Denver may only be without its starting quarterback for one game.
Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett said he thought Russell Wilson could return from a hamstring injury when they take on Jacksonville in London next week.
“He’s trending in that direction,” Hackett said after Sunday’s 16-9 loss to the Jets. “He did everything he could to try to be there, but it was just a little early with that short week. Hopefully, we’ll see him out there and if not, we’ll be smart with him, too.” Wilson pushed hard to play against the Jets despite injuring his hamstring, a notoriously finicky muscle, just six days earlier. In the end, Hackett, general manager George Paton and the Broncos decided the quarterback needed to miss just the fourth start of his 10-plus year career despite the quarterback’s lobbying.Denver safety Justin Simmons said he thought the officiating crew should have allowed D.J.
Bill Vinovich’s crew ruled that Denver defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones touched Wilson as he spun to the ground, making him down by contact when his forearm touched the ground. Wilson lost control of the ball at that point, and D.J. Jones picked it up and ran it into the end zone for what would have been a 13-7 lead.“In my opinion, I thought when a play like that happens, you rule it a touchdown and then you go back and review it,” Simmons said. “But I don’t exactly know.
Simmons also took issue with a 19-yard pass interference call on K’Waun Williams in the fourth quarter that set up the Jets’ final field goal — “That was huge. I have to look at it, but I don’t know about that one, either” — though he was quick to add, “you can’t blame on calls.”Denver lost a pair of starters and its most productive running back of the game.
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