By ESPN | Created at 2025-01-12 19:06:43 | Updated at 2025-01-12 23:31:10
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Jeff Legwold, ESPN Senior WriterJan 12, 2025, 01:25 PM ET
- Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL at ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years, joining ESPN in 2013. He also assists with NFL draft coverage, including his annual top 100 prospects. Jeff has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999. He has attended every scouting combine since 1987.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- For weeks, Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix has been confident that a long connection with receiver Troy Franklin, his college teammate at Oregon, would be made.
It happened on the fifth play of the Broncos' first playoff game since the franchise's Super Bowl 50 win to close out the 2015 season. On a second-and-4 from the Bills' 43-yard line, Nix hit Franklin for a 43-yard touchdown.
The rookie-to-rookie score was Franklin's longest reception of the season and only his third touchdown of the season. It gave the Broncos an early 7-0 lead in the AFC wild-card game at Highmark Stadium.
Nix was 2-of-2 for 62 yards on the Broncos' opening drive.
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) January 12, 2025
