Russell Wilson is still calling Seahawks audibles, which he's never practiced with Broncos guys. They frequently have absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
Benjamin Allbright confirms this report is true.
The rumblings were all true. Simplified offense? That was by design. It had to be to accommodate Russ as a player. He is not a cerebral player.
Seriously, this is even surprising for me. But then again, it makes a lot of what was so confusing watching film of the guy, make perfect sense. There were soooo many plays, literally countless plays, where you'd roll the tape and just wonder how it was that Russ could either flat out not see or just ignore an obvious read. Much of It was chalked up to him just wanting to do things his way.
But for him to be talking mumbo jumbo in the huddle and confusing his old calls with the new... it makes you wonder whether the dude ever knew what was going on. It would certainly explain why last year Russ refused to run 95% of Waldrons plays. He obviously can't have understood the plays if it's obvious now that not only does he not 'get' Hacketts playbook, but he's incapable of distinguishing between new audibles and signals and those from yesteryear.
In a weird way it makes me respect Russ more to know what he was able to accomplish given how incredibly limited he was / is.
And even more respect to Pete for making this guy one of the most prolific players in the league for almost a decade.
The bubbles screens. The quick outside slants. The hooks and curls and the deep outs. Pete made an offense out of a handful of routes, a running game, and a qb who (when he wanted to) could create magic on his own.
Jesus.
