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Jeff LegwoldESPN Senior Writer
- Covered Broncos for 9 years for Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News
- Previously covered Steelers, Bills and Titans
- Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame Board
of Selectors since 1999
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos backmost Russell Wilson was constricted successful signifier Thursday, the 2nd consecutive time his hamstring wounded has curtailed his workload.
Backup backmost Brett Rypien has taken a ample information of the snaps with the starters implicit the past 2 days and though helium declined to dive into specifics earlier practice, manager Nathaniel Hackett said Rypien indispensable beryllium prepared to play Sunday against the New York Jets astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High.
When asked however helium had divided the signifier betwixt Wilson and Rypien, Hackett said: "We're moving done each that. We're going to enactment done each that, making definite we're taking attraction of Russ, getting acceptable for the game.''
Asked if the divided was 50-50 oregon if Rypien got much work, helium said: "Don't cognize the number. We privation to beryllium definite we're getting everybody acceptable to play.''
Wilson suffered the wounded successful the 4th fourth of Monday night's nonaccomplishment to the Los Angeles Chargers. Wilson received a magnetic resonance imaging exam Tuesday and has been listed arsenic a constricted subordinate the past 2 days of practice.
Wilson was already receiving attraction for a partial musculus teardrop adjacent his close enarthrosis since the Oct. 2 nonaccomplishment successful Las Vegas. The Broncos permission Monday for London to hole for the Oct. 30 crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier a Week 9 bye.
Hackett said helium volition proceed to speech to Wilson, measure Wilson successful signifier and consult with the squad aesculapian unit and wide manager George Paton earlier helium makes a determination connected however to proceed with Wilson for Sunday.
"I privation to beryllium definite I'm talking with [Wilson], communicating with him, making definite he's successful a bully mindset, that he's successful a bully place, that helium tin spell play high-caliber football,'' Hackett said. "[I privation to] enactment idiosyncratic retired determination that's steadfast who tin spell retired determination and play astatine a precocious level.''
Asked Wednesday if helium thought helium would beryllium capable to play, Wilson said, "I'm hoping so. I'm doing everything I tin to beryllium acceptable to roll. That's ever my mentality. ... If I tin go, I'll go. I'm going to effort to bash everything I tin to beryllium ready.''
Wilson has missed 3 games successful his vocation -- each past play aft country connected a digit connected his close (throwing) hand.
The Jets person an assertive defence that sacked Aaron Rodgers 4 times successful their 27-10 triumph Sunday implicit the Packers. Jets' antiaircraft tackle Quinnen Williams was named the AFC antiaircraft subordinate of the week with 5 tackles, 2 sacks, a forced fumble and a blocked tract extremity attempt.
"They're a penetrating antiaircraft beforehand and they origin havoc,'' Hackett said. "But those guys are doing truly well, particularly successful the stunt game, that's thing you spot a lot, arsenic large and beardown and almighty arsenic they are they're precise nifty to get done the gaps whenever you springiness them a sliver of hope.''
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