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stats are so meaningless it sickens me...
Show me a game this year where Luck passed the eye test the way Wilson did in the 2nd half against the Falcons...
Wilson was nails every week after the San Fran debacle early in the year.
Say what you want but if you watched you'd know...Wilson MADE that running game what it was. Just like Kaepernick and RGIII run their read options...it just grossly inflates the rushing numbers and to try and give Marshawn Lynch more credit than Wilson is ludicrous.
Lynch has been an average back his entire career. He's not elite. Seattle was an average team last year. Yes, they have a great defense. I agree. Indianapolis does not.
But Russell Wilson was a damn force to be reckoned with down the stretch. He had them rolling on all cylinders to the point where EVERYONE was picking Seattle as their "dark horse" and Colin Cowherd had them #3 overall in his power rankings.
You're a Chiefs fan. I couldn't have been anymore unimpressed with Andrew Luck when they played KC. He was, quite simply, AWFUL. Like...terrible. He missed the easiest TD throw to a wide open receiver in the end zone I've ever seen. Cassel wouldn't have missed that throw. And he overthrew it by 15 yards.
In today's NFL I honestly don't care about all of the stats he amassed and all of the game winning drives he had...that's impressive. I agree. I don't understand why defenses go into a prevent at the end of games like that and basically allow it to happen like we saw with Tebow in '11. But I can't take that away from him and I can't take away all of those yards he passed for...
but at the end of the day...if you want to play the stats game I don't see how you can't include all of those turnovers and that abysmal QB rating...
He was just mediocre this year. Great for a rookie, I agree. Mediocre as an NFL starting QB.
Russell Wilson was not. He was good the last 3/4 of the year by any standard...and great the last month and a half. Great.
Most amazing postseason loss I've seen in my life.
I would not take Luck over Russell Wilson if I could choose between the two. Call me silly.
JMO
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