Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix revealed Monday that he played part of his rookie season with a fractured transverse process in his back.
While players were cleaning out their lockers after the Broncos’ 31-7 wild-card playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Nicks spoke to reporters Monday and revealed that he suffered the injury in the first half of a game against Las Vegas on Nov. 24. He said. Vegas Raiders.
The transverse processes are small bones that protrude from either side of the spine.
“Yeah, I had a little bit of a twist, three process cracks, a lot of guys played around with a lot of that type of stuff,” Nix said.
Nix passed for two second-half touchdowns against the Raiders, leading to a 29-19 Broncos win.
He said he received treatment next week as the Broncos prepare to play the Cleveland Browns in a home game Monday night. Luckily for Nix and Denver, the team said goodbye.
“I wasn’t planning on missing the first Monday night game. I got treatment and luckily I had an off week the following week. It’s kind of gone since then. It was annoying, but we all got to play. It was annoying.” is (disease),” he said.
Nix passed for 294 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in a 41-32 win over the Browns on Dec. 2. His touchdown was a 93-yard scoring pass to Marvin Mims Jr. in the third quarter.
Nix, the sixth quarterback selected in the first round of the 2024 draft, has not missed a game this season and has 3,775 passing yards and 29 touchdown passes, both Broncos rookie records. He helped Denver advance to the postseason for the first time since 2015.
