People often find ways to spend time during long flights, but the Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson made sure that he utilized it productively and left the fans wondering. He will play his first international game of the season this week and guess what? The passer had a workout session for more than four hours on his long flight to London.
The Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson missed the fourth game of his entire 11-season career last week due to a hamstring injury. However, this setback doesn’t seem to keep him away from practicing and conditioning his body. While his presence for the upcoming week is questionable, with head coach Nathaniel Hackett leaving it to the game day, Wilson used those 8 hours inside the flight to treat his limbs.
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Here is #Broncos QB Russell Wilson describing his routine on the 8-hour flight. He talked about high knees. I believe he did treatment and leg work for chunk of time. Not sure it was four hours of high knees. If it was, then damn. #Denver7 pic.twitter.com/J34iZX5sde
— Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) October 26, 2022
While speaking to the reporters, the former Super Bowl champion gave this extra info in great spirits. He mentioned that for the first two hours; he watched the film and later went for physical activities while his teammates were sound asleep.
“The next four hours, I was doing treatment on the plane,” Wilson said to the reporters. “I was walking up and down the aisles. Everyone was knocked out. I was doing high knees and working on my legs end everything else, making sure I was ready to rock. So that was good.” He added. So far, the season has been terrible for Wilson with early jitters, and has registered a season record of 2-5 by the end of Week 7.
Wins are essential to keep their playoff aspirations alive. When asked if he would start the game, Wilson mentioned that he felt great and is ready to rock. However, this workout session didn’t seem to have gone well with the fans who continued trolling him online.
NFL world reacts to Russell Wilson speaking about his flight workout session
Well, to some extent, it is hard to imagine an NFL quarterback walking down the aisle practicing while other teammates are asleep. But Wilson claims to have undergone a successful session. However, fans weren’t convinced about it.
Russell Wilson on the team plane 🙄pic.twitter.com/rKSW8wf7ki https://t.co/uBMqyarJYe
— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) October 26, 2022
Russell Wilson on the flight to London: pic.twitter.com/qn71l31bzh
— Jake Shapiro, but spooky 👻 (@Shapalicious) October 26, 2022
However, others mentioned that sleep was essential for the passer.
Can one of these team physicians please explain to Russell Wilson that sleep would probably help him more than high knees in the aisles https://t.co/pghOBtap57
— Tanya Ray Fox (@TanyaRayFox) October 26, 2022
Russell Wilson as his teammates are trying to sleep on the 8 hour flight. https://t.co/ppaBLg8qa6 pic.twitter.com/kDddQNdeb6
— Ryan Talbot (@RyanTalbotBills) October 26, 2022
Russell Wilson's teammates on the plane. https://t.co/97ptYoZeww pic.twitter.com/aqmAbiUMk0
— Brendan Sugrue (@BrendanSugrue) October 26, 2022
While others were quite disappointed with Wilson’s performance.
We've reached the stage of the season where Russell Wilson is doing high-knees on the plane and Nathaniel Hackett is getting asked about his job status. There was so much hope on Sept. 12 and now we're here.
Longest. 45. Days. Ever. #BroncosCountry
— Will Petersen (@PetersenWill) October 26, 2022
POV: You're on an eight-hour flight to London and you see Russell Wilson running down the aisle pic.twitter.com/VDo5Bd1Jv8
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) October 26, 2022
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I don’t know what it is about this dude, I just can’t take it anymore
— David Herrera (@djh_303_) October 26, 2022
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Wilson will face Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in his first international game of the season. Having experience playing in a foreign atmosphere in the past might help the passer to get back on track.
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