Seattle no longer has the No1 defence,and their offensive weapons are bad. Yet the Seahawks QB has found new ways to preserve winning – and that’s why he’s so goodRussell Wilson is a game manager. whether a team has a much defense, Wilson can hand off, and limit turnovers,scoot the chains and do all the little, whether unremarkable, or things that need to be done to help his team to victory. Thats a game manager.
Game manager is in Wilson’s skill set. It might not be a flashy title,and many spend “game manager” as a sort of quarterback slur, but the Seahawks made the playoffs as a wildcard team in 2012 with Wilson under middle as a rookie. A year later they won the Super Bowl with Wilson running a conservative offense while the Seahawk defense tore opponents apart. That design nearly led to back-to-back championships before Wilson threw an interception at the goal line on Seattle’s final possession in final year’s Super Bowl. Throwing a game-ending interception when a handoff would have been the better call wasn’t a very game manager” thing to do. Or it was exactly what was to be expected when a guy with limited abilities tries to be the hero.
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Source: theguardian.com