Bo is good to go.

In a return to Empower Field seven months in the making, Broncos quarterback Bo Nix looked just fine, thank you. He completed 6 of 9 passes for 76 yards, one for a touchdown. He sprinted around like he used to. He connected with splashy wide receiver Jaylen Waddle on a long pass play that could have gone for longer. He avoided big hits that make fans wince.

Bo looked like Bo. That’s all that mattered in the Broncos’ 33-13 preseason loss to the Packers.

“I felt exactly like where I left off,” Nix said in the locker room after.

Where he left off was the heartbreak of all ankle breaks.

Friday marked 216 days since Nix fractured his right ankle on the second-to-last play of a 33-30 overtime win over the Buffalo Bills in a divisional round playoff game. Everybody, including Nix, learned less than an hour later he would be assigned to surgery and forced to miss the AFC Championship Game.

“It is what it is,” Sean Payton said on a stunning night in January.

The top-seeded Broncos would’ve beaten the Patriots then lost to the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX.

It is what it is.

In the long offseason since, “Bo’s Ankle” briefly joined “Forsberg’s Spleen,” “Jamal’s Knee” and “TD’s Migraines” in Denver sports infamy.

Now Nix looks fixed.  

“It was very smooth, very easy, to get back out there and go,” he said.

This was confirmation more than it was a surprise. Bo’s third training camp with the Broncos has been his best by a long shot. He’s extra comfy with his choice as offensive coordinator, Davis Webb. Webb was an NFL quarterback only four years ago. During pregame warmups, Nix and Webb stand shoulder-to-shoulder, tossing deep balls to wide receivers and tight ends. Chums.

And the early returns on Webb as a 31-year-old play caller?

The first possession vs. Atlanta: six plays, 69 yards, touchdown.

The first possession vs. Green Bay: six plays, 65 yards, touchdown.

So far, so good.

Payton, however, was not good with anything about Friday. He railed on the penalties (10), busted kicking and running games (only 70 yards) and, fortunately, did not have an opinion on New Thunder’s debut.  

“I can’t think of one area we outplayed them, honestly,” Payton said.

Nix was not perfect. He’s still acclimating to the speed of Waddle, who, with the ball thrown ahead of him, could have scored on the long completion. With Waddle, the Broncos possess a deep threat they haven’t had since Emmanuel Sanders. The Broncos are building around Bo.

Payton previously had estimated Nix would be on “a 14-snap count.” Nix then played exactly 14 snaps. The Broncos have concerns. Bo’s ankle is not one.

Of Nix’s 14 snaps, nine were pass plays and five were runs. On No. 10’s watch, the Broncos scored 10 points in two possessions.

—The throw he missed was intended for Courtland Sutton on the sideline. Just a bit outside.

—Nix’s first game completion to Waddle went for 35 yards. The Mile High crowd reveled in its newest favorite player.

—Nix lofted a perfect ball to RJ Harvey on a wheel route for a 21-yard touchdown. The six-play, 65-yard scoring drive looked easy for the Broncos’ first-team offense. That hasn’t been the case often.

—His best throw was an across-his-body heave that went for 18 yards to Lil’Jordan Humphrey.

Adjusting back to game speed and seeing the field was the hard part, Nix said.

“I thought physically it was pretty easy,” he added.

Nix did not play in the first preseason game and should not play in the third — next Friday against the Vikings. His next performance will come Sept. 14 — against the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday Night Football.

Bring on Patrick Mahomes.

Bo is good to go.