Do you think the NFL should have a rule and penalties for a QB not playing the position as it's supposed to be played?
So, like "Seattle Penalty, 10 yards and loss of first down for "Not playing the position as it's supposed to be played"
No. There should be free access to coaches tape and all-22 film so that folks could get a better appreciation for what's actually going on on the field.
That way, there might be a more nuanced understanding of the game, rather than glamming onto stats to evaluate player performance. Or getting into circular arguments around who was the best this or that.
By statistical analysis, Sean Alexander was the best RB we ever had. He put up more yards, scored more TDs and was a more obvious statistical factor in games while he was here. Was he the best RB? That was the debate for years around here. But if you took the stats blinders off and evaluates him by his ability to block, elusiveness, toughness, hands, etc. He might be 3rd or 4th on the list. He, like Wilson has shown, benefited immensely from the team assembled around him and the system within which he played. Warner, Lynch and Watters (in his prime) and Warren would have flourished in Holmgrens offense and behind an all-world o-line, without a doubt. So by a pure ability perspective is Alexander the best? Nope.
Kreig, Hass, Moon in their primes would have flourished in Pete's system. No doubt. To what degree? Who knows.
But if they all could have succeeded in Russ's system and Russ struggles to play outside any other one than the one his coach reduced the playbook to, how much better is he from a qb'ing perspective?
Is Russ a better QB than Aikman because he has better stats? Take away the Superbowls and compare Russ's stats to Aikmans. By that measure, he's vastly superior. In reality, Aikmans stats are closer to Mudbones than they are to Wilson's. Aikman had a slightly better completion %, Krieg had a better TD percentage, and they were close on INT %. But Aikman played on vastly superior teams. Hass stacks up well to Aikman too, basically equivalent and sometimes better in key statistical areas.
Is Hass better?
Back to Russ - if its now been pretty much proven that he is an NFL QB who cant read NFL defenses... and that THAT shortcoming had as much to do in hindsight with our failures than his talent did with our success... Like i said, it's a little silly.
Facts - We had a few great QBs who played here for a while. They were all gifted in their own ways. Some were better at X, some were better at Y. Some might have performed better under more favorable circumstances. Only one had a coach who tailored an entire team around his very unique ability. How that can just be dismissed... just as silly as saying Russ is the best because he has a ring. Had the Seahawks won it all in 83, Krieg would have been more instrumental in that achievement than Russ was in our championship. And given the complexity of the offense, you could easily say that Hass was more instrumental to the team's success in what should have been our first Lombardi in 2005.
Superior talent. Unbelievably gifted. You can't deny Russ was the best player at the spot. Best 'QB' ? At a point, its a silly question unless one simply NEEDS to rank the players who have played here.
