It’s incredible how 7 games can shape the perception of a football player. Through Russell Wilson’s first 67 career games he was labeled by most national pundits, analysts and “experts” as a game manager or system quarterback.
All that changed between weeks 10 and 17 of the 2015 season.1,900 yards and 24 TD tosses later and suddenly our hometown signal-caller and captain has catapulted himself into the realm of the elusive “elite” category.
Last year, it seemed most talking (or writing) heads pegged Wilson in the 10-15 range. But Don Banks of SI.com just ranked his Top 10 Best NFL QB’s, and has Wilson sitting squarely in the middle at 5th overall, behind only the likes of Rodgers, Brady, Newton, and Roethlisberger.