[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by Coochie liquor

https://readoptional.substack.com/p/...lson-nathaniel

At this point, it’s clear there’s not a Seahawks style or a Schottenheimer style or a Waldron style or a Carroll style. It’s Wilson’s style. His unwillingness to throw over the middle of the field took on meme-level proportions last season. Wilson attempted just two passes per game of 10 yards or more over the middle of the field last year. By comparison, Tom Brady averaged seven such attempts a game, Aaron Rodgers averaged five, Patrick Mahomes is averaging four. In fact, among 34 eligible quarterbacks this season, Wilson ranked 29th in the league in the average number of attempts per game he targets beyond ten yards in the middle of the field. 29th! Russell Wilson!

To play in a Russell Wilson offense means to forfeit the middle of the field, which constricts whatever an offense might like to do. There are only so many nifty route combinations — so many play-action quirks — that a coach can build in to attack the same specific parts when his quarterback voids a huge chunk of the field. It wouldn’t have mattered – seemingly – if the Seahawks had brought in the most radical play designer in the league if Wilson was unwilling to adapt and grow his own game.

Wilson likes to pepper the sidelines with short, sharp throws, betting on his ability to hit what are traditionally low-percentage throws at a high clip – by sticking the ball along the sideline on isolation routes, he’s able to limit turnovers, but often at the cost of sacrificing the middle of the field and all the knock-on benefits that come with stretching the defense in multiple ways.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Seahawks/co...tm_name=iossmf

https://theathletic.com/3175666/2022...elp-him/?amp=1

https://www.si.com/nfl/seahawks/.amp...-down-failures

So glad you sold the farm for this turd!

All of those links are exclusively about 2021. The link I provided has passing charts going back to 2016. Strangely, they tell very different stories. I wonder if there was something different about 2021.