Bo Nix pushes back on Sean Payton saying QB is predisposed to ankle injury

Bo Nix wants to make one thing abundantly clear about his ankle injury — it was not inevitable.One day after Broncos head coach Sean Payton said the quarterback is “predisposed” to an ankle injury — like the fracture he suffered in the divisional round of the playoffs, Nix pushed back on that characterization.

“Nothing predisposed, nothing that was there originally,” Nix said of the season-ending injury.“That might have gotten confused.

Just a simple step with my foot up in the air, my body weight came down on it, sort of got twisted up.“It could have been a worse landing, but I think all that force went into the only place it could.”Payton spoke with the media on Tuesday, two days after Denver’s season ended with a 10-7 loss to the Patriots in the AFC Championship game.

The head coach said it became evident after Nix’s procedure in Alabama last week that the signal-caller was going to have an injury like this at some point in his career.He had already suffered ankle injuries in both high school and college.“What was found was a condition that was predisposed — they always find a little more when they go in,” Payton said.

“It wasn’t a matter of if, it was a matter of when.When you look at the play and you’re trying to evaluate it — the operating surgeon said that this was going to happen sooner than later.”The Denver Post reported Thursday that doctors saw pre-existing stress on Nix’s bone but that there was no concern for any chronic issues.Nix, while wishing his coach hadn’t disclosed his past injuries, did say he feels like he’s on a good path to recovery and should have a recovery period of four to six weeks.“I don’t think he really should share how many surgeries I’ve had in the past, to be honest with you — he doesn’t even really know that,” Nix added.

“But it’s going to be good to get back, get back to work.… Nothing really that concerns me, nothing that scares me moving forward.”Nix injure...