Here are five questions -- it is a big game, after all -- that will decide if the Broncos can come away from "Thursday Night Football" with a 10th win and a spot in the postseason.
Defensive tackle D.J. Jones (finger) and running back Jaleel McLaughlin (quad) were also estimated as limited participants after being estimated as nonparticipants on the team's first practice report ahead of "Thursday Night Football."
"He's so tough," Mike McGlinchey said of Nix. "He's so smart [and] put [together]. He's everything you want. Him in that moment, he didn't even blink."
The Broncos listed defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers (foot), defensive tackle D.J. Jones (finger), running back Jaleel McLaughlin (quad) and cornerback Riley Moss (knee) as nonparticipants on the estimated report.