Mile High Report
Bo Nix is back!
The last time we saw Bo Nix, he was completing a thrilling overtime comeback victory in the Divisional Round of the playoffs against Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. It was an instant classic and a game that should have changed the perception around Bo Nix moving forward.
Unfortunately, about 30 minutes after the game ended, Sean Payton would come back out and announce to the media and the world that Bo Nix suffered a broken ankle in the final moments of the game. It was a gut punch to the fans, the city, and the team. As we know, they would fall short a week later, and we’re all left wondering, “What if he was healthy?”
Well, after an offseason that consisted of two surgeries and concern, Bo Nix is back at practice and feeling better than ever.
The Broncos’ franchise quarterback was back on the practice field, and according to head coach Sean Payton, he was looking good and could be a full participant by the end of this month.
“Good. There are certain things he didn’t do in the team periods, but a lot of what he did in the individual… He’s doing well. He’s doing really well. I was just talking to [former Broncos G] Mark Schlereth earlier, pre-practice. He’ll clearly be ready in time for training camp. I think he’s going to be ‘full’ [participant] by the end of this month. Yet, it’s good to have him out here in uniform.”
Payton has been saying he will be 100% ready to go for the start of training camp here in a little over a month, and this pretty much confirms that, which is great news. Nix has been taking mental reps throughout the spring and is now starting to get some of the physical reps down.
As for Bo Nix’s ankle, the Broncos quarterback is feeling better than ever. He told reporters the second surgery was to remove bone spurs that were causing him some trouble. He could have waited until next offseason to do it, but he and his doctor decided now was a good time to do it, and it would allow Nix to be back before the start of training camp, so he went ahead and had that second procedure done.
“[I had] the first [operation] obviously right after the season. Non-weight-bearing for a couple of weeks, get back going. [I] felt pretty good, was still having a little bit of an issue with bone spurs. What we did was—even though I probably could’ve gone again and [played] the whole season again—it was just aggravating me for too long. So what we did was, since I was a little bit ahead, thought it best to go ahead and decompress it a little bit. Then [I] still had plenty of time to get back for the summer and to prepare for the season. Thank goodness. OTAs wise, you want to go through them, but at this point...
