Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks. (Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports)
Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson and the rest of the Seattle Seahawks were shut out on the road vs. the Green Bay Packers on Sunday evening.
After missing a month due to a finger injury, perhaps Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks should have given quarterback Russell Wilson a bit more time to recover.
For the first time in his NFL career, Wilson was unable to lead the Seahawks to a single point offensively. Seattle stumbled to 3-6 on the season after getting shut out by the Green Bay Packers, 17-0. Though the weather was clearly a factor in this game, a bigger issue might have been that Seattle did not run a single play offensively under center with Wilson due to his hurt finger.
Wilson completed 50 percent of his passes for 161 yards and two picks in the Seahawks’ defeat.
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From a formational standpoint, Seattle was at a major disadvantage by being unable to go under center with Wilson. Though he can move around a good bit from shotgun and out of the pistol, not being under center not only hurts the running game from getting going, but makes the play-action game incredibly hard to sell. So from a schematic standpoint, Wilson was rushed back into action.
However, Seattle is running out of time to be a playoff team this year. Only once have the Seahawks failed to qualify for the postseason with Wilson as their starting quarterback. The only chance they had to beat Green Bay in Lambeau was with Wilson as their starter. Unfortunately, the result was the same as it would have been had Geno Smith gotten the start instead of him: L.
An ineffective Wilson reveals there are so many other issues plaguing the Seahawks this season.