After missing the AFC Championship Game due to an ankle injury, Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix spoke about his recovery and outlook for the upcoming season. Nix, who led the team to 15 wins and eight game-winning drives during the season, described watching from a suite as “crushing” and “defeating.”
“It was just a bummer,” Nix said Wednesday of his injury. “It’s crushing, it’s defeating. You go that long and you play that many games, and you have that big of a season, and then it just kind of comes to an end abruptly like that. It stinks.”
Nix explained that not being able to join his teammates on the field was difficult but said he is using the experience as motivation.
“This adversity is good,” Nix said. “I think all adversity is good. All adversity sort of tests you and challenges you and puts you in a different spot. I think for me, it’s just going to make playing in one of these games that much more special. Unfortunately, I can’t go back and play in that one, but man, I can do something to change and see how many I can play in in the future. To me, that’s exciting and that drives me a little bit. That allows me to compete this offseason and train really hard and be back for OTAs and see the enjoyment that we’re going to have. It reminds you not to take things for granted. It can change real quick. In literally the snap of a play, it can change. And now you’re looking at things from a different perspective.”
He confirmed his ankle injury was “just a simple bone break” with an expected recovery time of four to six weeks following what he called a “very easy operation.” Nix stated he does not expect any impact on his offseason training.
“It’ll be absolutely no issue this offseason,” Nix said. “I’ll be able to actually start training back at the same time I was going to start training. Don’t miss any time there. [I’m] going to have a good couple weeks getting literally my feet back underneath me and getting back ready to roll.”
Since joining the Broncos in 2024, Nix had started every game until suffering his injury late against Buffalo.
“I don’t really worry about the durability or being able to play,” Nix said. “Honestly, with a simple break like this, I’ll feel as good as new. [I] won’t have any hiccups even getting back going with training. I was going to give myself some time off anyway, and this sort of makes me take this time off. [I] won’t be able to scratch the itch and get out there too early. This will settle me down [and] make sure I’m taking my rest. It is unfortunate that it happened at the end of the season. It was the first game I’ve missed in so long.
“I’m still going to be running around, [and] I’m going to train really hard. I felt really strong. I thought throughout the season I was in really good shape. I didn’t have anything lingering. I didn’t have anything messing around until that one play. Unfortunately with the game of football, it can be one play, and it can happen fast. And sometimes you don’t necessarily see it coming Like anything, you just get it fixed and get right back going .I don’t see it being an issue at all .It won’t affect my training .It won’t affect my season next year.”
Looking ahead, Nix emphasized optimism about future opportunities.
“It’s devastating [and] it’s frustrating that it ended like that ,but fortunately for us in the NFL ,there’s not really a timeline ,”Nix said .”The timeline’s on us ,and we can push it as much as we can .
“There’s going to be more years of this — more wins around here —and there’s going to be more opportunities to go and play for championships .I think that’s the most exciting part .”
