651akathePaul, Niketalk: Intangibles. And some of you say you don't believe in that. Rubbish. This kid defines it. I already knew Russell Wilson would be good and you can dig up old threads for proof. His offensive line was mammoth at Wisconsin and in size, comparable to an NFL line so he's no stranger to throwing over a wall. One of the best ways to combat that is with your release point. With Russell, he’s got almost an over exaggerated overhand delivery that gives the ball a very high release point and the trajectory of the ball is on a plane that zips over the line. This alone is huge, but what makes him even more successful for being a short guy is taking a page directly from the Drew Brees quarterback manual. His depth on his drop back is usually two or more yards deeper than what you’ll see from “protypical” quarterbacks. A deeper first drop step leads to more distance created between the line and him. This invariably creates the space needed to have the vision to see the field a lot better than someone like Flutie, who always had to rollout or change his release points and arm angles to create his own window. Not to say that there won’t be a plethora of rollouts because as you see with Brees, shorter quarterbacks still like to create even more space in the open field and when you have an athlete and dynamic playmaker like Russell, it just adds that much more spice to your passing attack. There are really only good things to say about Wilson at this point. His arm strength is in the plus category. His hands are huge so if you’re worried about fumbles, it’s probably a non-issue. Moxy…He’s got it. Russell stepped right into a leader capacity. Communicated with receivers on what he wanted them do. His quick study of the Badger playbook proved to be invaluable because he’s done the same with Bevell's playbook. Obviously he’s extremely intelligent. I’m really high on Russell and my evaluations back that up. It is no whim. I trust my opinion. You’ll see some mistakes from Wilson, but you may not seem them twice. If you don’t believe the things I’ve said then just watch and see for yourself. This kid is the real deal.
A little bit longer, but had a lot to say.
You never know....Right?
Clemons is a good dude, I met him on the field before the MNF game the Skins played against the Eagles in '04. He had two sacks that game and never really played a lot for us after that which I'll never understand why.
