Broncos quarterback Bo Nix suffers season-ending injury during playoff win vs Bills

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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix will miss the rest of the NFL playoffs with an ankle injury suffered during a 33-30 win over the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round Saturday. 

Broncos head coach Sean Payton told reporters the news after the game.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix will miss the rest of the NFL playoffs with an ankle injury. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

"Not good news, on the second-to-last play in overtime, Bo fractured a bone in his right ankle. He's schedule to have surgery Tuesday of this week, which will put him out the rest of the season," Payton said. 

If the second-to-last play of the game is truly what Payton was referencing, then it would be the play in which the Broncos simply took a knee prior to kicking the game-winning field goal. The play right before that, Nix threw an incompletion that resulted in a 30-yard pass interference call on Buffalo, which set up the Broncos in field-goal range.

The play before that, Nix ran a keeper where he lost two yards and was tackled by safety Cole Bishop. Nix was seen limping slightly after the play.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix was injured near the end of Saturday's game against the Buffalo Bills. (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)

Nix was 26-of-46 for 279 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 29 yards on 12 carries in the win.

"He’s such a strong, faith-based guy," Payton said. "He’s sitting in the hallway with his family and coming over and we’re all