Auburn fans are going to have something to watch very closely this upcoming weekend. The NFL is playing its conference title games to see who earns the right to go to the Super Bowl and a former Tiger will take the field.

In the AFC, the Denver Broncos are set to take on the New England Patriots at Mile High Stadium, while in the NFC, the Los Angeles Rams face off against the Seattle Seahawks.

For the Broncos, they might just have some interested parties from The Plains tuning in to watch their fellow orange brethren.

All season, Denver has been quarterbacked by former Auburn QB Bo Nix, who has established himself as one of the premier young gunslingers in football.

But during the final plays of the victory on Saturday over the Buffalo Bills, Nix broke his ankle and now will miss the rest of the season.

The Tiger connection does not end with Nix, however.

As fate would have it, Broncos backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham is also an Auburn man, playing two seasons for the Tigers from 2017 to 2018. Throwing nearly 6,000 yards in 27 games, Stidham had 36 touchdowns in his Auburn career and led the Tigers to a dramatic 2017 Iron Bowl victory over Alabama.

Now, Stidham steps into an impossible situation after Nix’s huge season and will try to keep Denver’s Super Bowl hopes alive in front of a home crowd.

Stidham has already proven he can perform well in high-pressure games, dating back to his college career at Auburn, but this upcoming game is the toughest test he has ever faced.

Fortunately, he will have the support of both Nix and the entire Auburn family attempting to will him and the Broncos to victory.