While some of the personal stats bode well for Russell Wilson’s elite potential, it is stretch to credit him for winning games the way you can credit Andrew Luck for winning games.
Everybody knows that the backbone of the Seahawks is their historic Defense. Their Defense wins games. In fact, Russell Wilson is 2-7 when his Defense fails to hold teams to 24 points or less. So credit the Defense for those winning stats, streaks, most wins in 3 years, 4th quarter comebacks, etc. It is not as if Marshawn Lynch wasn’t on fire ripping off long runs in a lot of “Wilson’s” 4th quarter come-backs.
Team stats should never be confused with personal stats. Wilson is a great young QB who is adept at running a huddle, dynamic at extending plays, savvy at exploiting his opponents mistakes, and intelligent about the way he approaches the game. I think he is on an elite trajectory, but he is still young and still not a proficient pocket passer yet. Scrambler yes, but not a genuine pocket passer.
He is going to be a great one, but the overwhelming recent success of the Seahawks has much more to do with the historic Defense than it does Russell Wilson. People always give QBs too much credit for wins and too much blame for losses.
He did however throw the losing interception in the last super bowl. That is not good on the resume.
Just a reminder that Russell Wilson didn’t even throw his first passing TD in the super bowl against the Broncos until his team was up 29-0.
Oh, and Wilson’s passer rating for the first half of that super bowl? 0. Zero.