Denver will be without quarterback Russell Wilson on Sunday against the Jets.
Wilson suffered the hamstring injury with about 2 minutes, 30 seconds left in regulation in Los Angeles and after the game said it “got me pretty good.” When he spoke with reporters on Wednesday, Wilson said he’d push as hard as he could to play and that he “heals fast,” but he simply didn’t make enough progress for the Broncos to feel good about him playing against the Jets.
Denver head coach Nathaniel Hackett told reporters on Friday that, “the most important thing” in terms of determining whether Wilson would play was the quarterback’s ability to protect himself. The team ultimately decided he could not due to the muscle injury. “Obviously we want to win the football game this week, and put ourselves in the best position to do that,” Hackett said. “We’ll do the right thing there. You’re always looking at what’s ahead, and we know we have a lot of football left… There’s a long season still to be had.”
Wilson has started 164 out of a possible 167 regular-season games in his career. He had not missed a start due to injury until last fall, his 10th year with Seattle, when a finger injury required surgery and kept him out for three weeks.
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