New England Patriots: 5 Seattle Seahawks players who present a problem
Of course, there’s Russell Wilson
While Patrick Mahomes II, Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray are taking the league by storm, one quarterback in Seattle is playing his best football.
That player of course is Russell Wilson and Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots will have the tough task of defending against him in the prime spotlight of Sunday Night Football.
"“This guy’s a tremendous player,” Belichick said of Wilson. “Honestly, I think he’s in a way maybe underrated by the media or the fans, I don’t know, but I mean I don’t really see anybody better than this player. He can do everything. He’s got obviously great leadership, playmaking skills. He plays very well in the most critical situations in the game – his decision-making, running, passing. His passing numbers are extraordinary. You could put him up against anybody since he’s been in the league, literally anybody, in any category, really.”"
Going on to label him a winner, Belichick couldn’t stop gushing about the player that is Russell Wilson and rightfully so. Not only does he instill a winning attitude, he has been the Seahawks offense when there wasn’t much around him.
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Now, with offensive playmakers like Tyler Lockett, D.K. Metcalf, Greg Olson and Chris Carson around him, he becomes that much more difficult to defend which will be a challenge for Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots defense as much as he was for the Atlanta Falcons in Week 1.
In that game, he just had a 143.1 quarterback rating throwing for 322 yards and 4 touchdowns. Obviously, Russell Wilson presents the biggest problem for the Patriots in this Week 2 matchup.