Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is easily the most accomplished quarterback in franchise history and has achieved numerous milestones in his eight-year career. Coming into Week 12 of the 2019 season, he is approaching another major achievement.
If the Seahawks dispatch the Eagles, Wilson will become the first quarterback in NFL history to compile a winning record in his first eight years.
“I didn’t know that was coming,” Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll told 97.3 KIRO FM on the Pete Carroll Show. “That’s a great marker. He’s had a career already of first where he’s just done things so well coming out of the chutes and all that to put up numbers and consistency and all that kind of stuff.”
Carroll went on to state Wilson has had to deal with adversity and the doubts from his detractors, and he used them to improve as a player.
“Don’t you think that happened because people doubted Russ’ ability?” Carroll said. “And they didn’t think he could make it so they all made that statement that he’ll be a flash in the pan or whatever, so they looked for ways to justify the fact that they were wrong and he just outlasted them and proved that he was way more than that, and he proved all the doubters that he is the real deal.”
Wilson is having arguably the best season of his career and can lead the Seahawks to a winning record for an eighth consecutive year if they emerge victorious in Philadelphia.
