Kurt Warner believes Broncos QB Bo Nix needs to improve in this area ahead of the 2026 season.

Broncos quarterback Bo Nix wanted to play last week. He will play this week. After being held out of the preseason opener on the artificial turf at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Nix will play in the second preseason game on Friday night against the Packers.

There's too much at stake for the Broncos to ignore the unnecessary hits on their franchise quarterback in practice.

The Broncos defense was out for blood Tuesday and proved perfectly capable of drawing it. From the start of practice, the tenor was intense. As it grew more chippy throughout, a scuffle or two felt inevitable.

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, EE.UU. (AP) — Bo Nix no tuvo que esperar hasta el partido del viernes ante los Packers de Green Bay para tener una sensación similar a la de un partido, mientras da el paso más grande hasta ahora en su regreso tras dos cirugías de tobillo.

Last week, the Broncos managed a perfectly even split between backup quarterbacks Jarrett Stidham and Sam Ehlinger, who both played 37 snaps. Payton did not reveal the full QB rotation for Friday's game, but he said Stidham and Ehlinger will both play.

Bo Nix was the record-breaking sixth quarterback taken in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, but he certainly isn’t the sixth best. The Denver Broncos quarterback started from Day 1 and exceeded expectations from the jump.