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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, who has been a constricted subordinate successful signifier this week due to the fact that of a hamstring injury, is listed arsenic questionable for Sunday's crippled against the New York Jets astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High, arsenic manager Nathaniel Hackett called Wilson's presumption a "game-time'' decision.
"He's day-to-day astatine this point,'' Hackett said aft Friday's signifier astatine the team's suburban Denver analyzable "... We tin ever set thing [in the crippled plan] to marque definite we've got the champion script retired there; we conscionable privation to beryllium definite that helium tin support himself, that's astir apt the astir important thing."
Backup backmost Brett Rypien has taken a important fig of the snaps with the starting discourtesy passim the week, including successful Friday's practice, and would commencement if Wilson does not play. The 26-year-old Rypien has spent the erstwhile 3 seasons connected either the Broncos' roster oregon signifier squad earlier helium won the backup occupation successful this year's grooming camp.
His lone erstwhile commencement successful the NFL was against the Jets successful 2020, a 37-28 Broncos triumph successful which Rypien threw for 242 yards and 2 touchdowns with 3 interceptions.
"I've taken much reps, obviously, this week,'' Rypien said. "... You privation to bash your occupation the champion you tin and enactment immoderate points connected the board.''
Wilson has said helium suffered the wounded successful the 4th fourth of Monday night's nonaccomplishment to the Los Angeles Chargers. Wilson received a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam Tuesday greeting and has since been officially listed arsenic a constricted subordinate successful each of the past 3 days of practice.
Wilson has already been receiving attraction for a partial musculus teardrop adjacent his close enarthrosis since the team's 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 Friday he's had respective conversations with Wilson, the team's aesculapian unit arsenic good arsenic wide manager George Paton arsenic the manager makes a determination astir Wilson's presumption for Sunday. Hackett said helium believes Wilson has been forthcoming successful those discussions astir however the wounded feels.
"I cognize [Wilson] is going to bash the close thing; I'm going to bash the close thing,'' Hackett said.
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.''
As Hackett said, Wilson's quality to support himself by being capable to flight occupation successful and retired of the pouch volition origin greatly successful the decision. The Jets' progressive antiaircraft beforehand sacked Green Bay Packers backmost Aaron Rodgers 4 times and deed him 9 times wide successful New York's 27-10 triumph Sunday.
Jets antiaircraft tackle Quinnen Williams was named the AFC's Defensive Player of the Week with 5 tackles, 2 sacks, a forced fumble and a blocked tract extremity attempt.
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