Questions in regards to the long-term standing of Denver Broncos beginning quarterback Bo Nix arose when head coach Sean Payton said earlier this week that Nix had “a situation that was predisposed” when he suffered a damaged bone in his proper ankle.
Nix has since insisted that wasn’t the case and that Payton may need been confused in regards to the state of affairs. On Wednesday, Broncos proprietor and CEO Greg Penner addressed the way forward for the 2024 first-round draft decide who has gone 1-1 as a postseason starter.
Are Broncos frightened that Bo Nix is injury-prone?
“Zero concern,” Penner mentioned about Nix’s capability to remain wholesome transferring ahead, per Michael David Smith of Professional Soccer Speak. “His surgical procedure was a simple surgical procedure, went very nicely. Completely no points there or issues going ahead.”
ESPN’s Jeff Legwold famous that Nix has a historical past of worrisome ankle points going again to his high-school days. The 25-year-old is at the moment on monitor to renew coaching 4 to 6 weeks after going underneath the knife.
“I believed he had a second-year quarterback unbelievable season,” Penner added about Nix. “He gained 15 video games for us. Confirmed his mettle within the fourth quarter plenty of occasions, bringing us again. He would say the identical factor, it’s solely his second 12 months within the league, and he’s acquired room to develop, and fortuitously, Bo has a terrific strategy of finding out, working. He loves the sport. I look ahead to watching his continued enchancment over the approaching years.”
Broncos wish to preserve HC Sean Payton, GM George Paton married
In keeping with Parker Gabriel of The Denver Publish, Broncos normal supervisor George Paton is simply underneath contract via the 2026 season. In the meantime, Payton has two years remaining on his deal.
Penner left little doubt he’d prefer to preserve the duo of Paton and Payton collectively past this 12 months.
“We’d like to have each of them right here long-term,” Penner defined. “I believe the partnership they’ve created and the way they work collectively could be very complementary.”
With Payton and Paton main the way in which, the Broncos have made back-to-back journeys to the playoffs. One can solely guess what may have been for Denver had Nix been in a position to play the 10-7 loss to the New England Patriots within the AFC Championship Recreation.
“When it comes to the contracts, these are issues that we’ll at all times cope with on a private foundation and in personal,” Penner mentioned in regards to the membership’s present regime. “We’ll take that because it comes.”
