Interesting that you chose Wilson to compare him to. Keep in mind, Wilson was without a running game from the last year of Marshawn Lynch up until this year, and because of the spending on the Defense, no O-line player rated over 29th best in the league at their position. In fact, last year, Wilson accounted for all but 1 of Seattle’s touchdowns, and was their leading rusher. In spite of that, he lead the league in touchdowns, and set the NFL record for most 4th qtr touchdowns at 18 … 3 higher than the previous record. Yes, Seattle ended up 9-7 last year, but they were 8-4 at one point and suffered season ending injuries to Richard Sherman (game 10), Kam Chancellor (game 10), Cliff Avril (game 4), and Michael Bennett played the season with Plantar Fasciitis. How he was not league MVP baffles me. Even with Minnesota’s Oline, Wilson probably would have won, because he is actually a franchise QB, and won last year with a worse line. Sometimes, it is about the QB, because when you have a franchise QB, they can make up for inadequacies of the rest of the team. Cousins is not close to Wilson, regardless of what your stats say.
Good post. You know your football.
If it were just about having a franchise QB WHY does
Aaron Rodgers have ONE Super Bowl Win
Drew Brees have ONE Super Bowl Win
Russell Wilson ONE Super Bowl Win
Brett Favre ONE Super Bowl Win
(Dan Marino ZERO Super Bowls)
Same as:
Nick Foles
Joe Flacco
Brad Johnson
Trent Dilfer
Mark Rypien
Jeff Hostetler
Doug Williams
Granted 12 QB have won multiple times for 32 Super Bowl titles.
But 20 QB have won ONE Super Bowl.
ODDS are better with franchise QB. MUCH better still with a strong balanced team.