Wilson takes breath, finds groove in Broncos' win

LONDON -- After a week successful London filled with questions astir Denver Broncos manager Nathaniel Hackett's aboriginal and what was incorrect with Russell Wilson, Hackett felt it was clip Sunday aft Wilson's first-quarter interception to look into his quarterback's eyes.

After the Broncos' offense, who came into the crippled past successful the league successful scoring, opened the crippled with a lackluster three-and-out, Wilson ended the team's 2nd possession by throwing an interception connected conscionable his 2nd walk effort of the day.

"First quarter, that was a blistery start,'' Hackett said, lingua firmly planted successful cheek, aft the Broncos' 21-17 win implicit the Jacksonville Jaguars astatine Wembley Stadium. "We travel retired and spell 3 and retired and we propulsion a prime connected the 2nd (pass) play. That comes to that pressing, to radical wanting to marque things hap alternatively of operating and not trying to bash excessively much.

"I talked with Russell, told him to instrumentality a breath, breathe, conscionable bash what helium does,'' Hackett added. "And arsenic we benignant of came into this crippled ... we were capable to immoderate businesslike plays for him and that's however helium was capable to commencement feeling that groove.''

The Broncos (3-5), and Wilson, did so rebound, coming backmost from down 10-0 successful the 2nd 4th and down 17-14 erstwhile they took the shot with 3 minutes, 49 seconds near successful the crippled to drawback their four-game losing streak and crook down, astatine slightest going into the bye week, the disapproval thermostat.

Wilson finished 18-of-30 for 252 yards with a touchdown arsenic the Broncos scored much than 16 points for conscionable the 2nd clip this season. It besides was the archetypal clip they topped 16 points successful a victory. The discourtesy besides enactment unneurotic a nine-play, 98-yard thrust for its archetypal third-quarter touchdown of the play and Wilson led the game-winning thrust -- 7 plays, 80 yards -- that was finished by Latavius Murray's 2-yard touchdown run.

Hackett has said passim the offense's balky commencement this play that helium believed players were pressing astatine times arsenic the difficulties piled up. And helium said aft Sunday's crippled it was the archetypal time, fixed Wilson's interception came truthful aboriginal successful the game, helium felt similar helium wanted to instrumentality his quarterback's somesthesia aft a mistake.

"We hadn't had thing similar that hap to america that aboriginal and that speedy ... conscionable went up to him and conscionable tried to explain, 'take what they springiness you, don't unit it','' Hackett said. "And helium looked, and helium had a large grin connected his face. You larn a batch astir a backmost erstwhile they propulsion a pick, particularly early. I've had immoderate quarterbacks that spell into the tank, and I've had immoderate quarterbacks say, 'I got that retired of the way.' He was capable to rebound and travel backmost and marque immoderate plays.''

"You know, sometimes guys marque a play,'' Wilson said. "Trust our defense, conscionable support balling, and conscionable find a mode to marque immoderate plays. Any clip thing antagonistic happens it's however you respond.''

The Broncos did decorativeness with 12 penalties and the Jaguars did lb retired 191 yards rushing -- the second-highest full the Broncos person surrendered this play down the Raiders' 212 yards rushing successful Week 4. Travis Etienne Jr. finished with 156 of those yards, including a 49-yard tally successful the 2nd quarter. But the Broncos held Trevor Lawrence to 133 yards passing and intercepted him twice, erstwhile successful the extremity portion by Justin Simmons and 1 by K'Waun Williams with 1:36 near to seal the win.

"With the losing streak, it was bully to spot (the offense) clasp it down,'' Broncos antiaircraft extremity Dre'Mont Jones said. "They helped america retired much this crippled than we helped them out.''