Updated Feb. 8, 2026, 1:22 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
It’s clear that Denver Broncos<\/a> players feel they were robbed of a trip to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n After losing starting quarterback Bo Nix to a season-ending ankle injury<\/a> in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, the Broncos<\/a> had to play against the New England Patriots with their backup QB in the AFC Championship game. Following a 10-7 loss in the AFC title game, players have said \u2014 directly and indirectly \u2014 that they would have reached the Super Bowl<\/a> with a healthy Nix.<\/p>\n After getting so close and barely missing out, Denver players are highly motivated to make it back next season. Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton chimed in on Twitter\/X the morning of Super Bowl LX.<\/p>\n “Today sucks\u2026. But man is it even more motivating,” Singleton tweeted.<\/p>\n The Patriots are set to face the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> in the Super Bowl this evening. Both teams are scheduled to play against the Broncos<\/a> next season.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/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 Patriots WR and his agent were ‘shocked’ when Broncos cut him<\/a> 2026 NFL mock draft: Broncos add more weapons for Bo Nix<\/a> Drake Maye gives nod to Bo Nix before playing in Super Bowl<\/a> Ravens poach assistant coach from Broncos<\/a> Safety joins division rival after Broncos let his contract expire<\/a> All 32 NFL teams (including the Broncos) ranked by Super Bowl appearances<\/a> 5 players who may have played their last game for the Broncos<\/a> 10 Broncos who deserve to reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame<\/a> NFL offseason: Key dates Broncos fans should know in 2026<\/a> Full list of Broncos players scheduled to become free agents in March<\/a> Denver Broncos schedule: Full list of 2026 opponents<\/a> Broncos order of picks in 2026 NFL draft<\/a> How much salary cap space will Broncos have for NFL free agency?<\/a> All 32 starting NFL quarterbacks, ranked oldest to youngest<\/a> Meet the new Broncos ownership group<\/a> Peyton Manning’s new Denver sports team picks name, unveils amazing logo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 8, 2026, 1:22 p.m. MT It’s clear that Denver Broncos players feel they were robbed of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,98539,95882,95887,97108,95886,95893,95896,95888,95895,95899,95977,95883,97971,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-738869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagalex-singleton","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagamerican-football-conference","20":"tag-tagbo-nix","21":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","22":"tag-tagfacebook","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","27":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tagsuper-bowl-60","30":"tag-tagtwitter","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116037090608208265","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738869","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=738869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}