adeltaY
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Seafan":vhah1tmc said:adeltaY":vhah1tmc said:Does anyone have any data to support the fact that Wilson gets most of his production against prevent defenses?
Also his career passer ratings are 90+ in every quarter and he actually was rated higher in the first half than the second half of games just last year. The stark first to fourth quarter discrepancy was new this year.
A big problem was no running game to support him so defenses could dictate how they played him and they played him well. Hawks were competitive against the Rams in LA and the Eagles due to defensive turnovers. Without a running game there is not much to look forward to with this offense. I guess there are fans who enjoy having his 34 TDs on their fantasy teams but the Hawks were not competitive. If they had snuck into the playoffs by beating the Cards they would have been blown out. Look at December. This team was not getting better as PC was hoping/expecting so the house cleaning was predictable. There is no doubt that when the pressure comes off RW is when he shines and therefore he was performing well in the 4th quarters except for those few times defensive coordinators decided to keep the pressure on him.
But when he had no defensive pressure at all in this stupid passing competition he was the worst passer out there. Perhaps he hadn't picked up a ball in several weeks. And as someone else suggested maybe his receivers need more of the credit for his completions than they are getting. Don't tell me it should take 3 seasons for a NFL QB to figure out how to throw an end zone pass to a 6'-7" receiver.
Bottom line: Hawks better get a running game really soon.
We had, what, one meaningful turnover against the Eagles? The pick was a desperation throw with two minutes left in the fourth when we were already up 24-10. The offense played very well against a great Eagles D. I definitely agree with your overall point, our offense was so one dimensional that we had to pass and it was more difficult to pass because teams knew what was coming. We do need a running game.