NFL fans roasted Russell Wilson for ignoring a WIDE open receiver in the middle of the field

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October 17, 2022 10:03 pm ET

It’s been a bumpy start to Russell Wilson’s tenure with the Broncos. With Denver hovering around .500, their season is far from over. But if Wilson keeps playing poorly enough to earn the apparent ire of his teammates, it won’t be long before the Broncos are out of the playoff picture.

As Denver took on the rival Chargers (-4) on Monday night, Wilson still seemed to be somewhat locked into his current slump. On their first possession, Wilson drove the Broncos into field goal range. But when he had an opportunity to extend the drive on a third and short by throwing it to a very open Greg Dulcich, Wilson completely ignored him:

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— Steven Ruiz (@theStevenRuiz) October 18, 2022

The result of the play was, unsurprisingly, a Khalil Mack sack that forced the Broncos to settle for a field goal and an early 3-0 lead.

Russell Wilson chooses to not throw the wide-open short pass on 3rd-and-2 and instead takes a sack.

“Now this is on Russell Wilson… can’t get more open than that.”- Troy Aikman pic.twitter.com/c1EsgqIL37

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 18, 2022

Wilson would later find Dulcich for a 39-yard touchdown, but the damage of the early possession was done. There should have been so much more from a veteran quarterback that is seemingly missing plenty of open receivers in big spots this year.

NFL fans roasted Wilson for ignoring the middle of the field and an open Dulcich

Throwing to the middle of the field goes against everything Russell Wilson knows is good in the world https://t.co/rrvsFKrJWK

— Ralph Malbrough (@SaintsForecast) October 18, 2022

Russell Wilson reading the middle of the field pic.twitter.com/uLBVDDOJ07

— Adam Pfeifer (@APfeifer24) October 18, 2022

Russell Wilson is too good a quarterback not to see Greg Dulcich open in the middle of the field there. You’ve got to deliver that ball.

— The Inconvenient Truth™ (@BroncoFanatic97) October 18, 2022

Death, taxes, and Russell Wilson not seeing wide open receivers.

— Sami Rotter (@saminotsam) October 18, 2022

Russell Wilson missed a wide open Greg Dulcich 😬 pic.twitter.com/VRmsTSlap5

— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) October 18, 2022

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