Bo Nix Injury, How Sean Payton Will Use Stidham to BEAT Pats & More | Broncos X & O's ft. Rod Smith

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🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Bo Nix’s season-ending broken ankle has the Denver Broncos turning to Jarrett Stidham as Sean Payton tries to out-scheme the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. On Broncos X’s & O’s, Bennie Fowler and Dave Logan break down how Payton can build the game plan around Stidham, why Denver must manufacture 10–12 touches for Marvin Mims, and what the offense looked like when it was clicking vs. Buffalo. Get the latest on the injury, Stidham’s matchup against his former team, former Denver Broncos Super Bowl champion Rod Smith joining the show, and the keys for the Broncos to punch a ticket to the Super Bowl.

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0:00.0	Where's Marvin Mims been?
0:01.2	Yeah.
0:01.6	Right?
0:01.9	And not insinuating anything, but he's got too much talent.
0:08.7	And it surfaces from time to time.
0:11.6	Got tremendous speed and quickness.
0:14.5	I think maybe a little better ball catcher than you give him credit for.
0:18.2	He's good in the screen game.
0:20.2	But we just haven't seen it because they haven't utilized him.
0:23.1	Now, maybe it's as simple as they have just liked the emergence of Franklin
0:28.6	and now Pat Bryant in his first year.
0:31.7	So maybe the room is too crowded.
0:34.0	But, I mean, come Sunday in the AFC championship game against the Patriots,
0:39.5	I'm going to try to get Marvin Mims touches, you know, 10 to 12 times.
0:50.2	Welcome back to another show of Broncos, X's and O's.
0:58.5	Dave, those were my reactions.
1:01.6	You really went us to rock.
1:03.1	Those were my reactions right there as we were doing the postgame show.
1:06.8	Everybody's super excited in the Toyota Lounge.
1:09.4	And then we get the news that Bo breaks his ankle,
1:13.1	and that's exactly how I reacted right there.
1:15.8	It's a good way to ruin a nice buzz in the Toyota Lounge.
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