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Post by Vegas on Aug 26, 2012 15:51:05 GMT -5
It looks like Russel Wilson wants the starting QB job! What an awesome preseason he is having! Matt Flynn might be the backup instead and Tarvaris Jackson might soon be released instead of even making the team. Good to see perhaps my favorite Seahawk Earl Thomas had a 75 yard interception return for a touchdown in last night's 44-14 blowout of the Kansas City Chiefs! I agree with you on the QB situation. Russel Wilson and Matt Flynn make the team as the #1 and #2. Still a battle to see who will start between the 2. Tarvaris Jackson's days in Seattle are done, I am pretty sure he will be released. It will be a very interesting decision to make regarding the starting QB. Russell Wilson has had the better preseason, but Flynn has looked good in his few limited chances in regular season action against teams such as the 2010 New England Patriots (a playoff team that season) and the 2011 Detroit Lions (a playoff team that/last season.) Even if he makes the cuts due by tomorrow, I will be shocked if Tarvaris Jackson is on the team's final roster in 2 weeks from now. |
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Post by Vegas on Aug 26, 2012 21:57:23 GMT -5
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Post by j on Aug 26, 2012 22:17:35 GMT -5
i guess Tavaris can't be any worse than Vince Young & Tyler Thigpen have been for my Bills
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Post by swarm on Aug 27, 2012 7:55:02 GMT -5
And he's already the best QB in the NFC West. Russell Wilson will be a star. For once, the Seahawks look interesting again. Can they topple the Niners for the division title this year? |
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Post by maddog1981 on Aug 28, 2012 20:29:51 GMT -5
Why did they spend the money on Matt Flynn if they were going to draft a guy and make him the starter? That's really counter-productive and that's going to make free agents mistrust the franchise.
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Post by swarm on Aug 29, 2012 7:39:01 GMT -5
Why did they spend the money on Matt Flynn if they were going to draft a guy and make him the starter? You act like the Seahawks operate with a crystal ball? Do you seriously think this was their master plan the whole time? Give Flynn millions, draft Wilson in the 3rd round, and make him their starter? Because that's how I'm reading it and I'm having a hard time buying this as anything but coincidence/Wilson earning the job. Did they *hope* to draft Russell Wilson? Probably. Did they know he would become their starter in his rookie year, let alone week 1? Doubtful. That just shows how special this kid is. I watched him in the Big Ten. He was the best QB in our conference last year. He's got it all. That's really counter-productive and that's going to make free agents mistrust the franchise. Why would it make free agents mistrust the franchise? If anything, it will make Seattle more attractive to free agents looking for a team willing to reward hard work and success over the size of each players salary. |
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Post by highexodus24 on Aug 29, 2012 13:12:15 GMT -5
I applaud Seattle for going with the guy they think gives them the best chance to win! I thought my Bills would draft him early in the 3rd. If Chan Gailey wasn't so hung up on Fitzpatrick, Wilson would have made a strong push to become Buffalo's top signal caller. Instead we grab Seattle's 3rd stringer - one of the guys Wilson beat out for the job  ! Anyways, enough about the Bills...I think that Wilson is gonna be around for a long run; part of possibly one of the best QB classes since '83. |
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Post by swarm on Aug 30, 2012 8:28:04 GMT -5
I applaud Seattle for going with the guy they think gives them the best chance to win! Adding to that, if you just play the guy with the bigger contract you get stuck with Drew Bledsoe over Tom Brady and Tony Romo, Jake Plummer over Jay Cutler, and Philip Rivers over Drew Brees. Only Rivers over Brees is debatable. There are many, many more examples of this happening. You should always start the players that give you the better chance to have sustained winning. The bad franchises start the Chad Penningtons and Mark Sanchezes of the world to perpetuity, the good ones keep looking for QBs until they have one instead, and dump the also-rans onto the bad teams. |
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Post by maddog1981 on Aug 30, 2012 16:14:58 GMT -5
I applaud Seattle for going with the guy they think gives them the best chance to win! Adding to that, if you just play the guy with the bigger contract you get stuck with Drew Bledsoe over Tom Brady and Tony Romo, Jake Plummer over Jay Cutler, and Philip Rivers over Drew Brees. Only Rivers over Brees is debatable. There are many, many more examples of this happening. You should always start the players that give you the better chance to have sustained winning. The bad franchises start the Chad Penningtons and Mark Sanchezes of the world to perpetuity, the good ones keep looking for QBs until they have one instead, and dump the also-rans onto the bad teams. Yes, but judging by preseason is a dangerous way to do it. You paid Flynn to be a starter and now you essentially have an overpaid bench warmer. That's the kind of dumb shit bad management does. It's the kind of shit Cleveland does. I still think you should play the guy that you paid to be the starter and if he fails in the regular season, bring Wilson in. Right now, they have almost 9 million a year wrapped up in a guy riding the bench. Wilson might end up being really good, I just don't think you should put that much stock into preseason games. |
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Post by Vegas on Aug 30, 2012 18:43:42 GMT -5
Adding to that, if you just play the guy with the bigger contract you get stuck with Drew Bledsoe over Tom Brady and Tony Romo, Jake Plummer over Jay Cutler, and Philip Rivers over Drew Brees. Only Rivers over Brees is debatable. There are many, many more examples of this happening. You should always start the players that give you the better chance to have sustained winning. The bad franchises start the Chad Penningtons and Mark Sanchezes of the world to perpetuity, the good ones keep looking for QBs until they have one instead, and dump the also-rans onto the bad teams. Yes, but judging by preseason is a dangerous way to do it. You paid Flynn to be a starter and now you essentially have an overpaid bench warmer. That's the kind of dumb shit bad management does. It's the kind of shit Cleveland does. I still think you should play the guy that you paid to be the starter and if he fails in the regular season, bring Wilson in. Right now, they have almost 9 million a year wrapped up in a guy riding the bench. Wilson might end up being really good, I just don't think you should put that much stock into preseason games. Maddog, 1. I disagree with you about "bad management" regarding Seattle's offseson QB transactions. The Seahawks signed Matt Flynn in March and drafted Russell Wilson in April. They did not know they were going to get Wilson in the draft at the time they signed Flynn. 2. The Seahawks did not necessarily sign Flynn to be the starter, they signed him to compete for the starting job. 3. What you said about a possible QB switch works the other way too, if Wilson struggles then the Seahawks can always turn to Flynn for awhile (and if Wilson does great then the Seahawks have an attractive trade piece in Flynn as other teams wanted him in the off season too.) |
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! Anyways, enough about the Bills...I think that Wilson is gonna be around for a long run; part of possibly one of the best QB classes since '83.