Aros":usykug4i said:
The only thing I can think to say at this point is if we deal Russell we will regret it. If he was 41, sure. Not now. He's in a funk but let's not throw out or forget who this man has been for all these years. Some of the commentary I've been reading about him lately on this site is LAUGHABLE. And that's being diplomatic and kind.
My guess is a bunch of 20-somethings that don't have a clue about the Hell which was the 90s with this franchise.
While I hope Russ is just in a funk and can get his HOF career back on track, realistically Wilson has been playing mostly poorly for over a year now. The other thing that really concerns me is that when Russ was setting the league on fire to begin last season he wasn't the only one, following the shortened offseason all defenses were giving up yards and points in record numbers until around midseason.
So, the question is - why? No-one has the answer definitively but the recurring options are:
1. Coaching / PC / OC / Peteball - essentially Russ isn't being given the keys to play
2. Russ is in decline and/or limitation in Russ' game
3. The OL and pass pro
4. Russ' mentality / Heroball
The answer might be a combination of all of them, who knows.
There's a few things that really concern me about whether the Russ/Seahawks situation can be fixed:
1. Russ' decline seems to correspond to the time he (or at least Wilsons camp) started to rock the boat with the entire ''Let Russ Cook".
2. Russ seemed to perform better when this team operated a tough running game allowing Russ play-action opportunities, deep-game shots, and the ability to improvise. Arguably PC knows Wilson's abilities/limitations better than Russ does himself. The last couple of seasons have really made me question whether Russ can truly be a pocket QB that goes through his progressions a-la Manning, Brady, Brees, etc.
3. Since Russ signed his first major contract many players have called him out. Specifically Sherm, Bennett, and Baldwin. I kinda ignored this criticism until recently as I assumed a lot of it stemmed from jealously etc, but with almost all the criticism being about RW not being held accountable or made to compete like everyone else. I wonder if we're seeing the results of this finally play out on the field. It would be very interesting to have a conversation with Baldwin off the record and really understand his perspective.
If anyone can put my mind at ease about any/all of the points above please do, but I haven't seen anything out there yet that does so.
It's gonna be a really interesting offseason, it doesn't look like Wilson and Carroll can co-exist anymore, philosophically they just don't see eye-to-eye.
If PC was a decade younger I think there could be a difficult decision on whether we move on from HC or QB, but due to his age PC isn't going to stick around long enough for a new QB search. I think we'll see RW play out his contract with a new HC (with PC retiring), my concern is that we've seen the best of Wilson and he simply never gets back to HOF-level play.