What does it say?
It says we got lucky. Because we did.
I believe a picture was circulating showing Russell Wilson being sacked in the Arizona game and his ankles were being bent underneath the player. That one game could have been devastating.
More importantly, if Wilson does get injured - I think it is clear that we will pile up losses until he returns because our offense is sputtering right now. Our entire passing game seems based on play action, which gets shut down if you stop the run. I hope the Hawks took notes from the Jets on how THEY handled stacking the box, because they ran right into the blitz repeatedly and successfully. It is one of the benefits of using your FB, they can knock the defenders out of the way to clear a route for your RB.
At this point we are playing with fate, because we clearly cannot protect our QB and our offensive implementation often involves exposing Wilson to hits as soon as he lets go of the ball (for example the stupidity of the empty backfield, which assures the defenders all racing full speed to converge on the QB before he can release the ball).
Even the TB game subjected Wilson to a lot of hits. With all the hits to the head I am shocked he did not get a concussion, which again would have been devastating. I understand that QBs have to be able to take hits and this is football and all the rest of the crap - but the reality is that we go only as far as our QB can take us, so it makes sense to protect that QB.
Right now our OL is struggling at protecting Wilson and the defenses are loading the box and ripping through our line with impunity. You can only roll the dice for so long, eventually luck runs out. We cannot keep putting him at risk.
