Does a full healthy year of Russ Wilson get the Seattle Seahawks back into the playoffs?
Chris Phillips
Arizona will still be strong in the division, as will Los Angeles. San Francisco is a bit of a wild card, as so much of their season depends on how quickly Trey Lance can be at least an average NFL quarterback. It’s not impossible to see the Seattle Seahawks, Rams, and Cardinals competing for the NFC West Division crown, with the Niners in last place. Then again, don’t count out a repeat of this year’s division standings either.
An elite/franchise quarterback can take a team further than what the paper says. To use a cliche, Russ can raise all boats. He’s that good, and if you don’t believe me, just watch the games from last season when Geno Smith was Seattle’s signal-caller. And to drive the point home, even more, Wilson made the playoffs every year except for two. And a case can be made the Seattle Seahawks would have been there last year if RW3 didn’t miss several games.
Clint Prasky
This is how I see it; LAR is at the top of the NFC West as the defending Super Bowl Champs. With a healthy Russ, the Seattle Seahawks are in second. As for Arizona and San Francisco, well, their upcoming seasons have more “ifs” than Seattle’s does.
Arizona has Kyler Murray problems, and many think he’ll be the first big-name quarterback moved. Nobody knows how good Trey Lance will be in his first year as the 49ers starting quarterback. So that makes their respective seasons hard to forecast.
But even in a season as unpredictable as 2022 looks to be, in the hardest division in football, even the NFC West bottom-dweller won’t be far off from playoff qualification. As for the Seattle Seahawks themselves, it will take more than just a healthy Russ for us to contend. They need a reliable run game and upgrades along the offensive line and secondary.
For me, it looks like the Rams go 12-5; Seahawks 11-6; San Francisco 9-8; and Arizona 9-8I, pending any offseason moves.
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