Head coach Nathaniel Hackett and several players on Wednesday refuted any notion that quarterback Russell Wilson had lost the confidence of some teammates.
Broncos safety Justin Simmons gave an animated defense of the quarterback, speaking at length about Wilson’s leadership and then saying he’d prefer to only answer questions about Sunday’s game against the Ravens the rest of his time at the podium because “I just don’t see where it comes from, those reports, because Russ has been nothing but great. Obviously, it hasn’t been the season any of us have wanted, but I just can’t fathom thinking of that stuff.”
A day earlier, an NFL Network reporter on a podcast said that Wilson, in the midst of the worst statistical season of his career, “has lost some people around that team. He has lost some people in that locker room.”
