Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix revealed Monday he performed a part of his rookie season with transverse course of fractures in his again.
Nix, talking to reporters Monday as gamers have been cleansing out their lockers after the Broncos’ 31-7 wild-card playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, stated he sustained the harm within the first half of a Nov. 24 sport towards the Las Vegas Raiders.
The transverse course of is a small bone that stands proud from both aspect of the vertebrae.
“Yes, I obtained snarled just a little bit, had three course of fractures. Lots of guys play with lots of these sorts of issues,” Nix stated.
Nix handed for 2 second-half touchdowns in that sport towards the Raiders, a 29-19 Broncos win.
He stated he acquired remedy the subsequent week because the Broncos ready to play the Cleveland Browns in a house Monday night time sport, which luckily for Nix and Denver was adopted by the group’s bye.
“I wasn’t going to overlook the primary Monday night time sport. I obtained remedy on it, after which we have been lucky to have an off week that subsequent week. It type of went away after that. It was annoying, however all of us play with annoying [ailments],” he stated.
Nix handed for 294 yards with a landing and two interceptions in a 41-32 victory over the Browns on Dec. 2. His landing was a 93-yard scoring move to Marvin Mims Jr. within the third quarter.
Nix, the sixth quarterback chosen within the first spherical of the 2024 draft, did not sit out a sport this season and completed with a Broncos rookie report 3,775 passing yards and 29 landing passes. He helped Denver attain the postseason for the primary time since 2015.
