When you’re in an AFC Championship game with a backup quarterback, there’s a thin line between being aggressive and being smart. Sean Payton chose the aggressive route, and that decision ended up haunting the Denver Broncos.

Any postseason loss hurts and Broncos coach Sean Payton has had some doozies in his day, but the way in which Sunday’s start set up so perfectly for Jarrett Stidham and company and then fell

Denver Broncos HC Sean Payton told reporters following Sunday's AFC Championship Game loss to the Patriots that

Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix suffered a broken bone in his ankle in Denver’s AFC Divisional Game against the Buffalo Bills that led to him missing the AFC Championship Game, which resulted in a 10-7 loss with backup Jarrett Stidham at the helm.

Hired in 2023, Sean Payton has been intentional on how he built his roster, created his program. He did not leave New Orleans. He brought New Orleans with him, his staff full of former Saints assistants.

Bo Nix wants to make one thing abundantly clear about his ankle injury — it was not inevitable. One day after Broncos head coach Sean Payton said the quarterback is “predisposed” to an ankle injury — like the fracture he suffered in the divisional round of the playoffs,