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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Trey Lance.
In recent years, NFL teams releasing their schedules has become an increasingly high stakes game to see who is going to make the best schedule release video — and each year somebody tries to push the envelope a little bit.
This year, one of those teams was the Los Angeles Chargers.
In the Chargers’ video, they took a video-game approach — and had a Halo-like character shoot a laser beam through Broncos quarterback Bo Nix’s ankle.
It’s a version of Nix, anyway, as another Halo-like character in Broncos colors.
The point is — message received. Nix fractured his ankle in an overtime win over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional Round and has had to have 2 surgeries to repair the damage.
The NFL released regular-season schedules for all 32 of its teams on Thursday.
“The Chargers blew up Bo Nix’s ankle in their schedule release video,” DNVR’s Zac Stevens wrote on his official X account on Thursday.
“This has to be crossing a line,” 9News Denver’s Mike Klis wrote on his official X account.
Tony Adame covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame