When the Seattle Seahawks won a Super Bowl, Russell Wilson was a young quarterback who wasn’t asked to do it all. The defense was good enough to win plenty of games without much help.
Wilson isn’t young anymore, and the Seahawks have changed, in large part due to Wilson’s contract. The Seahawks don’t have much of a defense anymore, and need Wilson to play perfect football for them to win.
It’s a testament to Wilson that he often does play perfect football. He’s the main reason Seattle was 6-1 before Sunday. But that’s a hard way to live in the NFL.