Russell Wilson is the king of NFL consistency. Over the past nine seasons, he has a Quarterback rating of 92 or more over the year, with six seasons a Quarterback rating of more than 100. Wilson has basically done everything since he came to the NFL: he won the Rookie of the year, he became a Bowler PRO of several years, and he won a Super Bowl Ring. There is only one honor that has indicated him: the most valuable player.
In this sense, Wilson’s enormous consequence could be his enemy. Always brilliant, always reliable, Wilson has all too often been overshadowed by players who produce ridiculous statistics for a season that goes far beyond their Standards. That made Wilson an MVP bridesmaid. This year is the time to change this.
Why Russell Wilson deserves MVP in 2020
In simple words: no one in the NFL in 2020 plays football better than Russell Wilson. That sounds reductive, and it is — but there is simply no one that happens as well as the QB Seahawks only.
If we take Wilson’s numbers halfway and extend them over an entire season, the statistics he sets up are amazing:
4,917 yds, 71.5% CMP, 52 TD, 12 INT — 120.7 QB rating
Wilson is also on pace for 594 Yards, just to put a icing on his season. That’s about a Standard, excellent season for the Quarterback. This is transcendence. Ask the Seahawks fans to discuss their frustrations with the Team, and he’s still focused on not giving Wilson a stable rude line and giving him a revolving door with weapons. It is the year in which everything has come together.
We see Wilson thrive with probably the best receivers he had in DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, and there are still things not found from the offense. Seattle is still without a reliable threat to put Wilson under pressure, with Chris Carson being a good-step-big-dos so far. This means that the defense knows that Wilson is at the center of the crime and that there is still nothing they can do to stop him.
No Team has its chance depends on a player more than Russell Wilson and the Seahawks. He leads the league’s best offense with an average of 34.3 points per game-and it’s hard to imagine many of the best NFC Teams right now.
So, why hasn’t Wilson won MVP before?
As I mentioned earlier, this is really a matter of unfortunate circumstances rather than not earning the prize. I’m sure that Seahawks fans wouldn’t agree that Wilson has won the award several times, but the fact is that in each of his best seasons, there was one player who took the game so hard that voters believed in them more.
If we consider a certain period of time, there is no doubt that Wilson is a better player than some of these names, but for the year in which they were discussed, there was always a difficult argument for Wilson to make.
2015
Russell Wilson: 4,024 yds, 34 TD, 8 int-110.2 QB rating
Cam Newton (winner): 3,837 yds, 35 TD, 10 int — 99.4 QB rating. 636 yds noise, 10 TD.
There is no doubt that Wilson was the best pure passer in 2015, but Newton’s 45 combined Touchdowns en route to a Super Bowl berth were the history of the NFL this year. It was the season in which all the promise was made, and Newton seemed ready to take control of the NFL with her unique skills. Then we know what happened from there.
2017
Russell Wilson: 3,983 yds, 34 TD, 11 int-95.4 QB rating
Tom Brady (winner): 4,577 yds, 32 TD, 8 INT-102.8 QB rating
It was a pretty classic Tom Brady year. There’s not really a good injustice or justification why Wilson missed out. More than just a matter where Brady was again the NFL’s best quarterback, while Wilson took a small step back. This still shows how unhappy he was when it comes to End-of-year Rewards.
2018
Russell Wilson: 3,448 yds, 35 TD, 7 int-110.9 QB rating
Patrick Mahomes II (winner): 5,097 yds, 50 TD, 12 INT-113.8 WB rating
It was a reckless year of Wilson, but no one has ever touched Mahomes. In his second season, the Chiefs Quarterback gave us one of the best passes of any player ever. Every year, Wilson would have been in the mix for the prize, but all eyes were on Mahomes, who returned Kansas City to the fore.
2019
Russell Wilson: 4,110 yds, 31 TD, 5 INT — 106.3 QB rating
Lamar Jackson (winner): 3,127 yds, 36 TD, 6 int — 113.3 QB. 1,206 noise yds, 7 TD.
In a relapse in 2015, Wilson’s upper Pass was overshadowed by a phenomenon of double threat. This is not a matter where you have to argue against Jackson, he was incredible and deserved the prize. It was just a shame that one of Wilson’s best seasons fell by the wayside when another Quarterback stood up and gave us a season we couldn’t ignore.
