Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos quickly became the talk of the town on Thursday Night. Though, it wasn’t in the way that they were hoping it would be. The Broncos were embarrassingly bad on their TNF matchup with the Indianapolis Colts at home. It was a game so boring, that the majority of their fans decided to get up and walk out of the stadium as the game headed into overtime. Yes, it was that horrible to watch. It was just yet another showing of this Broncos team completely underperforming compared to their offseason expectations. With Wilson being at the forefront of the trouble.
Wilson had two horrific interceptions during their overtime loss to the Colts 12-9. Both of them came with Denver in scoring range. The first was a complete overthrow on KJ Hamler early in the fourth quarter and the second came right before the two-minute warning at the 13-yard line. They were already up by three points and the inexcusable pass call resulted in a turnover instead of guaranteed points. They might not even sound that bad on paper, but the film shows how horrendous they were.
After the game, Wilson said, “It’s very simple. At the end of the day, I have to be better. I have to play better. This team, this defense played their butts off tonight. We had some key, good drives where we moved the ball. In the red zone, we just didn’t get to capitalize on some of them. There were some plays here and there that we can capitalize on. At the end of the day, throwing two interceptions can’t happen. Can’t happen. I let the team down tonight.”
Russell Wilson Needs To Step It Up
While the sentiment is nice, Russ still hasn’t turned it around for the Denver squad that just handed over $250 million dollars to him. Wilson is on pace for career lows in completion percentage, passing touchdown percentage and passer rating through five weeks of the season. He also has just four total passing touchdowns. All year long the Broncos have had to watch this group dink and dunk their way down the field. Which hurts even more when you have guys like Courtland Sutton and Jerry Jeudy just itching to get the ball.
The Broncos currently rest at 2-3 on the season despite being listed as Super Bowl candidates after the blockbuster trade to ship Russ to Denver. This group is averaging a measly 15 points per game right now and have broken the 20-point barrier just once all season long. Wilson admitted that he’s excited to see this team turn it around, but boy is he quickly losing the locker room and the fan base. The leash is getting awfully tight for Wilson and this Broncos squad. And at this point, I can’t even say for certain if this is because of their head coach or Wilson.
We’ll see how Russ and company handle an easier stretch of games in these next four to six weeks. They are starting to run out of time to put it all together with the Kansas City Chiefs also being in their division.
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