{"id":687992,"date":"2026-01-19T05:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687992\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:21:20","slug":"eagles-legend-nick-foles-reminds-broncos-that-backup-qbs-can-beat-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687992\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles legend Nick Foles reminds Broncos that backup QBs can beat Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QZYWXD6HTJD4XAT4JHLUTN63PY\">The Denver Broncos will face the New England Patriots in Sunday\u2019s AFC Championship Game with backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham. The odds are stacked against them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DFTWSQIC5VE5RPX6LNLTK56WPY\">But backup QBs have found postseason success against the Patriots \u2014 something <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/philadelphiaeagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/philadelphiaeagles\/\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> legend Nick Foles reminded everyone of on Sunday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"B26PPR2W5FGG7JXLHXWYREE26E\">On Saturday night, Denver beat the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional round in overtime. But on one of the final plays of the game, starter Bo Nix suffered a fractured right ankle. That will thrust Stidham, who hasn\u2019t started a game until 2023, into the limelight against New England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CYC4GORY2REXJCIUGDVYB6TDBE\">Stidham will be making just his fifth NFL start since being drafted by the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL draft and his first start since 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3FKCBHNGD5G7BCJBYDCISFVEQ4\">But Foles tried to put a spin on what is a difficult situation for Denver. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EWX4DOS3F5EUZEMBXX3TPGV4MY\">\u201cNote for the Broncos and their fans: I know it has been an emotional 24 hours,\u201d Foles <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NickFoles\/status\/2013032210392064081?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NickFoles\/status\/2013032210392064081?s=20\">said in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cI feel for Bo and the team, and I\u2019m sending prayers for a strong recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BZUPEBRGONDZPELA5FVY56BSUM\">\u201cA positive note going into the game versus the Patriots is that they struggle against backup QBs in championship-type games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6ULE6ZHKMBGGXEQI3HCD637NGQ\">Of course, Foles was referring to his memorable Super Bowl LII performance. Foles led the Eagles to a 41-33 win over Tom Brady and New England, throwing for 373 yards and three touchdowns and lifting the franchise\u2019s first Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KGLNHQ5XC5A3BMFYMYE2XQ7D6E\">Foles, after taking over for an injured Carson Wentz, went on a legendary playoff run. He threw for 971 yards and six touchdowns in playoff wins over the Falcons, Vikings and Patriots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NEVBC5UOQFCXXNE3FJU2MTLW54\">Stidham will be looking to follow in Foles\u2019 footsteps, beat the Patriots and clinch the Broncos\u2019 first Super Bowl appearance since 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Broncos will face the New England Patriots in Sunday\u2019s AFC Championship Game with backup quarterback Jarrett&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,6,242,109,2476,8494],"class_list":{"0":"post-687992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-eagles","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","13":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","14":"tag-super-bowl-lii"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115920088869427250","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687992","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=687992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}