Russell Wilson Discussion Thread - Split with Seahawks?

[mullmania]

Any comments? Will this improve? Are you rolling out Wilson against Dallas or bench city?

I make a thread, get a bunch of people telling me I’m crazy and then crickets.

[ArrylT]

I am not sure how much worry there needs to be at the moment - assuming we are talking from a fantasy perspective - Wilson still put up ok production despite being on the road against what many would be considering a great if not elite Defence, and did so without having much in the way of proven weapons.

I am sure a lot is going to depend on your leagues specific scoring settings, but in typical PPR Wilson is basically right there as a QB1 as the difference between QB10 Dalton and QB19 Goff is like 7 points. The difference between him and Brady is like .5. And this is after 2 tough games both on the road, both against strong defences.

Again, talking simply from a fantasy perspective - Wilson is producing. The Seahawks have scored 41 points on the road - thats more than any team in the NFC East in comparison - each who has had a home game and Wilson has outscored all NFC East QBs.

[Gtdano_14]

What do you expect to hear back? You're now asking if people are going to bench a stud QB. Unless you have a better option like Fitzpatrick , the seahawks playing the Vikings/Jags, or Wilson is on a bye, you don't bench him. Just take a deep breath. The sky is not yet falling.

[Phaded]

In my leagues he is still the QB15 through 2 games and while that does not make him an elite QB1, he still looks great.
He is simply just getting used to the new.. "talent" around him.

He's still talented, Seattle just needs to put it together.

[skip]

Go look at your current top 10 and tell me where the top 5 are right now. Rodgers is at 10. Wilson isn't there. Watson isn't there. Luck isn't there. Obviously Wentz because of the injury. The cream will rise by season's end. It already does. Unless you want to believe that Fitzpatrick is going to be the #1 QB in the league this season.

[grooner]

https://twitter.com/benbbaldwin/status/ ... 3901378561

Interesting thread on twitter. (I don't know how to post a fancy link to twitter here)

[Vcize]

He went for 300/3 in week one and then "struggled" in week 2 putting up 226/2 against an elite defense.

Anyone panicking right now doesn't understand how fantasy football works. This is what elite QBs do. They weather the storm and still give you solid production against the really good defenses, and blow up for big games against the bad defenses. That Chicago defense is going to hold a lot of mediocre QBs to a lot less than 15 fantasy points this year. And Wilson is going to have some big games in front of him.

Likewise, stop worrying about what position he's in right now. His scoring so far is generally good for the QB6-7 range once the samples settle in (and of course his scoring will likely go up from here without Chicago on the road at night on the schedule again). Right now the rankings are conflated by guys that have had one huge game that will eventually settle back into the pack.

Last year through two weeks Alex Smith and Trevor Siemian were the top 2 scoring fantasy QBs, and Wilson was QB20.

[Gtdano_14]

Last year through two weeks Alex Smith and Trevor Siemian were the top 2 scoring fantasy QBs, and Wilson was QB20.

Excellent point.

[IBall2]

It's to bad the Seahawks second game against the Cardinals this season is in week 17. What a waste. His schedule from weeks 10-15 does not look very good either. Having to play Rams/Packers/Panthers/9ers/Vikes/9ers will be a tough stretch.

[GridironGuerilla]

He went for 300/3 in week one and then "struggled" in week 2 putting up 226/2 against an elite defense.

This. The answer is still yes with a disgusting O-Line and next to zero weapons. Imagine if that situation improves...

[Life of Pablo]

He went for 300/3 in week one and then "struggled" in week 2 putting up 226/2 against an elite defense.

This. The answer is still yes with a disgusting O-Line and next to zero weapons. Imagine if that situation improves...

I mean, I feel like I'm one of the bigger Wilson believers out there, but don't pretend that was an easy 226/0. Pretty sure he only had 69 passing yards (and 0 TD's) going into the 4th quarter.

This is the same Wilson/painful Seahawks offense we saw last year, where he'd have like 5-10 fantasy points seemingly every game after 3 quarters, only to pull some magic out of his bleep and end the day with 20 points. Only problem is, the offense so far looks even worse than last year. Baldwin's injury was unfortunate and he can't come back soon enough, but I think they made a mistake letting Jimmy Graham go. Or at least not replacing him (AND Paul Richardson) with someone better than Brandon Marshall or Will Dissly (granted, Dissly has been a godsend so far as a 4th-round rookie TE).

I'm still confident enough that I plan on starting him almost every week, and I do think he'd be an elite QB1 if he had just an average offense around him. But I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up more in the QB6-10 range this year. There's bad signs and red flags that shouldn't be ignored imo. The best thing going for him is the declining Seahawks defense that will allow them to play catch-up mode (like they did last night).

[GridironGuerilla]

He went for 300/3 in week one and then "struggled" in week 2 putting up 226/2 against an elite defense.

This. The answer is still yes with a disgusting O-Line and next to zero weapons. Imagine if that situation improves...

I'm still confident enough that I plan on starting him almost every week, and I do think he'd be an elite QB1 if he had just an average offense around him. But I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up more in the QB6-10 range this year. There's bad signs and red flags that shouldn't be ignored imo. The best thing going for him is the declining Seahawks defense that will allow them to play catch-up mode (like they did last night).

These things are not mutually exclusive in dynasty. I absolutely acknowledge the obstacles he is facing this season but finishing a year outside the top 5 under these circumstances does not negate his past performance nor mute his future potential IMO. If Rogers was to finish outside the top 5 this season, he remains an elite QB1.

[Oddball456]

I am more worried that the O-line is giving up too many sacks (12 so far in 2 games) that Wilson ends up getting hurt. Granted, DEN and CHI have some pretty good pass rushers, but still...

[mullmania]

You can remove the 'elite' from my question now

He's in Tom Brady territory scoring wise. Things are scary down there

[thebeast]

You can remove the 'elite' from my question now

He's in Tom Brady territory scoring wise. Things are scary down there

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