tersal":1q9b3q8m said:
keasley45":1q9b3q8m said:
Folks. What's happening now is what a great many people on this board said would happen last offseason when the other half thought it was all the fault of a conservative Pete or ineffective Schotty when it obvious then, especially after the Rams loss, that it wouldn't matter what playbwas called or who the coordinator was if Russ didn't play better.
And here we are a year on and we are running the offense we would have run had Pete not pulled the plug on the nonsense mid season last year. It's all now simply a continuation of the exposing of Russel that entered its final character at week 8 last year.
No HC will fix it. No OC can fix it. Russ is who he is, and his bag of tricks is just about empty.
Are you talking about the same Wilson who has had Quarterbacked this organization to 8 playoff appearances in nine years, the same one who led this team to its only Superbowl win. Russ is proven he is not the problem better pass protection would help. Also The Hawks defense gave up another 413 yards against the Cardinals. Last I checked Quarterbacks do not play defense.
Absolutely the same guy who performed EXACTLY THE SAME way often during our superbowl runs until he gave uptrying to read defenses and manufactured plays on his own. Off script, scrambling QBs like Tarkenton,Flutie, even Jackson now have a limited serviceability once their ability to manufacture on their own is diminished. The same inability that Russ showed today, he exhibited earlier this year and last year and since he hasn't had a running game and defense to stand behind. He's great at extending plays ( what he did today) and not great at making plays within the playbook.
Jesus. You know what, when Marshawn Lynch, arguably the most successful and game changing back we've had couldn't do it anymore, itbwould have be asinine to argue not letting him go because of what he did for us BEFORE. His best was in the past. Thanks, good luck. Good bye.
Russ is figured out. But keep blaming everybody but him. And go ahead and watch what happens when he's on his next team.
He was gifted with a situation where his HC scripted a strategy to allow him to flourish despite his shortcomings. And since he's demanded that he be allowed to call things the way he wants, his struggles are obvious and all he does is what he knows. The deep pass, forcing balls to playmakers that don't make sense, and scrambling from the pocket when it's been proven time and again that'd it's not necessary.
