"It's fun to do something like that ... just kind of a great story,'' Nix said of his victory lap and high-fiving fans. "And our goal wasn't just to make the playoffs even though it hasn't been done in a while;

Quite honestly, opening the season, nobody expected us to do this, but we didn’t really listen to that,” Broncos QB Bo Nix said.

Nix went 26 of 29 with 321 yards and four touchdowns in Denver's 38-0 win that clinched the franchise's first playoff berth since 2015. In the process, Nix broke an NFL record as well as a franchise record held by Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning .