MIKE PURCELL

And honestly, it’s easy to see why — even for Hackett, who said Monday that he is "the most frustrated" of anyone with how the team is playing. "Nobody is as frustrated as I am," Hackett said Monday, via the Colorado Springs Gazette . Everybody has to play better. We can play better, and we are a better football team than that. And as for winning back fans who are turning on him more and more every day, Hackett knows he has work to do.

Russell Wilson is a Super Bowl winner, one of the finest quarterbacks of the 2010s, with a history of playing at an MVP level. The Broncos haven’t even reached the postseason since that Super Bowl, the second-longest postseason drought after the New York Jets. Denver cleaned house, bringing in a new coaching staff to reprise their most recent Super Bowl run. But six weeks after Denver hired Hackett, Rodgers swerved, signing an extension with Green Bay and leaving Denver in rather desperate need of a quarterback. There’s no guarantee that having Aaron Rodgers in Broncos uniform would have prevented this kind of debacle.

Denver Broncos star Russell Wilson had a miserable showing against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday and he heard about it on and off the field.

The resurgent Kansas City defense shut down Teddy Bridgewater and the Broncos and the Chiefs beat Denver 22-9 on Sunday night for their fifth straight win.