c_hawkbob wrote:The stat being marginalized isn't "involved in", that would be stupid, as the guy the ball gets snapped to QB's are involved in virtually all any team's offense ... the stat being discussed in is "responsible for", as in Russ has either passed for or ran for over 80% (was 86% the first time I heard it) of this team's offense. Now I expect that almost all teams' QB are at well over 50 or 60%, but 86 has got to be pretty remarkable for anyone to have mentioned the stat in the first place.
It's not the biggest thing, but it ain't nothing.
RiverDog wrote:
My point wasn't to discount Russell's contributions. To the contrary, IMO overall he's played very well. My point was that the only thing we can draw from this rather obscure stat is how ridiculously ineffective our rushing game has been. No team, no matter how good their QB is, should not have to rely on the QB for that much of their offense. It's not a good way to run a railroad.
What's even worse is that RW only plays the second half of games. Let that sink in a bit.
Case in point, Sunday's game, RWs passer rating was 32.8 at halftime. His 4th quarter season passer rating is 134,9.
Here's even more bad news, worse news from Pete Carroll regarding RWs slow starts and fast endings.
“Well, I wish it knew it so I could make it happen in the first half,” Carroll said when asked why Wilson was so good late in games. “But we have talked about it some. In particular he’s a great finishing quarterback. His numbers in the fourth quarter are tremendous. His efficiency and his touchdowns, those are really special. I think he’s such a tremendously instinctive football player, the more game he gets the better he feels, the more he understands how to take advantage of the opportunities, and he just continues to play better. I think he and (offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell) work really well together as they grow in the game. They communicate all game long, and they zero in and really seem to really hit it right as we finish. There’s no question that he’s a great finisher. His wins in the fourth quarter show that, but also just the numbers are there. I really think he gets a better feel for the game, he really gets a sense for how things are going to work and the defense he’s playing against and the style and all of that, and takes full advantage of it.”
So the bad news is Carroll doesn't know how to get RW off to a faster start. Hard to fix something you have no clue about. The worse news is that Bevell is here to stay as long as RW is here. UGH!!!!