The Broncos not only have lost quarterback Bo Nix for the season with a broken right ankle, but they suffered two other injuries on offense Saturday that could be concerning. In a 33-30 overtime win over Buffalo in a divisional playoff game at Empower Field at Mile High, the Broncos lost two of t heir top four receivers in rookie Pat Bryant and second-year man Troy Franklin. Nix was hurt on a play that began with 6:04 left in overtime when he was tackled by Cole Bishop for a 2-yard loss. He remained in for two more plays before the Broncos won on a 23-yard field goal by Lutz with 4:44 left. Nix will have surgery Tuesday in Birmingham, Ala., performed by Dr. Norman E. Waldrop. He will be replaced as the starter in the AFC Championship Game by backup Jarrett Stidham. After catching three passes for 32 yards on Denver’s opening drive, Bryant was lost for the game with a concussion. It is uncertain if Bryant, who sustained a concussion in a Dec. 21 game against Jacksonville and missed one game, will be able to play in next Sunday’s AFC Championship Game at home against the winner of Sunday’s Houston-at-New England game. Stidham played for the Patriots from 2019-21. Franklin, who didn’t have a catch Saturday, was lost for the game in the third quarter with a hamstring injury. His status also is uncertain for the AFC Championship Game. “You hate for those guys to go out, but with anyone it’s the next man up,’’ said Broncos receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey. “We’ve got to go out and fight and go win this thing and that’s exactly what the guys did.” With Bryant and Franklin out, the Broncos were left with Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims Jr. and Lil’Jordan Humphrey at receiver. Humphrey caught two passes for 33 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown with 22 seconds left in the first half that gave Denver a 17-10 lead. The score came after Humphrey had dropped a potential 10-yard touchdown pass from Nix on the Broncos’ first drive and they had to settle for a 28-yard field goal by Wil Lutz. “It means a lot,’’ Humphrey said of redeeming himself. “This team is so close and they rally behind each other. After I had that one drop, they came up to me and said, ‘You’re going to get another chance at it.’ For them to have my back, that means a lot.” Mims had eight catches for 93 yards. That included a 16-yard touchdown pass from Nix with 55 seconds left in regulation to put Denver up 30-27. “You’ve got (two) receivers out,’’ Mims said. “We’ve got to stay in the whole game and find a way to win.” Sutton didn’t have a catch in the first three quarters but finished with four grabs for 53 yards. The Broncos late in the game also lost center Alex Forsyth with an ankle injury, and he was replaced by Sam Mustipher. Takeaways aplenty by Broncos The Broncos forced five turnovers while having just one themselves. Denver recovered two fumbles by Bills quarterback Josh Allen and one by running back James Cook. And they picked off two passes from Allen. “When we put our minds to it, we’ll do it,’’ Zach Allen said of the defense forcing the turnovers. Early in the second quarter, linebacker Alex Singleton had a big hit on running back James Cook, forcing a fumble that safety Talanoa Hufanga recovered at the Denver 31. For the game, Cook carried 24 times for 117 yards. “(Singleton) was the first one to have a turnover today and that changed the whole game for us,’’ said outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper, whose Broncos then trailed 7-3. In the waning seconds of the first half, Josh Allen lost a fumble when tackled by outside linebacker Nik Bonitto, leading to a 50-yard field goal by Lutz on the final play of the first half for a 20-10 Denver lead. Early in the third quarter, Bonitto had a strip sack on the quarterback, and Malcolm Roach recovered the fumble at the Bills 17. That led to a 33-yard field goal by Lutz for a 23-10 lead. “Takeaways are such a big part of a football game,’’ Bonitto said. Later in the third quarter, safety P.J. Locke picked off a long pass from Josh Allen and returned it 30 yards. And with 7:46 left in overtime, cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian had the game’s biggest turnover when he intercepted a long pass from Allen intended for Brandin Cooks. McMillian wrestled the ball away from Cooks at the Denver 20 as the two were falling to the ground. “Fantastic,’’ said Broncos coach Sean Payton, whose team drove for the winning points after the interception. “The last one. Yes, perfect. … It was an amazing play.” The only Denver turnover came when defensive lineman Deone Walker picked off Nix in the third quarter. Another one-score win The Broncos went 11-2 in the regular season in one-score games, so perhaps it was no surprise that Saturday’s game again went down to the wire. Broncos tackle Mike McGlinchey joked after the game that his heart was still beating fast. “It is,’’ he said. “I’m still alive. I’m still ticking.” Tight end Adam Trautman was told what McGlinchey said. “I’m probably 190 beats per minute, which is, actually, I probably should be in the hospital,’’ he said. “It’s been insane. We’ve had all these moments that are close in the season to prepare for us for the biggest of moments.” Zach Allen agreed that all of the Broncos’ close games during the season prepared them for Saturday. “We’ve been battle tested and we’ve been in this situation before and we’ve pulled it out,’’ he said. The win was secured when Lutz made his fourth game-winning field goal of the season on the final play. “We’ve been there before, so it’s nothing new, right?” Lutz said. “Heart rates aren’t any higher than they are during the regular season.” Then again, that’s not what McGlinchey and Trautman said. Briefly Bonitto called it “crazy to think about” the Broncos going to the AFC Championship Game for the first time in 10 years. With players off Sunday, he said he will watch the Texans-Patriots game while “also recovering.” … Nix carried 12 times, a career high for a regular-season or playoff game, for 29 yards. Denver’s running backs only had 10 carries, with Jaleel McLaughlin having four for 21 yards and R.J. Harvey six for 20 yards. …  Inactive for the Broncos were receiver Elijah Moore, tight end Caleb Lohner, cornerback Reese Taylor, outside linebacker Que Robinson, inside linebacker Karene Reid, defensive end Sai’vion Jones and quarterback Sam Ehlinger. Moore and Lohner were elevated off the practice squad Friday, but that was simply as a reward to give them each a bigger game check. ...read more read less