🏈 AFC Championship spotlight: Broncos QB Jarrett Stidham will make his fifth NFL start, squaring off against his old team, the New England Patriots, with a shot at Super Bowl LX. He’s stepping in for Bo Nix, who suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the divisional round. Stidham even showed up in a cowboy outfit for the big game. 🤠
📜 Quick background: drafted by the Patriots in 2019 (133rd overall), he spent two seasons in Foxborough before a 2022 trade to Las Vegas. He hit free agency in 2023 and became Sean Payton’s first signing in Denver, starting two games that season. Now he must guide a capable Broncos offense against a stout Patriots defense. 🏈
📊 Career starting line: 1-3 record, 59.4% completion, 1,422 passing yards, 8 TDs, 8 INTs. Home-field advantage is nice for Denver, but Stidham will need a high-level effort to topple New England and push Denver toward the Super Bowl. 🔥
