If we’ve learned anything this year it’s that the divorce between the Seahawks and Russell Wilson was long in the making because shots are being fired from both sides. After his team’s Week 1 victory over Wilson’s Broncos, Pete Carroll made a rare admission that it was a significant one.
Part of the story coming out of that win was how well they defended him. Apparently the analytics indicated that forcing Wilson to his left tends to result in atrocious production. The Seahawks proved it right, at least in that game. Now Wilson is trying to claim that he can still go left after all based on one play from his team’s narrow win over San Francisco on Sunday night. Here’s what he said afterwards.
The backstory of this comment:
Pete Carroll said after the Seahawks' win over Denver in Week 1 that their defensive game plan included an emphasis on forcing Wilson to move to his left, because the numbers showed he's much less effective throwing while moving to his left. https://t.co/WJTGz4Rhte
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) September 26, 2022
Spicy stuff from a guy who just posted a 32.9 QBR and has thrown a grand total of two touchdown passes in three games.
It would be shocking if Wilson continued to struggle like this for the rest of the year. That said, it’s clear that he’s still having a really hard time adjusting to the two-high safety sets that have troubled him since the middle of the 2020 season.
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