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Originally Posted by Blaster86
They don't get to the last two superbowls with someone else under center.
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Yes and no. He's been clutch at the right times, no question. But the Seahawks had some tough stretches the last two years where Wilson has done nothing for 2 or 3 quarters in a game, but comes through in the end.
However, to come through, he's also needed an absolute stud runner which he has, and even more importantly, a fantastic defense, which he's had the last two years especially as soon as they got some pass rush help up front to aid the great secondary and young athletic LB's. There are games where that defense won them games (I think of Houston in the 13-14 season) outright, and at very least kept the score close in a large number of games, so there could be a comeback.
Basically, that GB playoff game was a microcosm of RW and his up and down success. No one remembers the poor play (multiple INT's and ineffective play in general) of Wilson for 3.75 quarters of that game, or the fact that Seattle's defense (with help of McCarthy's chicken play calling) kept GB to FG's a few times earlier in the game instead of TD's, where it wouldn't be close at the end for him to come back. Instead they recall the improbable comeback in the last 3 mins and OT, that Wilson (and Lynch) had a big part in.
Two years ago he had a great SB, but the defense and ST had them out comfortably in the first half. Same with the playoff games that year.
Last year, same things...ok playoff games. Last year, not until he started running the ball (usually not until the second half) himself, did his offense get on track...either by design or out of necessity, but he's not a solid pocket QB. Doesn't throw the dangerous balls like Hasselbeck did, but just doesn't have the strength or timing to be that. When he lost his TE last year ealry, he got even worse with decision making. This year he has a good TE again in Graham. Last year, with Lynch as a decoy/option, he didn't use that, but then had to start running. All in all 20+ teams in the league would like to have that guy if he could produce those two or three plays a game to win that game.
Don't get me wrong, in the NFL you get paid for past success (ie Flacco) more than future, and given the paltry salary he gets for as many playoff games as he's won in his 3 years in the league, he deserves to get paid....but his attitude this offseason is troubling, talk is he wants $25+ a season....well, that's at the expense of an extra couple good players (if he "only" gets paid $17m per season), never mind the $24+ raise he'd be getting in general.
And part of the reason that defense has been so good is that Seattle could spend money on it instead of Wilson the last couple years. PC and JS pride themselves on defense and having strong athletes, and competition (heck they gave up on Matt Flynn after he got hurt in the preseason, and didn't play a game that Wilson rookie year), so paying the QB, who can legit be argued is a product of the team as much as his own ability, a king's ransom could set that team back huge in other areas, and not sure if PC and JS are too keen on that. That said, the guy is young, had huge success that many, many QB's in the league never have had and never well, and works hard at it more so then a lot of QB's, (his record vs SB winning QB's is almost perfect, barring that bad throw a few months ago) and is squeaky clean and marketable off the field, so it's a tough situation for Seattle.
Not sure how it's going to play out. Something may well get done, but I do think with the words that Wilson has used and Seattle not running out and giving the keys to vault, it may not be a slam dunk this offseason, and if he starts this season without a deal, look out.