denver broncos quarterback bo nixAre out of Sunday’s AFC Championship game against new England PatriotsHe is expected to be sidelined 12 weeks following surgery on his broken right ankle last week, sources told ESPN.
The recovery, not the surgery, is not considered the most challenging part of this injury. According to sources, Knicks should not put any weight on his ankle for at least four weeks, and he will not exercise for a total of 12 weeks before returning to activity.
This eliminates any notion, even if far-fetched, that the Knicks could somehow make a miraculous comeback for Super Bowl LX on Sunday, Feb. 8 if Denver advances.
During Sunday’s AFC Championship Game at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Knicks will be in a box with other injured Broncos, something doctors have instructed him to do.
Nix is expected to recover well enough in time to be able to participate in the Broncos’ offseason program, but the doctor is trying to be very deliberate about what Denver’s quarterback can and cannot do over the next 12 weeks.
Knicks hurt at end of overtime in Denver win buffalo bill In the divisional round. Broncos coach Sean Payton gave the news after the game and immediately named jarrett stidham As the Broncos’ starting quarterback in the AFC Championship Game.
According to a source, this is the third time Knicks has broken his ankle playing football, but this injury occurred at a different location and doctors have told him there is “nothing to be concerned about long term” about the injury.
In the short term, the Broncos are replacing Nix with Stidham, who was the first free agent signed by Payton after accepting the Denver head coaching job.
“I’m not worried about Steady in this game,” Payton told reporters Friday. “I’m worried about everybody and how we play. That’s really the truth.”
Broncos Country has also publicly supported Stidham, with thousands of fans changing their social media avatars to photos of Stidham wearing sunglasses and earbuds. This picture is visible all over social media this week.
But while Stidham is making his first start of the season, the Knicks will miss the AFC Championship Game and the showdown against his good friend and quarterback draft classmate. drake may. Both quarterbacks have spent countless hours training together during the offseason, primarily philip rivers‘Training campus in Fairhope, Ala.
Knicks, Mays and Rivers share an agent, and they have become close in the process leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft and the following offseason.
