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It's nice that Wilson wins games.... But you have to REALLY mess up if you have the best defense of this decade and an all pro running back and still not win.
Hmm lets see, 2011 Houston had the 2nd best defense in the league and had the best running back in the league in Arian Foster, but they had Matt Schaub at QB.
2009 the Jets had statistically a better defense than last years Seahawks, the best O-Line in the league that season, and Thomas Jones who put up 1,400 & 14 TDs, better than any season Lynch had, yet they had Mark Sanchez.
2003 the Ravens had Jamal Lewis who put up 2,000 yards on 14 TDs, had a NASTY defense that was 3rd in the league, and yet they didn't win because they had Kyle Boller.
Just having a great running game and great defense isn't enough, you can't just plug anyone in at QB in these situations. Your QB play also has to be great.
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Meh had we have started Dan Orlovsky from week 1 they probably win 6-8 games
Whose better, Tavaris Jackson or Dan Orlovsky, cause Tavaris won 7 games in 2011 with 90% of the same team in place as when Wilson took over in 2012
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Key word is "thought." He didn't inherit a bad team. Both the GM and coaches did a good job in year one putting a solid team around him. Not a great team but not a 2-14 team either.
For the record, 2011 Seahawks had a top 10 defense, had Marshawn Lynch rushing for 1,200 yards/12 tds, had Richard Sherman, Brandon Browner, Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor, KJ Wright, Chris Clemons, Mebane, Doug Baldwin, Golden Tate, etc. and they had the ultimate game manager, Tavaris Jackson.
That team went 7-9.
The biggest difference for Seahawks in 2012 was adding Russell Wilson. They went 11-5, and in the playoffs Wilson led a game winning drive, and nearly led Seattle to the NFC Championship against San Francisco. It was the defense who choked and allowed Ryan to drive down and get a field goal to win the game. That hadn't of happened and there's a good shot Wilson would have been in the Superbowl his rookie year.
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Seahawks fan here.
The one point that hasn't really been made is that Wilson has had to play against the toughest defenses in the league the past few years, and still got the job done. I respect the Colts and no knock on Luck, but so far, the competition Luck has had to face over the course of a year just isn't in the same ballpark. Granted, you guys beat us last season, and Luck certainly was impressive, but one game against the Seahawks D isn't the same as the defenses Wilson has battled.
Just note, last year Wilson had to face the defenses of San Francisco 3 times (5th best overall defense, 7th in passing defense), New Orleans twice (4th overall defense, 2nd best pass defense), Arizona twice (6th best defense, 14th pass defense), Carolina once (2nd best overall defense, 6th best pass defense), New York Giants (7th overall defense, 10th pass defense), and Houston (7th overall defense, 3rd pass defense).....
Wilson's record against top 10 defenses last year was 8-2.
Contrarily Luck did go 3-2 against top 10 defenses as well which is absolutely impressive. I just think it should be noted the defensive competition level also may be suppressing Wilson's stats surely by 20% - 30%. Again this is not to take anything away from Luck at all as a player, but to show just how impressive Wilson's achievement really is when you consider how good the defenses he has had to face in 2 years truly are. And to add in a Super Bowl win, in a game where while the defense was dominant, on the offensive side it was Russell, NOT Lynch, who dominated the Denver D.
Anyways, I like Luck and wish the best for your organization, but everything Wilson has done to date on and off the field has been just absolute class and thought I'd throw in my thoughts.
Denver CB Harris says Wilson is better than Luck [Merge]
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Actually has 11 game winning drives at this point