Nix finished his rookie season with 34 total touchdowns, but his impact for a young Broncos team went beyond his numbers.

After five straight years of playoff exits before the Super Bowl, the Buffalo Bills are back in the postseason in 2024 with perhaps their best chance of advancing there under head coach Sean McDermott. It begins Sunday afternoon as the No. 2 Bills host the No. 7 Broncos in the AFC Wild Card round.

The Denver Broncos head to Highmark Stadium this Sunday for the wildcard matchup with the No 2 seeded Buffalo Bills. It is not expected to go well for the Broncos, who will be starting rookie quarterback Bo Nix. The Bills were undefeated at home this year. Vegas has the Bills favored to win by 9 points.

Mike’s Stadium Sportscard is a popular sport for Broncos fans, but Bo Nix’s rookie card has been flying off the shelves, and some rare rookie cards have even been going for hundreds or thousands of dollars. Mike’s Stadium Sportscard actually sold their last two Nix cards right after FOX31 visited their store on Thursday.

Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix won two weekly awards following his historic performance against the Kansas City Chiefs. Nix first won AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors before also taking home the FedEx Air Player of the Week award for Week 18 following Denver’s 38-0 thumping of the Chiefs.

Since 2016, the Broncos have had seven different Week 1 starters in nine seasons. Nix pulled the emergency brake on the carousel.

The prospect of facing a rookie quarterback in his first playoff game normally would be a lick-their-chops moment for opposing pass rushers. Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix, however, has succeeded this season where so many other rookies who scramble their way into sacks fail.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix has shined in his NFL rookie season. Nix has helped lead the Broncos back to the playoffs for the first time in the Sean Payton era. Has Nix done enough to win NFL offensive rookie of the year?

Rookie Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos are coming to Josh Allen's house, where he and the Bills haven't lost all year.

Broncos quarterback Bo Nix finished his regular season with one more accolade. The rookie was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance Week 18 in Denver’s playoff-clinching, 38-0 blowout of a largely starter-less Kansas City team Sunday.