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<\/a><\/p>\nDENVER, COLORADO – JANUARY 17: Bo Nix #10 of the Denver Broncos celebrates after the NFL football divisional playoff game against the Buffalo Bills at Empower Field At Mile High on January 17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Logan Bowles\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n
Bo Nix is the truth. This guy is a winner, a leader, and the future of our franchise. It absolutely sucks that he broke his ankle. He was an absolute beast to stay out there to end the overtime drive and help this team win.<\/p>\n
Throughout the season, I\u2019ve picked on his need to fine-tune his accuracy, but let me tell you that that isn\u2019t the problem with this offense. The problem is that he throws perfect passes to his receivers, and they drop them. Bo will set records when this team puts weapons around him that can consistently catch.<\/p>\n
As I had expected, they had plenty of Nix runs wrinkled into the gameplan and his legs were a big key in extending drives.<\/p>\n
His interception was partially not on him (more on that below), but that route was not open at all. I don\u2019t know the thinking there, but it sure did look like he was locked in on the crosser by Engram and decided that\u2019s where he\u2019s throwing it before he even hiked the ball. It was mystifying, though, as there was a zone linebacker standing where the route was going that was going to most likely break up the pass if not intercept it.<\/p>\n
Even with our third-string center playing, this line is still playing great football. They allowed zero sacks, which is always impressive.<\/p>\n
The one thing I\u2019d like to see more of is engagement by our line on pass plays. On the interception, Bolles just let his guy watch Bo and jump up to intercept it. He has to engage and not let his guy jump for free in the passing lanes.<\/p>\n
Big shout-out to Frank Crum for his touchdown. That was a heck of a tricky play design that confused the outside defender and let him run free with no defender for one of the easiest touchdown plays I\u2019ve seen this season.<\/p>\n
DENVER, COLORADO – JANUARY 17: Jaleel McLaughlin #38 of the Denver Broncos runs the ball against the Buffalo Bills during the third quarter in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Empower Field At Mile High on January 17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n If Bo Nix didn\u2019t run the ball, this group would have run 10 times for 41 yards. I\u2019m amazed that McLaughlin wasn\u2019t utilized more. He runs the ball so well and makes football plays consistently. Early in the game, with poor blocking, he spun through players for a good pickup that should have been stopped for a loss. If we\u2019re so damn scared to use him, let\u2019s please let this guy go to a team that will.<\/p>\n RJ Harvey continued showing us some fairly lackluster football. He fumbled a simple handoff that almost got picked up by the Bills. Luckily, it bounced to Bo, and he threw it away to bail them out of a bad play. He got a big lane on one play for 12 yards that looked superb. Outside of that play, he was 5 rushes for 8 whopping yards running. He did get 46 yards passing on 5 catches, which definitely is a plus.<\/p>\n DENVER, CO – JANUARY 17: Marvin Mims Jr. #19 of the Denver Broncos scores a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills during the second half of an AFC Divisional Playoff game at Empower Field At Mile High on January 17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been saying all season that Marvin Mims needed to be used more in this offense. He delivered big time in this game, catching all 8 of his targets for 93 yards and a touchdown. He had a seam route for 27 yards, made a key 3rd down conversion after the 2-minute warning, had a big gain in the 2-minute drill, and scored a touchdown on a corner route to put the Broncos up in the 4th quarter.<\/p>\n Courtland Sutton is absolutely killing me with his inability to catch the ball. If we weren\u2019t stuck with him in 2026 due to his contract, I\u2019d let him take his inability to catch balls that hit him in the hands to another team. I counted 3 big drops by Sutton. One of them I almost kinda get (he had to extend to get his hands around it), but in overtime, he dropped two passes. In big moments, we need our players to make plays. I do give him credit for that sideline pass where he dragged his feet to get a first down. It was awesome to see\u2026but in my books, it doesn\u2019t outweigh the negatives. He was targeted 9 times in the game and only caught 4.<\/p>\n It was crushing to see Pat Bryant get knocked out of the game with a concussion after a big hit. He had 3 superb catches (and is one of the Broncos\u2019 more reliable receivers) and looked like he was going to have a big role in the game plan. I\u2019m not a doctor, but with two concussions so close together, my worry is that we\u2019re letting him come back too soon.<\/p>\n Lil Jordan Humphrey had the worst drop of the game in the end zone early. It looked to me to be a play designed just for him and had worked to perfection. Bo dropped it right into his chest perfectly, and it just went through his hands. To his credit, at the end of the second quarter, he won on a post route to score a touchdown on 29 yard pass from Nix.<\/p>\n To be completely fair, this defense got worked by the Bills. Vance Joseph\u2019s defense gave up 117 yards to Cook. Allen rushed for another 66 and almost threw for 300 with 3 touchdowns. All game long, the Bills just marched down the field, only to be stopped by turnovers.<\/p>\n From a defensive standpoint, it was a garbage fire of a game.<\/p>\n You have to give credit to Cook and Allen as they are elite players, but I still expect more from a defense that was being compared (laughably) to the No Fly Zone earlier this season.<\/p>\n Where they do get credit in this game is in the turnover department. They honestly reminded me of our defenses in 97-98. They played very opportunistically and forced big mistakes often in this game, which was absolutely key to this team winning.<\/p>\n DENVER, CO – JANUARY 17: Denver Broncos linebacker Nik Bonitto (15) celebrates after a defensive play in the second half in the AFC Divisional Round game at Empower Field at Mile High on January 17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n Nik Bonitto played inspired football against the Bills. He was held in check for most of the first half until Allen tried to scrabble late with under 20 seconds on the clock. Bonitto chased him down and swatted the ball out. All-Pro Devon Key recovered to help the Broncos put another 3 points on the board. He was hungry for more, so in the first play of the 2nd half, he did it again with a strip sack. Bonitto forced two fumbles, had a tackle for loss, a quarterback hit, and a sack on the day.<\/p>\n Alex Singleton laid a bone-crushing hit on Cook with his hat on the ball to force a fumble that Hufanga immediately secured. He got picked on often by Allen in the passing game. On one play, he lost his crosser and gave up a 10+ yard gain as he tried to play catch-up after being flat-footed. If you like a guy giving up plays while making a lot of tackles, Singleton is the football player for you.<\/p>\n Malcolm Roach had a huge game for the Broncos from the interior of the defensive line. He got a shared sack with Zach Allen on a stunt for a loss of seven. Later in the same drive, he sacked Allen, who tried to sneak by him. He also pitched in a tackle for loss, 3 quarterback hits, and a fumble recovery.<\/p>\n DENVER, CO – JANUARY 17: Ja\u2019Quan McMillian #29 of the Denver Broncos fights for the ball with Brandin Cooks #18 of the Buffalo Bills during overtime of an AFC Divisional Playoff game at Empower Field At Mile High on January 17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n The hero of the secondary this week was easily Ja\u2019Quan McMillian. I love seeing this nickel corner balling out with a chip on his shoulder. McMillian plays his tail off. In overtime, Josh Allen noticed that he had McMillian singled up on his deep option and tried to test him. Allen got served with an interception as McMillian scooped it away from Cooks for the biggest play of the game.<\/p>\n Pat Surtain II gave up a touchdown as he was fooled into thinking his motion guy was going across the formation. He also got beat on 3rd and 10 with some lackadaisical coverage that gave far too much cushion for Allen to zip the ball by him.<\/p>\n Riley Moss had a pretty down day with some passes converted on him, including a touchdown where he leaped at his receiver\u2019s shoestrings at a poor angle to try and make a tackle.<\/p>\n Talanoa Hufanga absolutely killed Knox on a crossing route with a huge hit. Knox may have held onto the ball, but he got his bell rung for it. His pass defense was somewhat porous though, as he gave up several passes, including a fade in the end zone.<\/p>\n PJ Locke made one hell of a play, picking off Josh Allen on a deep pass. He read the quarterback, broke on the ball, and leaped in front of the receiver with perfect timing to snag the ball before it got to the receiver. Last year, Locke was one of the guys who got picked on. I feel like he completely redeemed himself with how he accounted for himself in this game. He forced a fumble and had a pass defense on the day as well.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n