Wilson on the cusp of greatness?

[nilesobek]

If Wilson and the Seahawks can win the next two games I believe this will rocket Russell Wilson into a first ballot selection for the Hall of Fame and some of his fellow players will accompany him.

The Seattle defense has to scrimmage against Wilson. They know who the best QB in the NFL is. Slow and injured Rodgers and old man Brady are no match for the speed of Seattle's defense.

I've been a Seahawk fan since the expansion in 1976 and this is an exciting time. We have here maybe the best football team that ever lived.

[taterguy]

1. Loved him in Castaway

Oh wait, I've never seen that movie.

Nevermind.

[pintobean]

2. Good Luck

[nolabear]

3. Hubris scares me but it's hard not to get a little crazy today!

Got to go put mah jersey on...GO HAWKS!!

[nilesobek]

7. I waited until game day to let my crazy out.

But Rodgers could dash my hopes against the rocks.

[mythology]

4. It's amazing what happens when your team takes performance enhancing drugs

The team leads the NFL in performance enhancing drug suspensions under their current coach.

If the NFL had a real drug enforcement policy, their defense wouldn't be nearly so "great". I refuse to devalue the term "great" by using it to refer to a bunch of cheaters, especially ones that are too stupid to avoid getting caught by the pathetic NFL drug testing policy.

[easychoice]

5. I bet the Packers play a great game,

I bet the Seahawks are 30% better.The Packers really want a win but the Seahawks do too.We should see a great game.

[pipi_k]

6. On hubris, as mentioned

in a post above mine...

I absolutely believe in it and the wrath of the Football Gods.


So people should probably keep their fingers crossed that the "Fail Mary" pass of 2012 doesn't come back to bite Seattle in the ass this time around.

[nilesobek]

8. You're scaring me with that.

I don't have TV so I have to listen on the radio. Its a real good imagination stretcher. If the Seahawks lose I can then formulate in my head all the reasons why because I heard it on the radio.

[nolabear]

9. I have far too much technology. TV for video and radio for audio.

I like the Steve Raible approach.

But about hubris, it's only dangerous if the team gets infected, and they sound pretty realistic. It's up to the rest of us to be nuts.

Hey! The sun's coming out!

[pintobean]

10. Man, I would go to a bar or a friend's

I couldn't settle for radio for this game.

[nilesobek]

48. I like to drink too much and then there is the drive home.

Besides that, I'm wildly superstitious and got rid of my old vacuum tube TV about the time the Seahawks got Russell Wilson. I've been listening to Raible and Moon ever since.

[elias49]

11. No mojo yet today!

But I realize it's early...

[nolabear]

12. NOW I remember why I hate football.

Holy CRAP, where are the Seahawks???

[Suich]

14. This is painful. n/t

[Kaleva]

13. 3 interceptions and just 2 completed passes in the 1st half.

One of those passes was for negative yardage.

Edit: Wasn't expecting this kind of game.

[undeterred]

15. Never heard of Wilson.

You want to see greatness? Watch Aaron Rodgers.

[kwassa]

38. Do you mean Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback who just lost?

[countryjake]

16. YES!

Sorry, just watching the game!

[Suich]

17. This is unreal!!!

[countryjake]

18. I quit watching and that's what happened.

My SO just told me to go back to the computer again, ha!

He's just so fucking superstitious. Like me not looking caused something good. Unreal.

What a day this has been.

[suffragette]

19. They did it!!!!

[Suich]

21. Man, what a heart stopper!

[suffragette]

25. Took a lot of courage for Russell to dig down deep and come back like that.

Shouts and fireworks going off here now!

[countryjake]

26. I may be getting too old to experience things like that.

I took a lamp outdoors during the third quarter, I was getting so mopey I had to clean something...could not watch anymore at all. Then booted up the 'puter.

Guns are going off all around the neighborhood right now.

What a comeback!

[countryjake]

22. YEESSSS!

Well, Y'all can now thank me for that win!

I read the WA gun kerfuffle thread over in GD thoughout that brief OverTime. Bwahahahaha!

Unbelievable!

[Suich]

24. They only score if I'm not watching, too!

I switched channels in the 4th quarter and away they went!

[R B Garr]

20. They don't call him REPETE in SoCal for nothing!

Well done, Seattle! What a tough, tough game. Wow!

[elias49]

23. The hail mary...

they didn't deserve the win.
Oh well.

[nolabear]

28. Bull.

[elias49]

30. How many interceptions did Russell throw?

3? more? His stats sucked today. The Packers lost it...Seattle didn't win.

[nolabear]

31. First half awful, I admit, but the second was pure drive.

I'm not going to argue. I'm delighted for my city and team.

[elias49]

32. Meh. It's all good.

I'm a Patriots fan anyway.

[countryjake]

34. That's who we're rooting for next!

I kinda wanted the Colts in there, but I'd have to leave our house if I didn't cheer for the Pats.

GO Patriots!

[countryjake]

33. Hows about saying the Seahawks stole the Packers win?

Right out from under them!

WooHoo!

Unbelievable game!



Back to the SuperBowl!



GO HAWKS!

[elias49]

35. I must say, the playoffs have been especially exciting this year!

Messy, but exciting!

[countryjake]

36. I thought the majority of that game just now really sucked,

Messy doesn't even describe it.

Our cable went out this morning at 3:59 am and didn't come back on til 2:38 this afternoon. I thought my SO was gonna have heart failure from sheer disappointment...he was blaming Comcast for jinxing the game. We had to drive 15 miles downriver to go see the first half, then he was so depressed, we just came back home and listened to the radio. I'm glad we got to watch that fourth quarter, or any of the game at all. We had horrific wind up here all night long, trees down everywhere, one helluva pineapple express blew thru.

I can't believe Seattle won. What a season they've had!

[Suich]

40. Saw this on Reddit:

https://twitter.com/breakingseanews/status/556955626795171841

[flying rabbit]

29. That was not a hail mary.

And yes they did.

[nolabear]

27. NOW I remember why I love football!!

[Iggo]

37. Just like Eli Manning!

[nilesobek]

39. I feel a little bit like a bit player in a Philip K. Dick novel about now.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

41. He has to play at least long enough

to qualify for the NFL pension (5 years) before we should think of enshrining him in the HoF imo. That said, I live in the Seattle metro area and think he can achieve great things before he's done...........

[proverbialwisdom]

42. K&R

http://gamedayr.com/sports/nfl/clay-matthews-hits-russell-wilson-block-130541/

VIDEO: Clay Matthews Hits Russell Wilson With Nasty Crackback Block
January 18, 2015 Glenn McGraw

After throwing his second interception of the game, Russell Wilson was popped by Clay Matthews with a nasty crackback block. The Packers received a 15-yard penalty for the hit.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/clay-matthews-levels-russell-wilson-illegal-block
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/16/pete-carroll-says-he-missed-how-good-clay-matthews-was-at-usc/

[nilesobek]

49. Wilson is the most durable QB in the NFL.

Even that dirty hit didn't take him out. As the legend grows dirty players like Mathews will keep on taking shots at him.

[proverbialwisdom]

43. MORE.

http://thebiglead.com/2015/01/18/russell-wilson-hits-jermaine-kearse-to-rip-out-packers-soul-in-overtime/

VIDEO: Russell Wilson Hits Jermaine Kearse...
By: Ryan Glasspiegel 4 hours ago

Russell Wilson hit Jermaine Kearse for a 35-yard touchdown to beat the Packers in overtime, consummating one of the biggest redemption comebacks in recent sports memory. It was Seattle’s third touchdown in just over five minutes of game-time as the team, and there will surely be endless talk about the 984,309,830,980,298* things that went wrong for Green Bay to cost them a 16-point lead at halftime, and 12-point lead in the final couple minutes.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=400749519

VIDEO: Jermaine Kearse 35 Yd pass from Russell Wilson
ESPN? - 4 hours ago

Prior to the play Russell Wilson was 0-of-5 with 4 interceptions targeting Kearse...

[lovemydog]

44. Amazing game today.

The second half was among the most exciting I've ever seen.

[proverbialwisdom]

47. Final 4 minutes plus overtime, actually. (nt)

[lovemydog]

45. Regarding your question: it's way too early to tell.

I think Lynch and Sherman could be hall of famers though, particularly if they play great in the upcoming Super Bowl.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

46. Actually, it's not

I know it seems too early. Logic tells us this. Here's reality: with the sole exception of Jim Plunkett, every QB with 2 or more Super Bowl wins is in the HOF, and he'd accomplish 2 wins faster than Joe Montana did.

He will also replace Andrew Luck as the defining QB of his generation.