Jarrett Stidham certainly didn’t expect to play a major role in the Denver Broncos’ quest for a fourth Super Bowl championship. Bo Nix had put together a terrific second season and, on Saturday, had just helped his team pull off a 33-30 overtime win over the Buffalo Bills.
One broken ankle — and one Sean Payton press conference — changed things in a hurry.
With Nix now lost for the season, it’s now up to Stidham, whose first start of the year will be the AFC Championship Game on Jan. 25 at Mile High.
The former Auburn quarterback is already set to make a little history. Only one other quarterback has seen his first start of the season come in a conference championship: Hall of Famer Roger Staubach in 1972. Staubach ultimately lost that game.
Should Stidham lead the Broncos to victory, he’ll become the first quarterback since 1950 to win after making his first start of the season during any stage of the playoffs. The other is Frank Reich in the Bills’ 32-point comeback against the Houston Oilers in the 1992 Wild Card Round.
The AFC Championship Game will mark Stidham’s fifth overall start. He started twice with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022 and twice more with the Broncos in 2023.
Only one QB since 1950 made his first start of the season in the playoffs and won: Frank Reich, in the epic 1992 wild-card overtime comeback against the Oilers. Next weekend, Broncos QB Jarrett Stidham will try to become the second. t.co/4veEZVwYXD
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 18, 2026Jarrett Stidham will be the second quarterback to make his first start of the season in a Conference Championship Game; the other was Roger Staubach, who made his first start of the 1972 season in the NFC Championship vs Washington, a game the Cowboys lost 26-3, per ESPN Research pic.twitter.com/99Q8z12WfI
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 18, 2026Jarrett Stidham to join exclusive list of QBs with AFC Championship Game start due to Bo Nix injury Saturday Down South.
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