Things So Bad in Denver the Backup Quarterback is Fighting With the Offensive Line
By Liam McKeone
The Denver Broncos' season from hell continued its downward spiral on Christmas and everything hit a new low as the Los Angeles Rams dropped 50 on their heads. It is impossible to describe how bad this season has been for Denver. So instead we present a sideline video of the Broncos' backup quarterback getting into a fight with the offensive line in the middle of Sunday's affair.
Tempers flare between Risner/Rypien on the sideline this afternoon at SoFi @MaseDenver pic.twitter.com/WDplRgm3Lx
— Mitchell Reiter (@reiter_mitchell) December 26, 2022
And here is the broadcast view of the immediate aftermath with Tracy Wolfson providing context.
#Broncos backup Brett Rypien exchanged some words with the starting offensive line, defending Russell Wilson after he took another sack, per @tracywolfson. Dalton Risner pushed Rypien out of the way.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) December 25, 2022
Here's the video, via CBS:pic.twitter.com/MR7TTCfEzK
Not great! And as if the situation couldn't get even worse, the offensive lineman who pushed Brett Rypien is Dalton Risner. Who is the starting center and also the Broncos' Walter Payton Man of the Year Award nominee. Things have gotten so awful within the team that the backup quarterback pushed the best guy on the team to a breaking point. All this was followed by Randy Gregory punching a dude in the head after the game.
Darkly hilarious for all us viewers and deeply, deeply depressing for anybody unfortunate enough to call themselves a Broncos fan.