The Denver Broncos went on the road to Seattle and lost a 1983 wild-card playoff game 31-7. There was a rookie quarterback named John Elway who played that day.

Well, the simple answer is we didn’t win a Super Bowl,” Nix said of his rookie year. “So there’s a lot to learn from, a lot to grow from.”

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Bo Nix was only minutes removed from the final snap of his rookie year, the one that came at the end of the Denver Broncos’ 31-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Sunday’s wild-card playoff game, when his mind shifted to the offseason ...