07-07-2015, 01:25 PM
(07-07-2015, 01:20 PM)spazz70 Wrote: No, it is not a big difference if a few teams are doing it....as of last year only three or four teams ran the read option as basically their base offense..It is an anomaly just like Wilson is to an extent.... QBs have not been accumulating large rushing stats on a regular basis for years...You have your few exceptions over the years.. Vick, Cunningham...they were few others, Young, Elway, McNabb, mainly because most of them accumulated those yards because they played for so many years...A running QB is not a common thing in the NFL and has not been in the modern passing era
Talk to me in 2 or 3 years...guaranteed the days of the read option will be long gone and so will Russell Wilson's status as a borderline "elite"player
Will that take away his Super Bowl ring and his past accomplishments?
As of right now, today, Wilson is borderline elite. 49ers fans and some desperate Bengals fans may disagree, but not many others will.
I feel like you're one of the older guys that don't like to give credit where it's due when "new" things happen in the league. Trust me, I love the classic pocker passer type of QB just as much as the next guy, but it's absurd to not give guys like Newton and Wilson the credit for what they do on the ground. Wilson isn't a RB, he's a QB. He's a good QB because he can effectively pass AND run. That doesn't mean he should be judged in 2 different positions.
