Russ never got over Schneider looking for his replacement. It was pretty well documented that the Hawks liked Mahomes. Russ and his team didn't appreciate it.
Then, the following year, they looked at Allen
The Seattle Seahawks are looking at the future of their quarterback situation, and Russell Wilson has taken notice...
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That was the straw that broke Team Russ's back. They'd already changed coordinators to get someone who would be harder on him. To have the team then also express interest in qbs who, if drafted, would have been expected to play sooner than later...
Russ had to get control of that narrative and dictate the terms. Everything from their forward was preemptive warfare in an effort to keep his legacy clean.
And everything since he's left has been about throwing as much shade back as he can, because I think he knows he plans to go back to the only thing that brought him success - working within a run based offense. He just wasn't going to give the Seahawks the benefit of being right about him. That's what launched the whole let Russ Cook campaign - being burned that the FO didn't see him as being the longterm answer... looking at other possibilities at the position, and needing to show that HE was the man, come hell or highwater.
Think about it. It's all calculated. His comment last week about being happy that he no longer had to carry the team... ? Paves the way for him to go back to manager Russ where he's leaning on the backfield. The exact OPPOSITE of what he himself did on the field over the last two years and was obstinate about when questioned. He refused to lean on the easy passes and run game and pushed back firmly when he was questioned about why he just didn't play things safe.
It's funny. The latest interview with Hackett quoted him talking about how the focus of their engagement with Russ in practice has been getting him to understand the intent of the plays they want to run...where his first and second reads are... interesting point of focus for a 10 year vet.
He also said they plan to feature the running game in order to extend drives, keep Russ clean and extend Russ's career.
Russ isn't dumb. I entirely expect him to fall In line behind an offense that looked alot like ours did over the last 5 games of last year, and what Pete has said he's wanted it to be for 2 years now. 50/50 run pass. Or, slightly skewed to run. It's the only way he can look like a winner in Denver. Now that he's painted his own version of events in Seattle, he'll settle down and do there what he should have and could have done here. We'll see if he's successful or not.
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