Hawkpower":3ls0otza said:
SeahawksBMX":3ls0otza said:
justafan":3ls0otza said:
The experience isnt really a factor if you consider how good Brees was in his 3rd and 4th year.He is one of the best in his time.
I doubt Russel will ever become the type of QB Brees is.The guy is fearless. Whether he has thrown 4 interceptions or 1,he has that shooter mentality and confidence he can make the next play...
It appears that you may be having short-term memory issues. You a pothead, Focker?
"Wilson drove the Seahawks 87 yards in six plays, the final 70 coming on consecutive deep throws. The first pass, down the near sideline, landed in Doug Baldwin’s arms. The second, deep down the middle, after an audible at the line of scrimmage, found Kearse, who had been the intended receiver on two of Wilson’s first-half interceptions."
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/sp ... erer=&_r=0
After throwing 4 picks that day, 2 of which resulted from deflections on PERFECT throws to Kearse, with a shooter's mentality, Wilson fearlessly audibled to what became the game-winning deep ball to none other than Kearse, an ultimate display of confidence in both himself and his butterfingered receiver. An ultimate display of (necessary) short-term memory loss.
You a pothead, Wilson?
So a random example of a clutch throw negates the weekly evidence showing a constant refusal to throw the ball on time and into tight coverage?
Heck not even tight coverage. We have evidence this week of his refusal throw the ball to 3 wide open receivers, instead choosing to run around randomly and huck it weakly down the field for a game clinching incompletion.
I recognize RW's struggles this year as much as everyone, but I could offer up plenty of other clutch throws over the past few years (the 4th & 7 TD to Kearse in the 2014 NFCC, the bomb to Rice near the end of the 2012 game vs. the Pats, the game winner to Tate in 2012 vs. the Packers (LMAO)...).
It is a problem that Russell isn't pulling the trigger on throws that appear to be there. I'm hoping that as the inexperienced OL gets more games under their belt, everything else will fall into place. Maybe RW has regressed due to weight gain, his celebrity relationship, being shell-shocked from too many hits, or any combination of those.
Maybe it's the play calling. I don't want to get into that too much since it's in every other thread here, but it does seem that while the current system has worked well up until this year, the San Diego blueprint for defending the read option is now being successfully utilized by more teams and it is critical for this offense to evolve. Other than the OL, I see a collection of very good to very great players making up this offense and I have a hard time accepting that an offensive genius couldn't make these guys a juggernaut.
The "3 wide open receivers" comment isn't referring to the misleading gif in this thread is it? IIRC (not going to exit my reply to go back & look at it), I think one of those was paused after the pass was thrown and the defender(s) had released to run downfield. Crossing pattern (Baldwin?) was definitely there for the taking. Coverage elsewhere seemed pretty tight.
In summary, #firebevell