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The struggles continue to mount for Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson. If it wasn't enough that his team is 3-8 in his first season in the Mile High City, rumors abound that he's lost the locker room.
Earlier this week, DailyMail.com reported that only 'half the team' showed up to a birthday party thrown for Wilson by his wife Ciara.
According to reporters in Denver, the party was held on a players' day off and that there's been 'gossip about Russell Wilson's standing in the locker room.'
Rumors swirl around the state of the Broncos locker room & its relationship with Russell Wilson
On Thursday, Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett cast doubt on those claims.
'To me, it's all gossip,' Hackett told reporters. We have a fantastic locker room. Look at a guy like Russ; I've never seen anybody work so hard, never seen anybody try to embrace a team like he has.
'Russ is awesome, and we need just to do better as a team and all that stuff is what it is. I love Russ.'
He later stated, 'When you sign up
