Top 10 Seahawks of all time

[Azvacar]

Jones, Largent, Easley, Wagz, Sherman, Kam, Matty, Russ (Hate it but true), Lynch, Then... its a hard toss for me between Alexander and Baldwin... probably more towards our record holder for a season but... hard, one guided us to our first SB.. one was super key in the pass game for our Second

 

[GemCity]

I smell opportunity…

Oh yah…get ready for a blast from the past….

 

[MontanaHawk05]

Sherman is arguably no longer the franchise's greatest cornerback.

 

[Hotchy]

1 Largent ......1st on any list also HOF
2 Jones......HOF
2 Hutch......HOF
2 Easley......HOF
2 Tez......HOF
3 Wagner ......soon to be HOF
7 LOB
8 Russ
9 Lynch
10 Alexander

 

[BirdsCommaAngry]

Me3 contributed heavily to two Super Bowl wins (in very different ways). No other player can say that. He’s top 10.

 

[Count Hawkula]

I personally would replace Russ with Chancellor. Russ is Top 11.

 

[seabowl]

I’ve never said this before on this board, but I’m gonna say it now. Just stop!!! with the ridiculous comments about Russell Wilson not being a top 10 player in Seahawks history. He wasn’t just good, he was obscene with how great he was for most of his 10 years here. Just so no one can retort with “it was the defense that won all those games”, here are JUST the individual records that Wilson broke, and just within his first five years that had nothing to do with the defense, etc.

Russell Wilson highest in history records in first five seasons:

1- 18,193 passing yards, 127 touchdowns, and
2- a 99.6 passer rating, the highest in NFL history through a player's first five seasons!
3-Highest adjusted yards per pass attempt (AY/A) through 5 seasons in NFL history (8.20)
4-Most multi-touchdown/zero-interception games through 5 seasons in NFL history

I get that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if there was ever a time where it’s not about opinion, but fact, this is it.

Most, Highest, First: Russell Wilson’s place in history through 5 seasons

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[AROS]

Preach, Brother!

 

[BirdsCommaAngry]

No order:

Largent
Easley
Tez
Walt
Lynch
Wagner
Russ
ET
Kam
Sherm

SA was the only other guy considered for me. He probably should be on the list but I just couldn't cut a LOB guy for him. Leonard Williams could get there next.

 

[Bobblehead]

Russell Wilson's body of work puts him #16 alltime between Tarkenton and C Palmer and there is no question he is the greatest Seahawk QB ever.
I just think the LOB defense & Lynch had something to do with his success. Positionally I think Wilson ranks differently than Largent, Jones, Cortez, Easley & Wagner who would have alltime league status at their respective positions as opposed to a Seahawks exclusive list.
I am not placing an asterisk next to RW's name or necessarily ranking him outside the top ten.
Just saying some inside the top 10 are HOFers and some are not (yet) and though RW3 is 100% the greatest Seahawk QB ever, he is not to alltime NFL QB's what WJ71 is to alltime NFL LT's. The same with Largent, Cortez, Easley Wagner.
I'm just saying there is a top 5 that is engraved and a lower five not yet engraved in stone yet and with 10 being a finite number I think it's healthy to have that conversation.
With time a name or two could change. Let's say Darnold wins a couple more SB's and plays at his present level, does he overtake RW?
Sherman is widely considered our best CB ever with 32 Hawk INTs (37 career total) but Dave Brown 50 Hawk INT (62 career total) gets ignored.

It's OK to have the conversation without being accused of never having tried the dangerwich.
Russell Wilson top 10? Yes. But maybe not forever.

I can understand that but if they are talking the most productive, stat-wise player, Russ is definitely Top 10. If the list is just "Fan Favorite" or "Seahawk Representative" then nope.

I don't know, while he was here, from the moment he won the QB jog, then winning the first SB, he was a fan favorite up to almost the day he left and then he was a fan favorite for providing us with a rich bounty in return. He is a Seahawk top 10, may not be a NFL top 10 but a Seahawk top ten.

 

[pmedic920]

Most, Highest, First: Russell Wilson’s place in history through 5 seasons

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Fair argument but it still depends on the actual parameters of how the list is established.

Russ tarnished his legacy all on his own.

I completely understand why some folks can’t care about him.

 

[BirdsCommaAngry]

We've definitely got an easy top dozen or so plus a few wildcard fan favorites.

 

[seabowl]

Fair argument but it still depends on the actual parameters of how the list is established.

Russ tarnished his legacy all on his own.

I completely understand why some folks can’t care about him.

If tarnishing one’s legacy with the team on their own is part of it then ET shouldn’t be anywhere close then. He gave tge bird to the sideline and also sought out coaches on the Cowboys after a game telling them to come get him.

With the said, it’s about player talent and their contribution to the team.

 

[chris98251]

Thomas's heart was in the game and for the team till Pete pissed him off. Russell was about the brand, it happened that some things coeinsided with that for a while, that while was until he Married Ciara, then the ME3 movement, let Russ Cook, I am bigger then the Seahawks and More important than any OC, GM or Coach here came into play.

Which is also why I think the whole Worst play in history was about Russ as well.

 

[Rat]

Any conversation about Russ being a future HOFer is laughable, but he's clearly a top 10 Seahawk. For now anyway. I'd reluctantly let him in to the ROH too, but I hope he takes note of how tepid his reception will be compared to the other LOB era guys, and has a moment of self-reflection. Yeah, yeah, I know that last thing is unrealistic.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

I’ve never said this before on this board, but I’m gonna say it now. Just stop!!! with the ridiculous comments about Russell Wilson not being a top 10 player in Seahawks history.

I'm sorry, are you trying to...dictate how I post?

LOL.

I love it when people do that. It makes me want to do it more.

And in this case, I'm in the camp that Wilson was #11. His own attitudes absolutely contributed, to use your word, to the team's results, and it did so in both positive and negative fashion. Frankly, I always felt that his play was holding the offense back from what it could have been. When you're a QB and given that kind of contract, you're judged by a different set of criteria, given your outsized influence over the team's quality. Russ passed muster but was playing relatively minimalistically and opportunistically at his height, which no less got him a Lombardi. From then on, he was shooting the offense in the foot while at the same time desperately administering first aid.

 

[Seahawker]

This is the definitive list.

Steve Largent

Cortez Kennedy

Kenny Easley

Walter Jones

Bobby Wagner

Shaun Alexander

Marshawn Lynch

Dave Brown
*62 career 50 Seahawk INT.
#7 interception leader since 1970 NFL-AFL merger. (Ronnie Lott 63)

Jacob Green
115.5 sacks.
#35 alltime NFL sack leader since 1960

Russell Wilson

 

[seabowl]

This is the definitive list.

Steve Largent

Cortez Kennedy

Kenny Easley

Walter Jones

Bobby Wagner

Shaun Alexander

Marshawn Lynch

Dave Brown
*62 career 50 Seahawk INT.
#7 interception leader since 1970 NFL-AFL merger. (Ronnie Lott 63)

Jacob Green
115.5 sacks.
#35 alltime NFL sack leader since 1960

Russell Wilson

My name is Seabowl and I approve of this message.

 

[seabowl]

Any conversation about Russ being a future HOFer is laughable, but he's clearly a top 10 Seahawk. For now anyway. I'd reluctantly let him in to the ROH too, but I hope he takes note of how tepid his reception will be compared to the other LOB era guys, and has a moment of self-reflection. Yeah, yeah, I know that last thing is unrealistic.

Why anyone would say it’s laughable if Russell Wilson should be in the Hall of Fame is purely looking at it from the off the field stuff and not the on the field stuff. More proof ….

Russ after his 10 years with the Seahawks ranked accordingly:

Historic Win Record

• Most Wins in First 10 Years: Wilson achieved 113 total wins (including playoffs) through his first 10 seasons, the most by any quarterback in NFL history.
• Starting Record: He went 104-53-1 in the regular season during his 10 seasons with the Seahawks.

Passing and Efficiency Rankings (First 10 Seasons)

• Passing Touchdowns: His 292 passing touchdowns (regular season) through his first 10 seasons ranked 2nd in NFL history behind only Peyton Manning.
• Passer Rating: Wilson maintained one of the highest passer ratings in NFL history, consistently over 100.
• Touchdown Percentage: He boasted the 2nd-highest passing touchdown percentage in the Super Bowl era (minimum 3,000 attempts).

Lastly, go look up the stats of Joe Namath and Ken Stabler who are both in the HOF and compare them to Wilson. Yes they played in different eras, but the stats couldn’t be any different.

 

[Rat]

Why anyone would say it’s laughable if Russell Wilson should be in the Hall of Fame is purely looking at it from the off the field stuff and not the on the field stuff. More proof ….

Russ after his 10 years with the Seahawks ranked accordingly:

Historic Win Record

• Most Wins in First 10 Years: Wilson achieved 113 total wins (including playoffs) through his first 10 seasons, the most by any quarterback in NFL history.
• Starting Record: He went 104-53-1 in the regular season during his 10 seasons with the Seahawks.

Passing and Efficiency Rankings (First 10 Seasons)

• Passing Touchdowns: His 292 passing touchdowns (regular season) through his first 10 seasons ranked 2nd in NFL history behind only Peyton Manning.
• Passer Rating: Wilson maintained one of the highest passer ratings in NFL history, consistently over 100.
• Touchdown Percentage: He boasted the 2nd-highest passing touchdown percentage in the Super Bowl era (minimum 3,000 attempts).

Lastly, go look up the stats of Joe Namath and Ken Stabler who are both in the HOF and compare them to Wilson. Yes they played in different eras, but the stats couldn’t be any different.

If the committee was comparing modern QBs to the inductees of the 60s, every decent QB of the past 30 years would be in. Also, it's the "Hall of Fame", not the "Hall of Their First Ten Seasons".

When Russ is finally eligible, he's unlikely to be in the top 10 in passing yards or TDs. He has just one All-Pro, and it was second team. He's never received an MVP vote, let alone win, no all-decade, and now he has a reputation of a guy whose career completely tanked after leaving the Seahawks, with three teams (so far) that couldn't wait to move on from him. Parts of his narrative include a Super Bowl-losing INT and being part of one of the worst trades in league history. He has a lot of Pro Bowls, but those are going to become incredibly devalued now that everyone makes it in.

He would have an uphill battle if the HOF hadn't tightened up their voting. He has no chance now.