hawksfansinceday1":2wdt4k2z said:And not even coming close to succeeding. Quit while you're behind. Your hate is pathetic and so is your post. Barring major injury, Wilson WILL be in Canton.Uncle Si":2wdt4k2z said:NINEster":2wdt4k2z said:much the same way Seahawk fans still overrate Russell Wilson but can't see it because.........................WINS.
WINS... and stats.
I mean just those two things though. Which may be important...
You're trying way too hard.
As Si said, we have stats to back it up. They've been posted on this site numerous times. Why don't you find them and make a post about how they're wrong and give us some facts to back up your claims.
Oh, and one other thing. I believe you said Seattle wouldn't make the playoffs this year. I will be reminding you of that prediction once we are in.
I'm not sure if I made that claim or not. I know I'd love to make that claim, but don't think I did.
Find it for me and I'll accept it.
Anyways, I see a lot of people are getting really PISSED OFF here. How dare anyone QUESTION how awesome Russell Wilson is??? :twisted:
Fact of the matter is I didn't try and incite a Paul Allen war or a Russell Wilson war in this thread.
I gave Hawks props by knocking the freaking Cardinals for not "being able to make Kap look like garbage"........when Hernia or whomever had to pile on with the low hanging fruit. You're gonna take cheap shots while I'm around and not expect blowback? :mrgreen:
Here's my biggest issue with Wilson, and I'll make it simple:
With that DEFENSE, not winning the big one gets the QB put under a microscope every year the team fails to win it. It's why Alex Smith was essentially "finished" after the 2011 NFC Championship game, and then unofficially done after the 2012 rematch with the Giants. It was clear a great defense and Smith weren't going to get it done.
Which is the only reason Kaepernick entered the equation, and he got the 49ers into the super bowl that year having to score over 24 points to win in both playoff games. I'm sure you can put the 2+2 together why I reference 24 points.
And then Kap played in a super cold game against an NFC North team, beat them, then played in Carolina and beat them too. Does that playoff progression sound familiar?
Anyways, Wilson got 1 win because he was good enough to survive New Orleans and San Francisco (defense won both of those games much more than you were hoping). Defense won the super bowl singlehandedly. Tavaris Jackson could have won that game if needed. Maybe 29-8 instead of 43-8.
Defense has declined slowly. Still great, but not 2013 level. Lynch's run game can be replaced to win regular season games, but his old dominance will be missed in the playoffs.
So Wilson will have to shoulder a lot more in order to win playoff games.
I only judge Wilson based on that. He can throw 40 TDs this regular season and if he wins one playoff game only, then I'll be content in my judgment of him. Having a top 3-5 defense means you go far in the postseason every year with a "great" QB.
To be fair, I'm judging him the way we judge our own QBs. Alex couldn't win the big one and Colin couldn't if Seattle was in the way (and esp. in Seattle). Wilson to his credit was able to outdo both. I can't totally deny that. Even Peyton Manning last year as garbage as he was, still managed to win it all.
I'm an equal opportunity hater. Cam Newton I think is a bit better than Wilson as a passer but his clutch gene is worse, so it evens out. I definitely hate his personality and enjoyed that the Broncos in two consecutive games made him look like he didn't belong.
So end of the day:
Wilson's a decent QB that will win games and get Hawks to playoffs. After that, I look to the Seahawk run game and defense level and opponent's caliber defense to make my predictions. Wilson's level of play is tertiary.
If Vikings do major damage this year, nobody's gonna put it on Bradford and rightly so.
#TakeItEasy and enjoy your wins. :2thumbs: