And yet, ever since Marshawn left this team has basically been little more than a wildcard team.
When this team belonged to Marshawn, we went to the SB. When it belonged to Wilson? We squeaked past a team in the wildcard game and then were shelled.
Marshawn CARRIED this team to 2 SBs and in fact, only lost the 2nd because our idiot OC did not give him the ball.
Marshawn would never come back but pretending he wouldn't make a difference is ridiculous. I love Wilson to death, he has shown toughness and ability this year - but giving him the keys to the team by taking it from Marshawn?? That made us worse, not better.
Wilson has done some amazing things, including that pass to Kearse to get us past the 49ers on 4th down. But Lynch kept most of the defense keyed on him so Wilson could work his magic. Without Lynch? We are a lot easier to beat. Opposing defense are a lot less tired and our defense ends up much more tired.
Because Lynch could get yards even with the craptacular OLs we had.