INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson added any other pain Monday evening to an already painful get started to his first season with the workforce as he suffered a hamstring damage in the fourth quarter of Denver’s 19-16 time beyond regulation loss to the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium.
“I kind of scrambled to move around on one, I had to throw it away, it kind of got me pretty good in the fourth quarter,” Wilson said. “Just attempted to play thru it … simply attempting to be able to win the sport.”
Wilson gained remedy following the sport and shall be evaluated additional Tuesday morning. As of Monday evening, the conclusion used to be that he could be taken for an MRI examination as neatly.
Wilson’s damage comes amid proceeding struggles for the Broncos’ offense; Denver (2-4) has scored 16 or fewer issues in 5 of its six video games and had minus-9 internet passing yards in the second one part towards the Chargers.
Wilson completed Monday’s recreation 15-of-28 passing for 188 yards to move with a landing, however 173 of the ones passing yards in addition to the landing got here in the primary part. He used to be 3-of-11 for 15 yards in the second one part.
Wilson had gained remedy for a partial muscle tear close to his proper shoulder in the wake of Denver’s Week 4 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Oct. 2. The Broncos had 11 days between their Thursday evening loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Oct. 6 and Monday’s defeat.
“Shoulder did good, but listen, the only thing that matters is us winning,” Wilson said. “Not going to sugarcoat it, the one factor issues is us profitable … there is no excuse for it, we have now were given to be able.”
The Broncos traded 5 draft alternatives, together with two first-round picks and two second-round alternatives, in addition to 3 avid gamers to the Seattle Seahawks to achieve Wilson. They then signed Wilson to a five-year, $245 million contract extension simply sooner than the beginning of the season.
But the Broncos are actually some of the league’s lowest-scoring groups and rank at or close to the ground in purple zone offense, goal-to-go eventualities and 1/3 down conversions.
“This is very disappointing,” Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett said Monday night. “We want to have much more urgency around the board — it begins with me as a trainer, then all the different coaches, then to the avid gamers. Players want to be simply extra pressing. … We’ve were given to execute at a better stage, and we have now were given to get a hold of some higher performs.”
Wilson has now thrown for fewer than 220 yards in 3 of the Broncos’ six video games, and his most effective 300-yard passing effort used to be his 340-yard day in the season-opening loss at Seattle. Overall, the Broncos have scored simply 5 issues in the 1/3 quarter, and two of the ones issues got here by means of a security by means of the protection in Week 2 towards Houston.
On Monday, the Broncos had only one third-quarter ownership.
In time beyond regulation, the Broncos’ offense opened with a three-and-out, after which after their protection stopped the Chargers to get the ball again at their very own 31-yard line, Denver answered with any other three-and-out. Wilson threw incompletions on his most effective two go makes an attempt of time beyond regulation, each on third-down performs.
“We could have done it cleaner in the second half,” Wilson said. “The truth is it is simply no longer just right sufficient. We’ve were given to be higher, we have now were given to play sharper, we have now were given to in finding techniques to make performs, we have now were given to in finding techniques to get touchdowns. Felt like we must have received that recreation.”