Updated Jan. 18, 2026, 5:32 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
Now this, this is excellent tweeting.<\/p>\n
After losing starting quarterback Bo Nix to a season-ending ankle injury<\/a> in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, the Denver Broncos<\/a> are set to start backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham<\/a> against the New England Patriots<\/a> in the AFC Championship game<\/a> next weekend.<\/p>\n Missing their starting QB, the Broncos<\/a> have understandably opened as home underdogs<\/a>, but another former NFL quarterback likes their chances of getting an upset win.<\/p>\n Nick Foles shared a perfect message to Broncos Country on social media on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n “Note for the Broncos and their fans: I know it has been an emotional 24 hours,” Foles tweeted<\/a>. “I feel for Bo and the team, and I’m sending prayers for a strong recovery. A positive note going into the game versus the Patriots is that they struggle against backup QBs in championship-type games.”<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Foles, of course, took over for an injured Carson Wentz during the 2017 season and led the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> to a win over the Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Eight years later, Stidham will now go from backup to QB1, and he’s set to face his former team<\/a> in his first career postseason start.<\/p>\n Fans in Denver will hope to see Stidham follow the Foles blueprint as the Broncos look to upset the Patriots with a backup quarterback under center.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Jan. 18, 2026, 5:32 p.m. MT Now this, this is excellent tweeting. After losing starting quarterback Bo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,97108,100316,95886,95893,98651,95896,95888,95895,95906,96191,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":["post-687637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-broncos","tag-accessfree","tag-broncos","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-denverbroncos","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","tag-sstsnbroncos","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbo-nix","tag-tagcarson-wentz","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagjarrett-stidham","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagphiladelphia-eagles","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115919176983566055","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687637","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=687637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}