Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll joined 710 ESPN Seattle’s John Clayton on Friday to discuss quarterback Russell Wilson; specifically, enhancing his role in the team’s offense going forward.
Carroll praised Wilson as he usually does, stating that he is the best he has been throughout his entire career going into 2020. He also stressed the importance of having a balanced team and explained how Wilson factors into that equation.
“Russell is at the best of his game that he’s ever been and his command, his control and understanding of everything we can put forth on him allows him to be, I think, at the best he’s ever been,” Carroll said. “… And we want him to have more opportunities to be the factor of the game and control the game. But John, in just football in general, that doesn’t mean that you throw the football all the time to do that. We need to be a really good, functioning team that’s hard to beat because we’re so good at the things we do. That means that you have to have balance in your game.”
Carroll acknowledged the clamor from fans to “let Russ cook,” but assured them that Wilson will be at the top of his game if there is a season in 2020.
“We’re not going to take anything away from Russell’s ability to produce – we want to maximize his opportunities,” Carroll said. “So whatever this ‘Russell cook’ thing is about, I don’t know what it’s about, but he is at his best, he is in the most command he’s ever been, and he and (offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer) and the offensive staff have worked this offseason to a point where we’re ready to unveil it, the best version of us. And that means the best version of Russ.”
Wilson will need to be at his best for Seattle to even have a chance at making it to Super Bowl LV. 12s will hope that they will indeed see the best version of him.
