Just Another Roster Breakdown (w/ Some Thoughts)

[Pandion Haliaetus]

Just an update to add TE Rashaun Allen and OL Nate Isles to the mix.

Allen takes Beckum's place to keep it at 6 TEs.

But..

Isles takes CB Jimmy Legree's place giving the Seahawks 16 OL (+1) and 15 DBs (-1).

Isles* is the 7th player the Seahawks have added to the OL over the off-season which includes:

Greg Van Roten
Steve Schilling
Justin Britt*
Garrett Scott*
Garry Gillam*
Bronson Irwin*

*Rookies

 

[Scottemojo]

a good example would be the opening strip-sack-fumble in the NFCCG, where he bailed from the pocket and tried to extend the play and had the option to throw the ball away or target the TE (though I think the mic-ed up segment after suggested the TE wasn't looking at him so he didn't want to throw it), but instead he tried to avoid Aldon Smith as he has done in the past, but this time Smith was able to catch him and bring him down - and that's because Wilson had the confidence to try and evade him thinking he could extend the pocket further, but was proved incorrect, a less mobile QB would have known he couldn't avoid Smith (or rather, probably couldn't, ever), and would have chosen to toss it away/to the TE, but Wilson didn't.

Just one quibble, the play you reference was a called bootleg. Russell did not bail.

 

[Anonymous]

a good example would be the opening strip-sack-fumble in the NFCCG, where he bailed from the pocket and tried to extend the play and had the option to throw the ball away or target the TE (though I think the mic-ed up segment after suggested the TE wasn't looking at him so he didn't want to throw it), but instead he tried to avoid Aldon Smith as he has done in the past, but this time Smith was able to catch him and bring him down - and that's because Wilson had the confidence to try and evade him thinking he could extend the pocket further, but was proved incorrect, a less mobile QB would have known he couldn't avoid Smith (or rather, probably couldn't, ever), and would have chosen to toss it away/to the TE, but Wilson didn't.

Just one quibble, the play you reference was a called bootleg. Russell did not bail.

Correct. It was almost as though the play was called just to get a feel for which D-lineman was the "most pumped up" so we could adjust play calls/blocking schemes for the next two downs.

At least, that's the way I'd like to think about it... :mrgreen: