The Drive: How good is Russell Wilson?

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsIt is possible Russell Wilson is well past his prime. This is counter-intuitive because many quarterbacks play at their very highest level in their thirties and Wilson is not yet thirty. But Wilson has never succeeded as other quarterbacks have succeeded, and has never succeeded at all like most late-blooming quarterbacks have succeeded. Which is why we still debate how good Wilson ever truly was. We shouldn’t, but gird thy loins, that debate is likely to get a lot more toxic and stupid over these next few seasons. We’ll get there, but:

First let us consider Wilson’s undeniable prime, those years he was at his very best, and see why Wilson was once an exceptionally…