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- He has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999, too.
- Jeff previously covered the Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans at previous stops prior to ESPN. Follow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsENGLEWOOD, Colo.
- Denver Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham, set to make his first start since the last two games of the 2023 season in Sunday's AFC Championship Game, has still tried to make this week as normal as possible. That included a Monday trip to Target with his kids.
- Asked whether anybody recognized or approached the player suddenly thrust front and center for a team with a Super Bowl trip on the line, Stidham gave a wry smile and said, "No, incognito, nobody noticed."The 29-year-old Stidham, who is in his third season with the Broncos, will start Sunday against the New England Patriots in place of Bo Nix, who fractured his right ankle on the game-winning drive in Saturday's 33-30 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills.
- In the span of an hour, the Broncos players went from the euphoria of the win to the crushing news that Nix would not play for the remainder of the postseason. In the days that have followed, the Broncos coaches, players and Stidham have tried to stick as closely as possible to the team's usual routines as they go about the business of preparing to play for a Super Bowl chance."We wouldn't be in this position without Bo," Stidham said Wednesday.