Russell Wilson is a really rare bird. Everyone was trying to write him off before he ever found his way into the NFL. I remember during the draft, I had read his stats from college and saw that he clearly had not let his size become a deterrent for him there and I was convinced that he wouldn't let it be one in the NFL either. If anything he has used his size and all the nay sayers as motivation to push himself to places no common man could or would anyways, .
What I see in Russell is a guy with one hell of a work ethic. He is as good as he is because he works ten times harder than someone else would at his position with his, what a lot of people, believe to be handicap, i.e. size, and as a result is ten times more durable and ten times better at his craft than most of the others out there playing his position.
He has a very strong faith base that keeps him centered and focused. He needs to be careful that he doesn't get so heavenly bound that that he becomes of no earthly good, but I think he has found his balance in that act, and uses his faith as one of many driving forces in his life.
He is convinced that one day he will be recognized as one of, or the greatest Quarter Back in NFL History, with more Super Bowl wins under his belt than any other. Including Brett Favre. He could be right.
The one thing that has worried me some, is his injuries this season. As a former coach (boxing) I saw that my fighters, when in superb physical condition, were not easily injured, but if they slacked off or decided that they just needed to train hard enough to be in shape to compete, that was when they started getting injured. I can't help but wonder if earlier in the season, that Russell didn't conclude that he didn't need to work himself as hard physically as he had in past years, and concurred that improvement on his skills would suffice and bring him the same or better results than in past seasons, and opened him up to injuries as a result.
If that were the case, I hope he has recognized that in himself and turned the conditioning dial back up on high for the rest of the season. I'm not saying that every player that gets hurt out there isn't in good shape and isn't working hard enough, I am saying that it's been my experience, that athletes who work themselves beyond the norm experience much fewer injuries and much less serious injuries when they do.
I remember listening to an interview with Michael Jordan, and one of his responses was that he was no better player than the majority of the other guys on the court, what separated him from all the others was that he worked harder at his craft than anyone else he'd ever known, before or since, and that a lot of players could be as great as him if they were willing to make that kind of a sacrifice. I think Russell is one of those players.
In summary, if Russell want's to achieve these goals he has set for himself, I think they are very much attainable for him, God has blessed him with all that he needs to succeed, he only needs to do the work necessary to get there and I think he will. He may or may not beat Brett's record, but he will leave one heck of a mark in NFL Quarter Back history.
