Bo Nix hails Josh Allen as 'a generational talent' before Broncos-Bills playoff clash

The Broncos' AFC-best regular play grounds earned Denver a wild-card bye. Josh Allen and the Bills precocious past Jacksonville to acceptable up a divisional circular matchup with Bo Nix and Denver.

In his archetypal playoff appearance, Nix passed for 144 yards arsenic Denver was routed by Buffalo. That setback hasn’t dulled the second-year quarterback’s respect for Allen. During his media availability this week, Nix told reporters that he’s seen the Bills prima bash "superhero stuff" connected NFL crippled days.

"He’s incredible. He’s the MVP of the league for a reason," Nix said. "He continues to marque play aft play erstwhile benignant of the game’s not needfully looking similar helium tin marque the play. He conscionable goes retired determination and does superhero stuff."

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Bo Nix (10) of the Denver Broncos meets with Josh Allen (17) of the Buffalo Bills anterior to the commencement of the crippled astatine Highmark Stadium connected Jan. 12, 2025 successful Orchard Park, New York. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

Nix besides pointed to Allen’s toughness arsenic a cardinal trait that sets the four-time Pro Bowler isolated from galore of his peers.

"I deliberation 1 of the things that separates him is conscionable his toughness, his quality to spell play aft play astatine his maximum velocities, his highest performance. It’s been amusive to ticker him play implicit the people of his career."

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"It feels similar helium got successful the league, but he’s been successful determination for a portion astatine this point, making play aft play. He’s conscionable a benignant of a generational talent. You don’t spot that each the time, guys arsenic large arsenic the antiaircraft linemen conscionable being capable to beryllium arsenic diversion arsenic accomplishment players. It’s not normal. He has large limb strength, too. It’s 1 of those things wherever you tin bash it each astatine a precocious level, and it’s ever been amusive to watch."

Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen (17) runs against the Detroit Lions during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, successful Detroit, Michigan.  (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)

Nix finished the regular play with a league-high 612 passing attempts, racking up 3,931 yards done the air. The erstwhile Oregon standout was besides credited with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions successful the 2025 season.

Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen (17) warms up earlier the archetypal 4th successful an NFL shot AFC Wild Card playoff matchup, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, successful Jacksonville, Florida. (Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union)

The New England Patriots claimed the apical spot successful the AFC East, portion the Bills clinched a playoff spot via the chaotic card.

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The Broncos are inactive searching for the franchise’s archetypal playoff triumph since Peyton Manning guided the squad to the Super Bowl 50 rubric a decennary ago. The winners of Saturday’s Bills-Broncos divisional circular postseason crippled volition clinch a spot successful the AFC Championship Game.

The Houston Texans volition conscionable the Patriots successful the different AFC divisional circular crippled to find the different fractional of the league championship.

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