’s Patriots-Texans divisional matchup.

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Nix was 26-of-46 for 279 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday’s win.(Logan Bowles/Getty Images)

“[Stidham] is ready,” Payton said.“We’ll be ready for the next challenge.”

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