A big part of this is scheme and targets getting open, but Russell has got to get the ball to hot routes against the blitz. When you can tell pre-snap that the defense is going to send more guys than you have to block them, and everybody in the stadium and on TV knows he has to get rid of the ball immediately, and then there is no effort to do so. Countless times before the snap I'm saying "Russell get rid of it", and instead he just takes the quick sack. Those are when we need to hit the slant to Percy and get him in one-on-ones, hit Miller on pop passes, or hit a back in the flat. You can't tell if it is something they practice and Russell just isn't comfortable doing it, or if it something Bevell is just ignorant about. Those are the types of plays that the most efficient passers just kill defenses on. You can't send 6 at Brees, Brady, Rodgers etc., because it ends in a big play.
The game will change a lot if we aren't able to continue running the ball this effectively forever, but how can you not be confident that Russell will continue to learn and adjust?