The notion that Russell Wilson joined a loaded team is laughable. Outright desperation. Anyone who posts such a thing instantly forfeits any credibility that they never had.
Seattle's season win over/under entering the 2012 season was 7 flat. That's right, they were projected to go 7-9. The early juice was actually heavy on the under until the sharp guys hit it late and reversed the juice to 7 with over the favorite.
And now we're being told that the quarterback has no impact on the home won/loss record. I actually had to double and triple take at that claim, despite the often comical level of the source. Yep. He actually posted that theme.
Look, Tannehill has a chance to improve but anyone who places great confidence in a player with his resume and his performance level over the first two years simply doesn't have much of a grasp of probability in general. This is not exactly complicated. You don't need to know much of anything. Tannehill has never been great therefore he's unlikely to become great. I don't know why people are so desperate to look at every play or every comparison when the basics are smack in front of you. Let me guess, we'll scramble for exceptions. That's always clever. Exceptions get you beat. The Dolphins have struggled recently because they have violated every principal in terms of acquiring great players. Seattle was so loaded entering 2012 they signed Matt Flynn to play quarterback. I guess we'd prefer to forget about that. Now that's a violation, handing a big contract to a guy who was a backup in college and a backup in the NFL. They were able to quickly escape that error only because -- perhaps accidentally -- they chose an astute path, taking a guy who was great in college in a value round. Wison has overcome his height so it's a bonanza. So far. I'll add so far to make everybody happy.
During the draft I always try to identify extreme talents who have fallen. Now, I don't want them if they have serious character flaws. But somebody like Seantrel Henderson, nothing he did was outrageous. He was available in the 7th round. I posted in the "Who would you have taken?" thread that Henderson would have been my pick. Instead we took Terrence Fede. Now, in an individual case that might turn out to be correct. But I guarantee that over the big sample you'll come out far ahead taking someone like Henderson, who was an ultra blue chip recruit coming out of high school in Minnesota.
I just want us to make sensible choices. That's all. That's how we operated when I was a kid. Now we butcher the personnel acquisition side and insult fans by claiming the patched venue will be just like a new stadium.
