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Originally Posted by browna
Legion of Boom, being the defense, is alive and well. 4 INT's 3 sacks, holding ARI to 3 FG's in the redzone. Singlehandledly keeping the Seahawks in the game. Palmer made one throw with a great catch to win the game.
It's Wilson's smarts and ability that can, and should be examined. He's look decidedly average the last month, and inexplicably today, the lack of him taking off with the ball meant that the Seahakws didn't have that thread, didn't get those yards/firstdowns/momentum that those provide. Just over 100 yards passing...2 runs for 30 yards. Not nearly enough. 71 hard yards for Lynch.
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Thing is the defense allows Wilson the luxury of being good not great, as long as he makes 3 or 4 plays when he needs to, either with his legs or arm. He did neither today, but bad games happen. Even Peyton Manning has looked ordinary a couple times this year. Wilson's not a stats machine though, he just usually goes out and makes enough plays to win.
About the D. Carson Palmer made some awful throws today so that's on him more than the D. His mistakes made Arians stay super conservative keeping the ball on the ground making it easy for the Seahawks to load up the box. Frankly Palmer only made two plays all game - the throw on the run on 3rd and 8 and the late TD.
Wouldn't be too worried about Russell and the offense - they had a bad game to the point that they couldn't even make the 2-3 big plays they usually do. That's more of an outlier.
Anyways not sure what the point of this post was, just ramblings. Wouldn't be worried as a Seahawks fan though.