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How Russell Wilson compares to the 2012 rookie QB class
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01:06 AM ET 11.16 | Faced with the boredom associated with the Seahawks' bye week, I played with some statistics, as I am wont to do, in order to gauge how our fearless leader Russell Wilson compares to the other rookie quarterbacks in the NFL. This is a banner year for the rookie quarterback with studs like Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, as well as two other first rounders who are starting for their teams in Ryan Tannehill and Brandon Weeden. In order to see how Wilson stacked up, I decided to combine and average the statistics of the four first-round quarterbacks to create a hypothetical quarterback named "Brandrew Griffehill III" to whom I compare Wilson's performance. Before we jump in, a couple of housekeeping things. First, I'm aware that "Brandrew Griffehill III" is an utterly terrible fake name, but I challenge you to make something coherent out of the four names above. Second, because the four rookie quarterbacks discussed in comparison to Wilson have all had their byes, they have only started nine games each instead of 10. As a result I have only used rate stats in this comparison in order to avoid being misleading. Thirdly, I have not included any rushing statistics but it should be noted that Griffin and Luck have both been exceptional rushing quarterbacks and Wilson does lag in this area compared to the field. Finally, I am not including anything Tannehill does tonight against Buffalo. That being said, let's take a look at the comparison.
Russell Wilson, Getty Images/Al Pereira
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So... Is this the type of crap Seahawks fans are forced to endure?
Otis B. Driftwood
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It could be worse!
Sincerely,
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well....OUCH!!!
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"First, I'm aware that "Brandrew Griffehill III" is an utterly terrible fake name, but I challenge you to make something coherent out of the four names above."
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Robrew Tanneden IV
Otis B. Driftwood
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Chadwick Pennington.
No, that's too silly.
Debbie Does
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Ryan Tannehill is awful. I expect Miami to be drafting a QB again very soon.
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If he is he's a perfect fit in Miami, and all 20 of the fans who go out to the home games know it
Mr Steeler
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tried to tell everyone.. WILSON is a beast in the making.
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Yup, gotta be the best QB at 5 and 5
Eagles in 2020
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They got 'em a keeper, don't they?
Otis B. Driftwood
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God save us from bye weeks.
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Especially when your team is good
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