HBO’s Hard Knocks gave us a behind-the-scenes look for how AFC North defenses prepared for the Pittsburgh Steelers last year, which gave us a damning soundbite about Russell Wilson and the offense.
“Russell Wilson, it’s three-pointers and layups,” Ravens analyst Noah Riley said. “There’s no mid-range with this dude. He throws that intermediate ball the least in the NFL. He throws the deep ball more than anyone in the NFL. If we shut that down, we take a big part of what they do away, making them beat us left-handed.”
Russell Wilson may have been throwing more deep balls than anyone in the NFL, as the Ravens suggested, but he was also throwing more checkdowns.