Broncos' Russell Wilson Hamstring Injury to be Evaluated as Denver Opens as -3 Point Favorites vs. Jets
The Denver Broncos struggles continue and might have just gotten far worse as starting quarterback Russell Wilson exited in the fourth quarter of Monday night's game against the LA Chargers with a hamstring injury.
"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 tried to play through it ... just trying to find a way to win the game.''
Wilson received treatment following the game and will undergo further evaluation. As of Tuesday morning, Wilson was expected to be taken for an MRI exam.
Wilson and the Broncos are not playing up to expectations through six weeks. Denver's Sagarin rating fell from No. 13 to No. 15 this week though the actual ratings number change was nominal (21.57 to 21.44).
Wilson, who was traded to the Broncos during the offseason, addressed concerns over divisions in the locker room.
"We don't have division in our locker room," Wilson said, via NFL.com. "You guys saw how hard we played for each other. It didn't go our way, but everyone is fighting their butts off every day. The line, the receivers, the running backs, the defense, the defensive line, the linebackers and our safeties and corners, everybody was playing for each other and we felt like we could have won the game."
The Broncos open as a -3 point home favorite hosting the surprising New York Jets on Sunday. With the Jets Sagarin rating improving only slightly from 16.07 to 17.51, we actually get a line of 5.77 favoring Denver once the home field is factored in for the Week 7 game.
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
