5:16 PM ET
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, who has taken plentifulness of the vigor for the team's 2-3 commencement and is dealing with symptom adjacent his close (throwing) shoulder, said Thursday that he's physically acceptable for Monday night's crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers astatine SoFi Stadium.
Wilson was officially listed arsenic constricted connected the team's wounded study for Thursday's signifier but was successful his customary spot with the starters during the unfastened viewing periods. Wilson suffered a musculus wounded -- to his latissimus dorsi -- successful his backmost adjacent his close enarthrosis successful the 2nd 4th of the Broncos' Oct. 1 nonaccomplishment to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Wilson past played each violative drawback successful past Thursday's nonaccomplishment to the Indianapolis Colts arsenic helium looked retired of sorts for overmuch of the evening. He finished with 21-of-39 passing and 2 game-crushing interceptions successful Colts territory successful the 2nd fractional of a crippled the Broncos finished without a touchdown.
"Shoulder's feeling better, getting amended each day," Wilson said earlier practice. " ... I haven't had this peculiar happening before, but I'll beryllium OK. I'll beryllium ready."
"He decidedly looks good," Broncos manager Nathaniel Hackett said. "Russ has played successful the league for a agelong time, and each players person antithetic things they person to woody with. ... I deliberation you're ever dealing with that worldly crossed the board. I deliberation he's doing an astonishing occupation getting himself to 100%."
The wounded has been the latest talking constituent astir the Broncos' violative struggles this season. They are tied for 30th successful the league successful scoring (15.0 points per crippled with 16 oregon less points successful 4 of their games), past successful the league successful reddish portion scoring and past successful the league successful goal-to-go situations.
The Broncos besides person the unusual illustration of being tied for the league pb successful walk completions of 25 oregon much yards this play (14) but having scored conscionable six touchdowns wide and having scored each of 5 points successful the 3rd 4th of their 5 games combined, with 2 of those points coming connected a information by the defense.
For his part, Wilson isn't ranked supra 14th among the league's starters successful immoderate of the large passing categories, including 28th successful completion percent (59.4) and tied for 23rd successful touchdown passes (four).
With the tidal question of playoff expectations that arrived with him successful the commercialized successful March -- the Broncos sent 5 draught picks and 3 players to the Seattle Seahawks to get Wilson -- on with the $243 cardinal declaration helium signed successful September, Wilson has been the people of each forms of investigation and disapproval successful caller weeks.
"Lot of play left," Wilson said. " ... I've done it earlier and I'll bash it again. ... I don't deliberation you get motivated by [criticism]. ... I tin grip it, I'm built for it. I'm built for the bully times and the pugnacious times. ... It's ne'er expected to beryllium easy."