NFL News BO NIX BROKE HIS ANKLE: OUT FOR SEASON

[ctpatsfan77]

Pats-HOU today is for a SB berth

no Nico Collins today
no Bo Nix next weekend

Pats HAVE to get this done

Someone on Xitter claimed "The Patriots are officially no longer playing with house money." I don't quite agree, but I do agree that they need to try and take advantage of this opportunity.

 

[Delicate Genius]

You have to wonder if this is it for Bo Nix given that he was in college for 25 years and is already 44.

 

[lancerman]

Someone on Xitter claimed "The Patriots are officially no longer playing with house money." I don't quite agree, but I do agree that they need to try and take advantage of this opportunity.

The Pats honestly should be the presumed favorites the rest of the way at this point for the AFC playoffs. So in a sense, yes. There aren't really brownie points anymore just for showing up. If we can't win tomorrow while a bad Texans offense doesn't have their top playmaker and beat a Denver team without their starting QB, we screwed up. These aren't easy games. But this is the sort of playoff path you dream about.

They kinda gotta take advantage of this now.

 

[Lavictoire]

Backup= Jarrett Stidham

The dark horse Stidham!! Be afraid!

 

[Lavictoire]

Holy **** that sucks. Time and chance. Salute to Denver you guys did yourself proud this season. (despite the witchcraft curse you put on us!! AND your creepy airport. KARMA MF'ers!!)

 

[Lavictoire]

Jarrett Stidham, anyone?

Sign the BEAST!

 

[n1997y]

Depends on exactly what happened. I know from someone it happened to (not me) that the biggest issue is they can't put weight on that foot for ~2 months or so after the surgery. But if it's not too bad, he should be ready either for TC or not long after (e.g., early October).

^^^THIS^^^
I broke my ankle playing basketball in high school. Landed on someone’s foot, rolled the ankle, blew a chip off the talus. Chip displaced, didn’t heal, and I had to have surgery nine months later.

I assume the reason they’re doing surgery so quickly, on Tuesday, is that whatever broke is also displaced and needs to be properly aligned asap before healing gets very far along. Even walking on it could displace it, so it seems very likely that playing another play on it would’ve ensured it’s displaced. And that’s why they have to shut him down and have surgery pronto. It doesn’t have to be anything big or complicated, they just can’t wait to get it set so it heals properly. If it doesn’t it could ruin his ankle and that would threaten his career.

 

[Rob0729]

It sucks that Nix got hurt like this. I hate the Broncos and want the Pats to go to the Super Bowl, but not like this.

A few things about some of the talk in this thread:

- I don’t think Nix is a great QB, but he does show flashes of brilliance and is clutch under pressure. Thinking he is on par or a step down from Stidham is silly.
- Naming bad QBs the Pats have lost to in the playoffs is useless and irrelevant. None of them were back ups who are now being thrust into the starting line up in the AFCCG. Most were the QB who started the year as their team’s starters. The rest were replacements who had been starting for weeks or months before the start of the playoffs.

 

[TB12TheGoat]

this would have been like the Pats having to start Hoyer against JAX in the 2017 AFC championship after Brady gashed his throwing hand to the bone the week of the game

 

[n1997y]

- I don’t think Nix is a great QB, but he does show flashes of brilliance and is clutch under pressure. Thinking he is on par or a step down from Stidhsm is silly.

There was a time when this board and Boston pundits discussed whether Stidham might be a worthy successor to TB12, in all seriousness.

That wasn’t the way things went, but don’t underestimate him. He’s better than some QBs we’ve had start here since Brady left.

Underestimating the opponent is a great way to create a trap game.

 

[Ring 6]

That all depends.
Conservative is fine as long as it's working.
Running the ball is a great plan, but it has to be effective.
Shorts throws are safe, but Houston really rallies and closes off the underneath game very fast.
They are most susceptible to QB scrambles and challenging their safeties deep.
I don't want to be so conservative that we keep them within one score where one big play can turn the game in their favour.
We present just as much of challenge to them on O, as they do to us on D, I would hate to see us take that strength of ours away.
We can be aggressive, but still emphasis ball security and realize punting is ok.

We will lose if we play conservative. It’s not our game and it plays right into Houston’s hands. We can’t change who we are because we are scared.

 

[mnpatfan]

Statue Stiddy!... for the loss...

 

[imahobgoblin]

Can't look past today's game, but wow this has a 2001 feeling to it. Rams vs Pats?

 

[farn]

I was hoping to see Drake vs Nix

Didn’t even care as long as Drake’s there.

 

[farn]

People in here still think Belichick is a great coach

People in here think that because Willie Mays struggled his last season that he wasn’t great in his prime.

 

[farn]

Brock Osweiller was Mannings backup...

Brock sucked so badly they went back to a limp Manning and he rode his D all the way to the championship. Not unlike AR winning his only SB on the stength of the D.

 

[farn]

It sucks that Nix got hurt like this. I hate the Broncos and want the Pats to go to the Super Bowl, but not like this.

A few things about some of the talk in this thread:

- I don’t think Nix is a great QB, but he does show flashes of brilliance and is clutch under pressure. Thinking he is on par or a step down from Stidham is silly.
- Naming bad QBs the Pats have lost to in the playoffs is useless and irrelevant. None of them were back ups who are now being thrust into the starting line up in the AFCCG. Most were the QB who started the year as their team’s starters. The rest were replacements who had been starting for weeks or months before the start of the playoffs.

I agree w the sympathy for Nix who seems like a tough player.

But I don’t really care how NE gets to the last game. If they get to win, the rest is quite irrelevant to me.

 

[Salsalife]

Bills fans are bummed I'm sure...what a slug fest..one for the history books. Sad for Nix?

 

[Rob0729]

There was a time when this board and Boston pundits discussed whether Stidham might be a worthy successor to TB12, in all seriousness.

That wasn’t the way things went, but don’t underestimate him. He’s better than some QBs we’ve had start here since Brady left.

Underestimating the opponent is a great way to create a trap game.

People on message boards say stupid things. Belichick refused to start him in 2020 when Cam Newton couldn't throw the ball and even after the Pats were eliminated. Not even to take a look at him to see what he could do. Belichick decided in 2022 to trade Stidham away for next to nothing and draft Bailey Zappe.

Stidham is a back up for a reason. He isn't very good. I wouldn't trust 95% of the back ups in this league to come start for the first time in the AFCCG and do a hell of a lot. And the only ones I would trust are seasoned veterans with extensive experience of being #1. Stidham has had very few reps with the starters and the Broncos don't even have a great receiving corp.

The Broncos could win next week. But to think there will be no drop off from Nix or Stidham may be better than Nix is ridiculous.

 

[Lansdowne]

I agree w the sympathy for Nix who seems like a tough player.

But I don’t really care how NE gets to the last game. If they get to win, the rest is quite irrelevant to me.

The only people that care how the Patriots get there are the people who don’t want to see them get there in the first place. And we don’t care about those people, they can kick rocks. Good teams take advantage of their opportunities.