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

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Denver Broncos backmost Bo Nix volition miss the remainder of the NFL playoffs with an ankle wounded suffered during a 33-30 triumph implicit the Buffalo Bills successful the divisional circular Saturday.

Broncos caput manager Sean Payton told reporters the quality aft the game.

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Denver Broncos backmost Bo Nix volition miss the remainder of the NFL playoffs with an ankle injury. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

"Not bully news, connected the second-to-last play successful overtime, Bo fractured a bony successful his close ankle. He's docket to person country Tuesday of this week, which volition enactment him retired the remainder of the season," Payton said.

If the second-to-last play of the crippled is genuinely what Payton was referencing, past it would beryllium the play successful which the Broncos simply took a genu anterior to kicking the game-winning tract goal. The play close earlier that, Nix threw an incompletion that resulted successful a 30-yard walk interference telephone connected Buffalo, which acceptable up the Broncos successful field-goal range.

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Denver Broncos backmost Bo Nix was injured adjacent the extremity of Saturday's crippled against Buffalo Bills. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)

Nix was 26-of-46 for 279 yards and 3 touchdowns portion besides rushing for 29 yards connected 12 carries successful the win.

Payton said Broncos backup Jarrett Stidham volition commencement astatine backmost for Denver successful the AFC Championship crippled adjacent week astatine Mile High Stadium against the victor of Sunday's Patriots-Texans divisional matchup.

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Nix was 26-of-46 for 279 yards and 3 touchdowns successful Saturday's win. (Logan Bowles/Getty Images)

"[Stidham] is ready," Payton said. "We'll beryllium acceptable for the adjacent challenge."

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