this thread just shows both parties philosophically had become highly incompatible, to the point of toxic levels.
so we go from picking up chunk yardage from marshawn and the run game and controlling the pace of the game, to putting the ball in russell's hands- eventually letting him play russellball as a shotgun/rollout qb, throwing 40+ times a game. to me one thing that is overlooked in the grand scheme of things, is that the more the seahawks depended on wilson, the worse they became on offense
and defense. constant 3-and-outs and an overall failure to capitalize on 3rd down by our offense not only means less points for us, but keeps the others teams offense on the field,
and as a caveat, it demoralizes our defense too.
so missing those easy reads and "layups" as kurt warner attested in that posted video or as keasley45 laid out for all the russell groupies to see in this very thread, just killed the narrative it was "bad playcalling". sorry russell groupies!
i don't study all-22 but i watch the games, sometimes even twice, and even i didn't realize how much was left on the field from our passing game until there are breakdowns of individual plays.
russell wilson has some outstanding and "special" attributes. maybe pete carroll didn't do enough to "play to russell wilson's strengths"...
but how do you? most of russell's strengths were/are actually for off-script stuff like altering the play altogether at the line adjusting to the defense using hot reads or after the original play has elapsed... like scrambling, throwing on the run, and deep balls which requires time. playcalling was always going to be incompatible to russell wilson's strengths. it simply didnt matter how good the average playcall was.
russell thought he was smarter than the play in front of him. and that turned out to be false. i think after the pads are on, somewhere during the next season denver's coaching staff will realize that. doesn't matter how great the playcalling is, ie protection assignments or designing receivers open, if the quarterback won't take what the playcall gives then youre left with off-script russellball and it's downside.
i think that when geno came in and played well, making proper reads, staying in the pocket, following the script, and
moving the chains, that's the point the seahawks organization knew that was the end of russell in a seahawks uniform (as he had been manipulating for anyway). the seahawks figured if they could find a qb that can see the field, stay in the pocket, make quick reads, follow the script, then they will be successful in the offense. no, geno isn't the answer, or the player of wilson's caliber, certainly not. but for geno to take the seahawks playcalls and move the chains, it really did expose russell. even the frustrated receivers were like "
thank you, it can be done"
lol. i also imagine it's mentally anguishing for receivers to be scripted open by playcall design, then actually be open, and wilson fail to capitalize again and again, left with nothing. boom, gotta return to the sidelines again.
it had become time to move on.
