When most games start, we tend to try to be pretty conventional in the passing game. We read the defenses, go through our checks, and try to make plays from the pocket. Let's be brutally honest. When we try to employ a conventional passing game, we can get pretty darn stagnant.
Eventually, Russ figures out that he is going to have to make plays, and goes into his Fran Tarkenton routine, running all over the place and making big plays with his arm and feet.
That is no way to live though. I like to see them stay with the conventional game as long as they can, and improve at it. Hopefully we can get to a level of a "dissecting" passing game at some point, where Russ can just shred and make it look effortless. I'm quite certain we'll get there.