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Let Russ Cook Tracker, Week 3: Texas-style BBQ

Related Topics: Russell Wilson, DK Metcalf

Russ cooked again.

But did they let him, or did it just happen on its own, because he threw 5.99 touchdowns in Week 3 and that’s just what he does every game now?

The main criticism of the Seattle Seahawks brass, from 2012 through the most recent offseason, has always been that they don’t unleash the firepower of their fully operational Russell Wilson until later than is optimal. So the Tracker never measures whether or not he cooked, just whether he was allowed to.

Some explanations before our charts appear, since questions have been asked:

A) The grades are cumulative and represent whether or not the team is meeting goals I set ahead of the season:

  • 55-45 pass-run splits on early downs in neutral game state
  • Less than 25 percent runs on 2nd and long
  • Giving Wilson designed runs before the fourth quarter*
  • Trusting RW on 4th and short past midfield more often than the 22 percent they did in 2019.