{"id":687487,"date":"2026-01-19T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687487\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:00:23","slug":"denver-broncos-add-qb-after-bo-nix-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687487\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Broncos Add QB After Bo Nix Ankle Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/denver-broncos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denver Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Denver Broncos<\/a>, winning Saturday\u2019s Divisional Round Playoff matchup against the Buffalo Bills came at a cost. Sure, the Broncos advanced to the AFC Conference Championship next weekend. But they also lost starting quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/bo-nix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bo Nix;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bo Nix<\/a> to a season-ending ankle fracture.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Broncos will be calling upon Jarrett Stidham to make the first postseason start of his NFL career. Yet, he hasn\u2019t thrown an NFL pass in a live game since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, less than 24 hours after Nix\u2019s ankle injury occurred, the Broncos added another quarterback to the mix.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the Broncos have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2013009231360794981\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:signed QB Ben DiNucci;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">signed QB Ben DiNucci<\/a> to their practice squad. DiNucci, 29, hasn\u2019t played a snap this season. This is the first time he\u2019s joined a team since being cut from the Atlanta Falcons before making the final roster back in August.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s familiar territory for the former seventh-round pick, as DiNucci was a member of the Broncos\u2019 practice squad under Sean Payton in 2023. That means he presumably still knows most of the Broncos\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n<p>With less than a week to prepare for their next opponent, that would seemingly not be enough time to bring in a new quarterback who isn\u2019t at all familiar with coach Payton\u2019s scheme and verbiage. However, that didn\u2019t prevent one former All-Pro Super Bowl-winning cornerback from tossing out a star replacement for Nix.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/former-pro-cb-suggests-denver-203035904.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former All-Pro CB Suggests Denver Broncos\u2019 QB Replacement for Bo Nix;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former All-Pro CB Suggests Denver Broncos\u2019 QB Replacement for Bo Nix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the Denver Broncos, winning Saturday\u2019s Divisional Round Playoff matchup against the Buffalo Bills came at a cost.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2062],"tags":[254,6734,925,232,53,231,258,2426,7,3872,6,1257,1813],"class_list":["post-687487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-broncos","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-ben-dinucci","tag-bo-nix","tag-broncos","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-denverbroncos","tag-football","tag-jarrett-stidham","tag-nfl","tag-quarterback","tag-sean-payton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115918827338830866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}