Busting the Myth: Seahawks QB Russell Wilson Has Ice in His

[John63]

Busting the Myth: Seahawks QB Russell Wilson Has Ice in His Veins

Interesting take on Wilson and cold weather

https://www.si.com/nfl/seahawks/new...ahawks-qb-russell-wilson-has-ice-in-his-veins

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

I don't believe cold is a factor for RW, simply because if it was, he could not have put up the numbers as a Wisconsin Badger to advance to the NFL.

I think it's more of a potential factor for teammates who have never experienced playing in Lambeau. The cold in that area is more difficult, more biting, than say that of Denver. It's a wetter cold and so much more brutal.

 

[Smellyman]

This may be a weird thing (a bit OT), but players looking 'tough' and going sleeveless is weird to me.

Keep warm, feel good, play good.

 

[nIdahoSeahawk]

My memories from super frigid games consists of mostly accurate passing from Wilson and uncharacteristically high number of drops from receivers. It was the same story for Hasselbeck, with the Bears playoff game the week after beastquake as the most prominent example of that.

 

[Seymour]

I heard an interesting stat today that also dispels the rhetoric.

Wilson highest passer ratings for career come between 21 and 43 degrees.

That just so happens to be late in the season during prime time of the year.

 

[Mad Dog]

I heard an interesting stat today that also dispels the rhetoric.

Wilson highest passer ratings for career come between 21 and 43 degrees.

That just so happens to be late in the season during prime time of the year.

So he plays best in "football weather".

I think a lot of his bad games in bad weather had little to do with temperature and more to do with foulness of the weather and it's effects on the rest of the team. Cold, blustery, rainy/snowy is hard for everyone. If its just chilly but not windy or rainy, that's perfect weather for football.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Nah, people will just continue to make up stuff that Russ CAN'T do, even though he clearly can. Meh
He is one of the best finishers in the history of the game, period. Regardless what those who try to downplay it think.

 

[Tical21]

I heard an interesting stat today that also dispels the rhetoric.

Wilson highest passer ratings for career come between 21 and 43 degrees.

That just so happens to be late in the season during prime time of the year.

His career rating in these temps is 97.6.

Under 26 degrees, his numbers drop significantly from there. Completing like 56% of his passes, with more INT than TD. It will be low 20's this weekend.

Maybe you should consider at least an attempt at posting something near the truth from time to time.

 

[ivotuk]

I heard an interesting stat today that also dispels the rhetoric.

Wilson highest passer ratings for career come between 21 and 43 degrees.

That just so happens to be late in the season during prime time of the year.

His career rating in these temps is 97.6.

Under 26 degrees, his numbers drop significantly from there. Completing like 56% of his passes, with more INT than TD. It will be low 20's this weekend.

Maybe you should consider at least an attempt at posting something near the truth from time to time.

Didn't the article say that those cold weather games were during the playoffs with receivers letting accurate balls bounce off their hands, and in to the hands of DBs?

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Well, it clearly is Russ' fault that Butterfingers Kearse kept dropping passes that bounced right to a GB defender.
And I'm sure if you looked league wide, QB ratings drop for most QB's when the temps go way down, or heavy rain or snow. Looking forward to Russ and the Hawks beating the Pack in their house, in very cold temps. Only to watch post game stuff and coming on here and hear that he only won because of something that the Pack didn't do. Rock on

 

[Seymour]

I heard an interesting stat today that also dispels the rhetoric.

Wilson highest passer ratings for career come between 21 and 43 degrees.

That just so happens to be late in the season during prime time of the year.

His career rating in these temps is 97.6.

Under 26 degrees, his numbers drop significantly from there. Completing like 56% of his passes, with more INT than TD. It will be low 20's this weekend.

Maybe you should consider at least an attempt at posting something near the truth from time to time.

Here we go again with the Wilson hate team leader. ukeface:

It was the truth, I heard it just like I said on 950 so now do I believe them or you? :roll:

You want truth? Like your truth that Wilson can't throw against zone? :177692:

Obviously I believe the those that are paid to provide the information, not someone hell bent to find fault with Russ at every turn. Carry on though. Possibly a loss will come soon so you have more to talk about and hate on.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Yep, see, I told you Russ can't win in the cold. Because being "right" about something that seems based on an OPINION is way more important than actually seeing your team WIN.
But hey, I've heard something on 710 or 950, come on here and been basically told that what I said wasn't true. I'll trust the guys on the radio over fans who clearly STILL refuse to get behind the best QB and coach this team has ever had. You don't have to like Pete or Russ (though it makes no sense) but why not get behind them, and actually enjoy winning???
8 seasons of things that he "can't" do when clearly he CAN.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

Cold good, rain bad. That's all you need to know about Russell.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

or MOST QB's in the NFL. Why is everything a Russell thing when clearly it's something that MOST QB's have struggled with?

 

[Ozzy]

I heard an interesting stat today that also dispels the rhetoric.

Wilson highest passer ratings for career come between 21 and 43 degrees.

That just so happens to be late in the season during prime time of the year.

His career rating in these temps is 97.6.

Under 26 degrees, his numbers drop significantly from there. Completing like 56% of his passes, with more INT than TD. It will be low 20's this weekend.

Maybe you should consider at least an attempt at posting something near the truth from time to time.

Tical and is weekly anti-RW take. Russ was incredible in college in cold weather games. His pro numbers are slightly skewed because the GB game where Kearse led to 4 of the picks all on his own. Has he been worse? Sure most QB's drop off a little for obvious reasons. I would argue the majority of the issues have been because of the whole team and not just Wilson and when you watch the games it was obvious. Matchups, Kearse, bad luck etc. all play a role. My point is I trust Russ as much as anyone in the playoffs regardless of weather.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Nope, Russ sucks in the cold and/or rain. It's FACT :?

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

I heard an interesting stat today that also dispels the rhetoric.

Wilson highest passer ratings for career come between 21 and 43 degrees.

That just so happens to be late in the season during prime time of the year.

His career rating in these temps is 97.6.

Under 26 degrees, his numbers drop significantly from there. Completing like 56% of his passes, with more INT than TD. It will be low 20's this weekend.

Maybe you should consider at least an attempt at posting something near the truth from time to time.

Didn't the article say that those cold weather games were during the playoffs with receivers letting accurate balls bounce off their hands, and in to the hands of DBs?

Also you said nothing about nor did you research the amount of wind in those games. Wind is far more a factor than temperature even more so than precipitation. You climb all over Seymour for not posting something near the truth yet you could be just as far away from it if not further.

Your hate for Wilson is tiresome and now you've regressed to just throwing out stuff that you can't even back up to try and knock him down. Of course it could just be a matter of being a trolling contrarian dick and in that case you've succeeded

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Throwing out inaccurate "facts" that are not even close to facts is kind of the norm. By a few people. Whatever gets your thru the day I guess. Seems like a strange way to pull for you team, but we all fan our own way.
Go Hawks

 

[AROS]

Cold good, rain bad. That's all you need to know about Russell.

Beat me to it. I don't worry about Russ in the cold. Now the rain? That's a whole different ballgame.

I will never understand why any 12 would spend time being so contrarian about Russell Wilson. A future Hall of Famer and easily the best QB this franchise has ever seen. Ah, keep ignoring the noise, Russ and keep doing what you always have done and that's winning football games.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Makes total sense. But, problems in the rain is not just a Russ thing, MANY QB's in the league struggle in the rain for obvious reasons.