Broncos Reportedly Have No Choice With Russell Wilson

Image credit - Getty images

Russell Wilson had another poor performance on Sunday evening against the Carolina Panthers.

[{"selector":"#anim-e0249cec-0ee8-4831-aaab-699c42c297f3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4e54c284-d932-44a5-a95b-4fe3e87d7a7b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b6368463-eb42-45dd-b35c-4dd811efb090","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 137.46768%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Wilson completed only 54.3% of his passes for 142 yards and a touchdown as the Broncos fell to 3–8 after a 23–10 loss.

[{"selector":"#anim-8f174983-f638-4636-ba39-2cd295149311 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3a15c0ac-36e7-468e-b9d0-1266d8e6a76c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9b3fbdf4-f580-4756-84a5-dda1d25191ed","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 132.34126%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

For the season, he is completing only 58.9% of his passes for 2,369 yards, eight touchdowns, and five interceptions.

[{"selector":"#anim-bc12003d-b496-4732-b9eb-db3d09f1c11b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f1cc33b0-e15c-4a0e-a9f5-d8d9f1081c22","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1ded2c33-cc9c-46de-9142-d8b9f14c0df6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 148.41268%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

The level of production that one was expecting from him after he was acquired back in March was not there.

[{"selector":"#anim-c2fd39cf-6da5-4d73-abe9-37db18ea6af3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-11356d9a-ab70-4bcf-8c02-437288fd1247","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7e4427c6-342b-4b21-96d6-858d0d35e88c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 144.84125%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

This raised some questions as to whether he could be one and done in Denver.

[{"selector":"#anim-ec72d1f0-3105-4251-a289-d553e61b8cd2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ef185d6e-2e91-4813-952f-2f682e67db41","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4648fdd7-85b4-4a20-98dd-2ea72fde63a8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 160.72352%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

But NFL Network's Ian Rapoport shrugged it off during a segment on Monday's edition of The Pat McAfee Show.

[{"selector":"#anim-28020082-d8ba-463d-8f14-e25c6cee5595 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4183fe0d-ad28-431d-a7bf-8abedc7615d3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b6d7bccc-069e-4ae9-b41a-8396af205936","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 130.55552%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

"Russell Wilson isn't going anywhere because the cap hit would be so astronomical," Rapoport said.

[{"selector":"#anim-b19fa6aa-0315-443c-9ddc-addc66b9802f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6b174a34-b208-4c39-ac21-6480edba4e4a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d75997c9-8110-4847-9fdb-ec84c9582386","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 172.35140%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

"You can do it but it will set your team back a lot.

[{"selector":"#anim-ac1f7b4e-acb9-4360-9f4a-1d2b1392c58e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a1d3f8eb-64e9-46a8-af02-cfe44aaf439f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-da334f8a-8f59-48bc-8345-600ba90883d9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 230.37037%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

I think there will be a coach who says you know I can make this guy work."

[{"selector":"#anim-5e2f7dfa-9241-4c0a-8608-96c7ddecf079 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-dc65cd43-5324-49e7-a4ec-49b86665f9d3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-822b4bee-9ab2-45e7-8c97-8bc04d60230d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 137.46768%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

End of the season and it is conceivable that this could happen.

[{"selector":"#anim-dced3760-de05-444d-ab93-2459401b1496 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-15cb5117-26fb-4ec8-8885-667c7f32f802","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5e0e60ab-dd1c-41ef-b111-9257e45b3a70","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 197.03700%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

They are currently 3-8 and have continued to struggle on offense as the season has progressed.

[{"selector":"#anim-6db5d31b-8f79-4095-9f40-93155fea6015 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bf71abfe-10d8-4e36-965e-076b3ff9dc88","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d57a58d3-744a-419b-b660-88a743cfca13","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 137.46768%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Denver's hands are tied with Wilson and it will be up to him, as well as a potential new employee, to replace it.

[{"selector":"#anim-49f68f12-0681-427b-9952-fe6fcaac307d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-26.546640524303537%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-495851fa-8ac5-4bbf-a8b5-fa9b10507113","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-40ab8d7d-35ee-4ac7-b2bf-531a064d2054","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 126.98414%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]