Stoned Starks wrote:Ehhh I'd rather have Wilson than anybody not named Rodgers or maybe Luck (though it feels like I'm missing someone). His combination of age, deep passing, elusivity, scrambling and intangibles (luck) is, apparently, still underrated. He's 26. He will improve his short passing, especially if he gets better targets, and if he learns how to beat the blitz consistently what can you do?
With the salary cap going up, signing Wilson at 20-22 mil a year won't, and hasn't, prohibited Seattle from locking up their core. Sure they might lose some depth but I trust their talent identification and development more than anyone else's. People say that losing coordinators will hurt, and it might, but what Carrol really excels at is having a vision and hiring personnel to get the team there. He's a so-so game manager, but in terms of the big picture he's up there with Belichek. It's why Bill, usually so tight lipped, was effusive in praise of Pete in their joint pressed before the Super Bowl.
If you think this team is going away you haven't been paying attention.
I disagree with several of these statements.
I realize you're defending your boy Russ, but after those dismissal playoff performances now is not the time to be saying he is the third best QB in football. Because of the rule changes to protect QBs we're going to see guys playing deeper into their 30's, but even with taking age into account, even after the big 4 then Luck, you still have Big Ben, Flacco, Rivers, Romo, Cam. Russ' performances in the playoffs were closer to Andy Dalton than these guys.
Losing coordinators hurts big time, no "might" about it. Saying so discredits the very people who built the Seahawks into what they are.
No way Pete is anywhere near the Gawd Bill in anything, and not in terms of big picture. Belichick has been a coach in the NFL since the 70's, was the linebacker coach with the Giants when they had LT, meaning this was not his 6th trip to the Superbowl, but his 8th. Comparing the two is just silly, and wrong. To get caught up in what Bill said in a presser makes me think you don't watch many of his pressers, cause he gushes over opponents, kills them with kindness, and would almost never say something that could be used a bulletin board material.
I will give this, I don't expect the Seahawks to go away/drift into mediocrity.