ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Over and over, Bo Nix planted his right foot and accurately delivered the ball downfield Saturday.On the few broken plays, he wasn’t shy to tuck it and run.The Denver Broncos ' third-year quarterback who underwent a pair of surgeries on his right ankle this offseason is back working with the starters and leading the team that he took to the AFC championship game six months ago only to watch from the luxury suites as backup Jarrett Stidham directed Denver’s offense in a three-point loss to New England in a snowstorm.“It feels great, it feels normal,” Nix said after Saturday’s practice. “It feels like we’re headed in the right direction as a team.”The Broncos were conservative with Nix in the offseason, mostly holding him out of drills save for some 7-on-7s at their minicamp in June. Coach Sean Payton said Saturday that Nix is right where the team expected to him be health-wise.
“I feel great, I feel normal, I feel like nothing’s holding me back,” Nix concurred. “I’m out there playing like I normally do and feel really good.”Denver’s season begins in Kansas City on Sept. 14 against the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes, who’s coming off a major injury (knee) himself.Nix said he’s absolutely not going to curtail his scrambling ways just because he broke his right ankle in the playoffs, requiring surgery and a follow-up procedure to remove bone spurs.
