Bo Nix’s first taste of the NFL playoffs quickly turned bitter after a sweet start. Denver’s rookie quarterback threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to his former college teammate Troy Franklin on the opening drive of Sunday’s wild-card playoff game.

After a postseason defeat by Buffalo, the rookie plans to attack his first NFL offseason so Denver doesn’t “get stuck in this position next year.”

The Denver Broncos have drawn first blood in Upstate New York. The eight-point underdogs took the opening possession 70 yards on five plays, striking deep into the heart of the Buffalo Bills with a 43-yard Bo Nix touchdown pass to Troy Franklin.

In a way, you don’t have anything to lose,” Broncos QB Bo Nix said of going into the Bills playoff game as a big underdog.

It’s playoff halftime and so far, the assumptions about Josh Allen and the Bills vs. Denver rookie QB Bo Nix have been wrong.

Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix isn't satisfied with just making the playoffs. He wants to go to a Super Bowl.

If Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos are going pull off a big upset of the Buffalo Bills on the road, they are going to need to create some explosive plays in the passing game. Given that, their first possession in Sunday’s Wild Card game was exactly what the doctor ordered.

Nix lifted the team to its first playoff berth since the 2015 NFL season when Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning led the Broncos to a win over the Carolina Panthers in Super