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Another NFL week, another miserable showing from Nathaniel Hackett and the Denver Broncos on national television.
The Broncos lost in overtime on “Monday Night Football” to the division-rival Chargers, 19-16, in another game where their new-look offense looked stuck in the mud for a majority of the game. Quarterback Russell Wilson actually got off to his best start of the season, completing his first 10 passes for 119 yards and a touchdown while Denver took a 10-0 lead.
But after that, the offense completely evaporated; Wilson only completed three passes for 15 yards in the second half. ESPN broadcaster Troy Aikman laid into Wilson at one point during the game, in which Wilson missed a wide-open receiver in the middle of the field and instead took a sack.
“This is right in front of him,” Aikman said. “Put it on him! You can’t get more open than that.”
The Chargers, who didn’t generate many explosive plays on offense either, stuck around – and in overtime, Dustin Hopkins drilled a game-winning, 39-yard field goal despite being hobbled by an injury for much of the game.
