Seahawks Insider: How Russell Wilson got his groove back
Sep 27, 2017, 9:41 AM | Updated: 1:13 pm
Russell Wilson had a rough time with his accuracy in the first quarter. (AP)
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It was not a fast start that explained Russell Wilson’s 373 yards passing in Tennessee, a regular-season career-high.
Rather it was Wilson’s furious finish that constituted a remarkable turnaround.
“He found it,” coach Pete Carroll said. “He found the groove and got rolling and he was pretty much unstoppable once he got going, but we started off (slow).”
That’s putting it mildly.
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Wilson was 4-for-11 passing on Seattle’s first six possessions of the game for 24 yards. It’s not a coincidence that Seattle’s offense gained all of 41 yards and two first downs on those first six possessions and crossed midfield exactly once.
“He missed a couple,” Carroll said, “and I think he was pumped up and overthrew three of four balls there in the first couple sequences, and it was enough to keep us from getting going.”
But once Wilson got going? Look out.
The turnaround started when he completed a 36-yard throw to Doug Baldwin with just under 2 minutes left in the game half and followed that up with a 46-yard completion to C.J. Prosise. After two incompletions in the end zone, Wilson found Doug Baldwin for a 4-yard touchdown.
That was just the second touchdown scored by Seattle’s offense in the first 10 quarters of regular-season play. The Seahawks scored three touchdowns in the final two quarters on Sunday when Wilson was 17-for-23 passing in the final 17 minutes for 196 yards.
So Carroll is absolutely correct. Wilson found it. Now the question is whether he can carry that over to the rest of the season.
