Comments on: Carroll: Wilson will start season opener

By: mojjonation

mojjonation — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:30:23 +0000

If there is any truth to the rumor that Wilson was the Chosen One all along, then that goes against PC’s “compete” mantra. If there was any truth to the rumor that Flynn was the “Chosen One” all along, then no matter how well Wilson played, Flynn would have been named game 1 starter. Although both do seem ridiculous, I do believe it was Flynn’s job to lose, which he didn’t. Wilson came in and wowed everyone with what he brough to the table. Is there any chance that this “tired arm/elbow” issue with Flynn was hidden during training camp and preseason and they wanted to see if he could play through it. I know the offenses and defenses are vanilla, but there was essentially no deep balls thrown by Flynn. He resembled Checkdown Jesus on a lot of his plays. Unless Flynn was in constant pain or had an issue throwing a higher arching ball due to a hidden injury, then there is no reason Wilson shouldn’t be the starter. Even if Flynns injury is real, you can’t have him running the number one offense on a hobbled ar. Wilson simply came in and beat Flynn out for the number one job. I have to admit it is nice having arguably the best one two punch at QB in football. No one else has a number 2 as good as Flynn. Let’s just hope this elbow thing isn’t more of a problem than what we already don’t know about.

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By: jawpeace

jawpeace — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:49:28 +0000

LOL GeorgiaHawk, that is what all the critics of Wilson will be saying after this season.

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By: sluggo42

sluggo42 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:22:22 +0000

Flynn will play the entire Raider game, with Portis going 4th quarter maybe. And MF will do well I think, altho he will be throwing to the 2′s-3′s fighing for their life.

# reasons RW won the job

1) he won training camp
2) he won preseason game stats
3) HE WON THE LOCKER ROOM

It’s not so much Pete making the decision, the whole team picked him.

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By: iHateHarbaugh

iHateHarbaugh — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:09:49 +0000

OMG BigBlew lmao… It’s gonna be ok buddy, just start watching a little more football & you’ll see why Matt Flynn is an ideal backup & why Russell Wilson is… i don’t wanna even say it. Let’s go with dynamic. #12thMan #RussellManiaXII

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By: montanamike2

montanamike2 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:40:11 +0000

Plus whoever we think could contribute from other teams cuts.
These guys make blue chippers from cast aways.

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By: montanamike2

montanamike2 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:37:04 +0000

I agree bird-spit, we shouldn’t play the starters too much. We’ve already proved our dominance in Defense and have to evaluate before the 2nd cuts. I think we’ll see Lockette, Durham and other bubble players.

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By: bird_spit

bird_spit — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:17:35 +0000

Mm2, you have not seen that game yet? Get ready to have a grin you can’t stop. RW was the puppet master, and the KC defense gets played. It was awesome, and gets better the second and third time you watched it.

After watching the AZ game, and parts of the rams and SF game, I like our chances this season. Clem is going to have his day in Az..Irvin likely gets his first taste of NFL QB in the regular season.

The OAK game…I hope no potential starter plays. Our team needs to be healthy going into AZ.

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By: montanamike2

montanamike2 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:05:54 +0000

Good morning
I slept well last night.
I think we re write history as no one particular player has all the tools and talent RW does. He’s kind of like Brees height wise, but Brees took a few years to get to where RW is now. He scrambles like Vick but looks to extend the play downfield when running, and unlike Tjack he throws the ball away instead of taking the loss or force a turnover. We played P Manning in Denver with TO and still can’t get on a pre season game?????? Meanwhile we’re stuck watching blowouts of the Cards and Rams. I want to watch Thursday nights game badly AAARRRGGGGG!

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By: GeorgiaHawk

GeorgiaHawk — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:42:51 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO_MYX_Oto0

For those that are kind of down on the FO starting a rookie and perhaps decreasing our odds of winning a SuperBowl this year, remember it took Hasselbeck a few years to help get us there. So Flynn was certainly no guarantee to do any better than that.

I think our best shot to win a SuperBowl this year and beyond lies in the hands of Wilson.
Flynn is good enough though to get another shot somewhere in the NFL.Imo. It will be interesting to see how long Flynn will be willing to sit.

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By: bird_spit

bird_spit — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:39:20 +0000

I think it unbelievable that there is any argument at all on QB. There is plenty of time for that in the regular season. Flynn’s arm is not holding out. For consistency, Pete makes the logical choice to go with the healthy arm. Sit back and enjoy.. Russell will make plenty of bonehead decisions, as would have Flynn. When you finally grasp that fact the Flynn is paid 10 million to be our new clipboard Jesus, with a contract you could not trade at all, then it’s easier sleep at night. Flynn needs to become Turbins pal in the weight room.

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