Precisely. While I agree with much that is said about Wilson these days (Mr. Tone Deaf), there also tends to be some revisionist history happening. It's easy to pile on and conveniently forget all of the magic he produced for us all those years. I remember that game clearly and while yes Russ got pinged for those 4 picks, I remember being much more pissed off with Kearse for letting those catchable balls bounce off his hands. Luckily for us all he redeemed himself with that OT TD catch in the endzone.
Someone earlier in this thread said Russ mentioned being better than Brady and Manning? When did he ever say that? Sure, he always aspired to be the best to play in league history but not once did I hear him ever say he WAS better than Brady and Manning. Just another example of how easy it is to have a warped sense of the past to fit the current narrative.
There's some revisionist of the revision happening here WRT the NFC CG.
Russ's first int was a ball high and inside that woukd have had to have been an outstanding catch for Kearse to have made. That pass grazed his fully outstretched arms with a defender reaching in to deflect the ball. It wasn't Kearses fault. The ball could have been placed much better.
The 2nd int was a toss up into double coverage to Kearse. No deflection and Kearse never even had a chance. Should never have been thrown.
The 3rd INT was a jump ball to the front corner of the endzone. Should have never been thrown. Defender had position. No chance for Kearse to make the play.
Of the 4, the only one that wasn't a bad throw was the 3rd one, but even in that case, Kearse was covered and Russ forced it.
And... 3 of the 4 were crosses / posts across the middle (deep and mid).
It was the most he'd ever thrown to that area of the field percentage wise, and the results were obvious.
At the time, I remember wondering whether he had an issue with the middle of the field because in the preseason that year or the year before against the Packers, he had a throw that was picked off in a similar fashion - it shouldn't have been thrown and was off target.
But in the championship game, he was 1-11. In the first half with 3 picks, all on throws that were either off target or shouldn't have left his hands.
Also worth noting, and Aikman also pointed this out during the broadcast - it was one of the first games of that era where Russ DIDNT run on any designed runs. It wqs him trying to go toe to toe with Rodgers and play pocket passer and the results were catastrophic.
If not for our punter, our kicker, Lynch and the LOB, there would have been no OT and we'd have lost that game.