As much as I hate to say it, while Rawls looked great last season, I honestly think we are building a team that allows for a plug and play RB going forward. It won't matter if other teams cherry pick our back in FA because we will just plug in another and keep chugging along.
It won't really matter who we have back there anymore, he will have success. Defenses are going to start keying in on our passing game which will leave an open field for our running game (RB and QB).
Not that we are going away from Pete Carroll's bread and butter ball control, clock control offense. I just see the threat of the passing game keeping defenses off balance enough that they can't stack the box on every 1st and 2nd down like they did when Lynch was in his prime, and if they do, I see Carroll/ Bevell allowing Wilson to audible out of the run this year.
While I am highly critical of Bevell's (perhaps Carroll's) situational awareness and individual play calling at times, I can't deny that they have done a masterful job of methodically developing Wilson into an NFL QB, assisted by Schneider who has managed a roster cushion that allowed for his development. I think they have had a specific plan laid out, and they have stuck to it. I was happy to see that Carroll is working with him this offseason on seeing offenses the way that NFL defenses do. I really thought that part of Wilson's game was lacking and was holding him back in being able to run the offense when under center.
