The Denver Broncos season has been a miserable failure, despite the addition of former Pro Bowl QB Russell Wilson. It wasn't supposed to go like this. A lot of people thought the Broncos were going to be Super Bowl contenders; that they were simply a quarterback away from making a run. So much for that.
Wilson has come under fire for his relentless optimism and catch phrases, despite the poor play and losing. It came to a head this week when his teammate, Mike Purcell , was seen yelling at Wilson. But it appears that a bit of a rift goes all the way back to his arrival in Denver, according to NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo on the Insiders show.
“Privately, we were being told early on, these guys were looking at [Wilson] side eyed when he was doing all his kinds of goofy stuff all offseason into training camp.”
It's one thing though for Wilson to act goofy and all before the season begins. But when the franchise trades away the future, Wilson needs to deliver. He has done anything but that as he is having the worst season of his career. There have been reports that he was calling out audibles he used with the Seahawks. His former teammates have lined up to throw him under the bus. His current teammates apparently have taken issue with his antics.
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero added some additional insight on Wilson losing members of Denver's locker room as this disastrous season has played out.
“One of the things that I’ve consistently heard about it is Nathaniel Hackett, for everything that has gone wrong, and everything that people are saying about his job right now, he has not lost that locker room. Russ has lost some people around that team. He has lost some people in that locker room,” Pelissero said
All of it would be forgiven if Russell Wilson could lead the team to wins. Instead, the Broncos are 3-8 and were just embarrassed by the Carolina Panthers.
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