Lewis Hamilton appears to be like on as his Denver Broncos go down towards the Los Angeles Chargers

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Lewis Hamilton swapped beginning grids for gridiron on Monday as he attended his first Denver Broncos recreation, watching on as his crew went down 19-16 towards the Los Angeles Chargers.

Earlier this yr, the seven-time Components One champion joined the Broncos’ new possession group, which is being spearheaded by the Walton-Penner household and consists of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Mellody Hobson, chairwoman of Starbucks and co-CEO of Ariel Investments.

Hamilton, who will compete on this weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, mentioned he was “so excited” forward of the sport at SoFi Stadium – and even his bulldog Roscoe was wearing Broncos uniform for the event.

However the consequence will little question have left him disenchanted.

Enjoying in prime time for the second consecutive week, the Broncos slipped to 2-4 on the season after the Chargers’ time beyond regulation win, which got here courtesy of 5 profitable kicks – 4 area targets and an additional level – from Dustin Hopkins.

Hopkins suffered a hamstring harm within the first half and was questionable to return, in keeping with the Chargers.

Nonetheless, he went on to make 4 FGs later within the recreation, together with the decisive, 39-yard kick in time beyond regulation to ship the Chargers to 4-2 on the season.

Hopkins advised ESPN he felt a “pop” after his first kick of the evening, including that his leg was “hurting fairly good.”

“He had a hamstring cramp/pressure. It simply didn’t really feel proper,” Chargers head coach Brandon Staley advised reporters after the sport. “You'll be able to’t say sufficient about him hanging in there.”

The Broncos had taken a 10-0 lead within the first quarter when Russell Wilson discovered Greg Dulcich in open area with a landing go, however the Chargers fought again – first when Austin Ekeler pressured his means over the aim line for a landing, then when Hopkins tied the sport together with his first area aim.

Because the tight contest went to time beyond regulation, a fumble on a punt return by the Broncos with 5 minutes to go within the additional interval enabled Hopkins to make the profitable kick.

After the sport, Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett mentioned Wilson suffered a hamstring harm, with the quarterback telling reporters that it “obtained me fairly good within the fourth quarter – I simply tried to play by means of it.”

The Broncos subsequent play the Jets on Sunday, whereas the Fees go up towards the Seahawks.