Seahawks vs Broncos in the Superbowl

[BlueStreak]

24. I wasn't addressing those questions specifically at Wilson. They are for all QBs.

YPA isn't very meaningful to me. You have some teams where that probably is a very meaningful number. In the case of the Seahawks, the average passing distance is way down the list. It is defense first, it is rushing second, and then you pass when you need to.

Some systems pass a lot more. Some use the "west coast offense" which is mainly short possession passes. Unless a receiver breaks a big YAC, you expect that possession game to yield low yards per pass. Other systems use the run combined with the occasional long strike. You expect the yards per completion to be big in those systems, but the completion percentage to be low. That stat not very meaningful when when comparing dissimilar systems and strategies. And I doubt any team in the entire league has that as one of the first 5 things the look at in a prospective QB. What they want to know is if the guy is smart enough to make his progressions in the 3 seconds he has before being clocked. What they want to know is of he can hit a moving 18" window on a 25 yard throw.

Jeff George didn't suck all the years. My point was that he had arguably the best arm of any quarterback to ever play the game, but was way lacking in many of the other important factors. On the other hand, half of Peyton Manning's passes look like wounded ducks these days, yet he just blew away the season records for passing yards and TDs.

It is the most difficult position in all of sport, I think. Nobody is perfect at it. It takes the right guy in the right system with the right surrounding cast and a few good breaks along the way to be successful. Wilson seems to be in a good place for his skill set.