Great article on Wilson.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/film-r ... ell-wilson
But what does it tell me? It tells me Wilson is incredible. This much is obvious and is intended to be the main point of the article --which everyone in the world agrees with. But it also tells me that Bevell and or Wilson are not taking advantage of the entire field. I've had a few gripes all season regarding the seahawk offense --none of them have been Wilson's play which has been outrageous. My 2 main complaints have been:
(1)the Seahawks refusal to take more risks --they believe in their idealogy of eliminate TO's at all costs, run run run, play conservative, reduce the number of possession, play field position and rely on your defense. Well, this anti-risk stance is not always the wise choice --you have two variables risk versus reward. You should take risks up to your marginal cost justifies when taking into consideration marginal benefit or reward. And this offense just does not take enough risks --as outlined by another poster in another thread, where he pointed out Wilson has the 17th most yards of any QB but is rated in the top 3 when you take averages into account (yards per attempt, completion %, points per attempt, etc). This is just one series of stats, alone it may mean nothing, but put together with what we see, goes to show that Wilson is being underutilized and that there are not enough risks being taken with the offense.
(2) The Seahawks are not utilizing the middle of the field, or the intermediate pass routes. This can be seen from this great picture put up in the football outsiders article. It shows all of Wilson's accurate and inaccurate passes over the entire year --but look at the middle of the field, in the intermediate passing range. It's almost completely EMPTY! They love to pass to the sides of the field, they even pass it in the intermediate range to the sides of the field. But the intermediate range in the middle of the field is COMPLETELY empty. Although this was not a major point in the article, this was my major take away from this picture. It is unbeleivable to me how little they use the middle of the field, especially on intermediate routes. I don't understand why. Perhaps I'm making a mistake with the picture and how it is set up, as I can't fathom why the middle of the field is so empty with attempts.
