ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are aiming to go on another winning streak like the one that ended with a thud last week in Houston
At 6-6, the Broncos are still alive in the playoff picture but their margin for error is much slimmer after coming up short 22-17 to the Texans on Sunday, which snapped their AFC-best five-game winning streak.
Russell Wilson is coming off his worst game of the season, one in which he was picked off three times, underthrew receivers several times and bypassed a wide-open Jerry Jeudy for a walk-in touchdown and instead scrambled for the first down in a series that ended with a field goal.
Coach Sean Payton peppered his Monday comments with what many perceived as digs at his quarterback, including this nugget when addressing that play in which Jeudy was left wide open: “If you watch all of it, holy cow, there are about two or three of those plays.”
Wilson took the opportunity at his weekly news conference Wednesday to remind everyone — maybe his coach, included — that the sky wasn’t exactly falling on the Broncos (6-6).
“We’ve been 5-1 over the last six games,” Wilson offered. “We can’t forget that, too. We’ve got five games to go. We went 5-1. We’ve got a lot of confidence in this locker room in who we are and what we’re going to do and how we can go about it. And so, I believe that’s who we are over the past six games, and I believe we can be even better and that’s the best part about it.”
Maybe that was an inspirational message to his teammates or perhaps it was a veiled retort to his coach.
Either way, the Broncos’ loss to the Texans narrowed their path to the playoffs, where they haven’t been since winning the Super Bowl in Peyton Manning’s farewell game in February 2016.
Although they’re 2 1/2-point underdogs Sunday against the Chargers in Los Angeles, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, Denver should be favored in most of its remaining games.
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Publish date : 2023-12-07 01:55:13
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