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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – After the 34-16 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, the Denver Broncos now have a three-game losing streak that seems to be growing in ugliness after every under-par result.
And for a team with a locker room full of players who have experienced the series of eight consecutive losses of last season against a record of 5-11, there is an air of despair and frustration, and more than a few questions to ask .
"Obviously, I'm upset," said defender Derek Wolfe. "We have just a short week, we break up, we play hard, we train hard, we lift strong, we do everything we can to be a good player.
"To come here and lose, the investment is too important.You invest so much money in your body just to take care of your body throughout the week, thousands of dollars to make sure that you are healthy for the game and you get out here and lose, it pisses you off, yes, it pisses you off. "
When asked if he was worried that the team would sink into another series like last season's, Wolfe added, "It's the same thing every week, I'm fed up with talking of the same thing the last two years. "
After a 2-0 start, the Broncos have now been dominated on the road twice – by the Baltimore Ravens on September 23, to accompany Sunday's dreadful 1-Jets defeat – and miss a 10-point lead. points missed Monday in a 27-23 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
And now, at 2-3, the Broncos will face the Los Angeles Rams next Sunday.
"Last year, we simply fell in this place and we expect bad things," said cornerback Chris Harris Jr. "We have to somehow reverse the situation, expect good things and try to maintain them. "
The Jets defended the Broncos defense, proud of its past, for 323 yards rushing, making it the fifth-highest total franchise history to a match in a game. New York averages 8.5 yards per race and rookie quarter Sam Darnold had only finished four times late in the first period, but two of them were touchdowns.
"We have to start from square one, find who wants to be here, who wants to change that," said Harris. "I'm all-in, I study, I prepare my body, I do everything I need to win. [players] get on the ground that they must perform. It's an individual job. In this defense, it's a man-to-man job, we have to win our individual battles and we do not do it. "
Wolfe, Harris, coach Joseph Vance and the other team members were once again left with the cruel feeling that the work done during the workouts that they all described as "good week" was without reward. It was about the same mantra of the week that the team had last season.
"Absolutely, we can regroup," Wolfe said. "We tried to regroup this week, we tried, we had great energy for practice, great energy for the game, we started the game hot, something – something much deeper is going on. here that I can not really understand. " .
"And it's sad because we have fans behind our bench who are talking about — the way we do not play with heart and do not play as hard as we can." Bulls —. Let's play as hard as it is our livelihood We play for our life, for our family, for my wife, for my brothers next to me.That someone says we do not play with our heart, these are bulls —. "
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