Spin Doctor":2zhfay5u said:
MontanaHawk05":2zhfay5u said:
hawker84":2zhfay5u said:
Everyone mentioned above. But I want to touch more on RW. It was so nice to see him with an actual pocket and time to survey the field.
He's had that time much more often than anyone gives him credit for. Problem is, he runs before pressure arrives. It looks like Schotty's insistence on him taking one more second before running, has been getting through.
This is what I keep saying. A net result is that Russ was getting rid of the ball much quicker. The line was blocking good, but one thing that must be mentioned is that they didn't have to hold onto the ball as long, and that Wilson was actually doing a good job manipulating the blockers. Russ holds the ball longer than any other QB in the NFL, consistently. I really liked the new Russ I saw last night.
This is beating a dead horse at this point. People are seeing what they want to see.
What I saw Thursday night was something that looked like Aaron Rodger’s offense. He gets protection, rolls out, then fires a rocket. There’s a big difference in bailing the pocket for a better play, and bailing the pocket because you can’t trust your O-line. And being unable to trust your line, because you’re not consistently protected.
Unless you’re both claiming Cable was a good coach, it is quite frankly silly to pretend as if the addition of Dissly, a healthy Brown, and better coaching has made zero difference. And that the only difference is that a 6 year veteran is now a “New” quarterback. I love my fellow Hawks fans, but stubborness is not the way to properly debate this. Protection has improved, and Russ’s trust in protection has improved. That’s okay to admit
Either way, I guess I should just brace myself for the inevitable hot takes from the Pete Prisco’s of the world to claim that Schotty has “Fixed” Russell and made him a proper QB. When in reality Schotty has the best Qb he’s ever worked with