ENGLEWOOD, Colo — Russell Wilson and Josh Allen have more differences than similarities.
What they have in common is they’re both successful quarterbacks known to make plays with either their legs or throwing on the run after the scripted play breaks down.
Wilson said Thursday he and Bills and former Broncos pass rusher Von Miller also have something in common, besides playing in Pro Bowls together.
“Von and I know each other because of Trevor Moawad, as well,’’ Wilson said.
Moawad wrote the bestselling book, “It Takes What it Takes,” which provides “guidance on how to navigate adversity and defeat negativity by downshifting to neutral thinking.’’ If that doesn’t sound like it fits right along with the ever-positive Wilson. Moawad followed it up with “Getting to Neutral, How to Conquer Negativity and Thrive in a Chaotic World.”
Wilson is constantly espousing optimism and overcoming adversity during his press conferences.
“(Von) was a guy who spent a lot of time with him on mindset and thought process,’’ Wilson said. “And me, too, as well. Trevor is one of my closest friends. So we bond on that, too, as well. He knows what it’s like.”
Moawad, perhaps, will pay close attention to the Broncos-Bills game – Wilson dropping back to pass; Miller trying to sack him before the pass – on Monday night in Buffalo.
Hamstring investigation
In his last three seasons at UCLA, tight end Greg Dulcich missed one game. One. And he didn’t miss any in his final two seasons of 2020 and 2021.
Since turning pro as the Broncos’ third-round draft pick, however, Dulcich has endured the Hammy from Hell. He missed all of training camp, the preseason and first five regular-season games as a rookie last year because of a hamstring strain. He wound up playing in 10 games, looked promising, and then missed the final two games because his hamstring issue re-emerged.
It looked better this offseason. He was dominant during OTAs as a big-play, pass-catching tight end in practice. But his hamstring yanked in the first half of the season-opener against Las Vegas and he’s only played in three quarters of a game since.
“He’s working his tail off, he’s seen specialists,’’ said Broncos head coach Sean Payton. “You look closely at other things, the gait. How much weight should it be at. He’s a little heavier than in college like most players, so all of that stuff we’re working on. But he is making progress.”
Dulcich is a tightly-wound 245 pounds of muscle upon a 6-foot-4 frame. He does seem to pronate as he runs, what they call a toe runner. The Broncos could use him as they have just 16 catches from their other three tight ends – Adam Trautman (11), Nate Adkins (4) and Chris Manhertz (1) through eight games.
Dulcich had 33 catches for 411 yards and two touchdowns in his 10 games last year and has 3 catches for 25 yards in his two appearances this year.
There is hope he returns to provide some contribution before the season ends.
“We’ll see him this year, yeah,’’ Payton said.
Bronco Bits
All 69 players on the Broncos’ 53-man active roster and 16-man practice squad participated fully in practice Thursday. …
Courtland Sutton is tied for fourth in the league with 6 touchdown catches. Only Tyreek Hill (8), Buffalo’s Stefan Diggs (7) and Minnesota’s Jordan Addison (7) have more.
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