{"id":168405,"date":"2022-12-26T01:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T01:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/broncos-russell-wilson-problem-somehow-gets-even-worse-in-an-abysmal-loss-to-rams\/"},"modified":"2022-12-26T01:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T01:56:08","slug":"broncos-russell-wilson-problem-somehow-gets-even-worse-in-an-abysmal-loss-to-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/broncos-russell-wilson-problem-somehow-gets-even-worse-in-an-abysmal-loss-to-rams\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos’ Russell Wilson problem somehow gets even worse in an abysmal loss to Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russell Wilson turned 34 years old in late November.<\/p>\n

It’s not an age in which a quarterback should be completely falling off. That’s why the Broncos traded multiple draft picks and players for Wilson and gave him a five-year extension worth more than $240 million.<\/p>\n

The trade and the contract might end up ranking among the worst in NFL history. It’s looking like Wilson’s name will be forever cursed in Colorado for setting the franchise back multiple years.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s 51-14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams was a low moment for the Broncos in a season that has been miserable since Week 1. Wilson threw interceptions on each of the Broncos’ first two series and both were completely on the quarterback. On one he overthrew a pass terribly, the other he threw it right to linebacker Bobby Wagner over the middle.<\/p>\n

It was 17-0 shortly after that second interception.<\/p>\n

If you want to know what it looks like when a team has completely given up on the season and wants it to be over, rewatch the Broncos’ effort on Christmas afternoon. A defense that had been good got ripped to shreds by the Rams’ JV offense. The Rams had 31 points at halftime. They had scored 31 in an entire game once this season. The Rams had 39 points in quarterback Baker Mayfield’s first two games for them combined. And Denver was drawing dead practically from the start of the game because the offense can’t score. The Broncos trailed 41-6 before the offense scored its first touchdown.<\/p>\n

Denver’s Nathaniel Hackett has had one of the worst rookie seasons of any head coach in NFL history, and it would infuriate the Broncos fan base if he’s back for a second season. But firing Hackett might not solve the Wilson problem, which is glaring.<\/p>\n

Russell Wilson continues to struggle<\/h2>\n

Wilson’s start to the game was so bad, even Patrick Star was cracking jokes on the Nickelodeon broadcast.<\/p>\n

At one point in the third quarter, CBS’ Tracy Wolfson reported that backup quarterback Brett Rypien had words with the offensive line on the sideline, and the offensive line got heated with him. As if the Broncos needed to add “total dysfunction on the sideline” to their list of woes.<\/p>\n