adeltaY":19rvii58 said:
What QB in the league would remove himself form the game voluntarily if he was having an off day so his backup could play? Has this ever happened? Should Russell have removed himself from the NFC Championship when he threw four picks?
How in the world is backup QB our most important need? If our backup QB was as good or better than Russell then we should just trade Wilson for draft picks and play the rookie. He'd be a franchise QB if he was that good.
Now don’t go putting words in my mouth, I didn’t say the backup QB was the most important need, I only said that we needed to take that position seriously and pick someone that can actually do the job, if Russell goes down and out. Your right it’s the coaches job to recognize when his QB is involved in a train wreck day, and either figure out how to pull him out of it or “pull him out”.
I also realize it’s about the last thing a coach ever wants to do because QBs have a tendency to interpret that as a loss of confidence by his team, and then God forbid, his backup does get us out of there with an impressive win, they worry they might lose their job to the backup.
When Russell is having one of those kind of days, rare as they may be, he usually doesn’t reverse out of it and seems to only get worse as the game wears on. When he is having one of his sick days it usually ends with a record breaking defeat, that leaves the rest of the team, feeling emotionally defeated and embarrassed. The fans are generally lined up to vent their embarrassment and disappointment on the coaches and players as well.
We have all sat in this forum following one of these sort of games, and it sure ain’t pretty. In conclusion, if for whatever reason is pulled out of a game, or God forbid games, we better damn well have something in the wings that can get out there and lead this team thru the rest of the game, games or season.
Hiring someone who can fill in for the loss of Russell Wilson, is not the same as it might be for a lot of other teams. When you build a machine centered around the skills of one man like the Seahawks have done, you need someone of matched caliber and pedigree to fill his shoes, and not some mediocre QB we stuffed in the roster to save a buck, praying that we never have to bring him in for more than a play or two. If we are going to do that just sign Doug Baldwin to a second contract position, not to say that Doug is mediocre, but you get my drift.