Seattle Seahawks players chasing impressive milestones in 2020
Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks. (Photo by Brook Ward, via Flickr)
Russell Wilson
Personal
Russell Wilson needs:
- 14 wins to reach 100
- 12 games played to reach 140
- 12 starts to reach 140
- 64 completions to reach 2,500
- 266 passing yards to reach 30,000
- 23 touchdown passes to reach 250
- 7 rushing yards to reach 4,000
- 1 rushing touchdown to reach 20
Team
Believe it or not, there are still some big Seattle Seahawks career passing records that Russell Wilson doesn’t own yet. RW3 needs 11 games played, and four starts to go ahead of Matt Hasselbeck for number one in team history. The signal-caller also has to have 484 passing attempts and 124 completions to pass Hasselbeck for the top spot in those categories as well.
12s know that Wilson is just as dangerous with his feet as he is with his arm. He is seven yards shy of becoming the seventh player in team history with 4,000 yards on the ground. Add another 10 yards, and Wilson passes Ricky Waters for sixth all-time. Wilson will also pass Waters for sixth in rushing touchdown with four more.
NFL
2020 could be huge for Wilson in terms of where he stacks up among the all-time passers. Wilson becomes the 46th quarterback who has 2,500 or more completions with another 64 connections. If he hits his career average of 304 pass completions per season, Wilson will pass Steve McNair for 37th place all-time.
With 266 yards through the air, RW3 will also be the 46th QB to hit the 30,000 mark. Again, if he matches his career average, Wilson moves to 35th on that list just ahead of Steve Young and Troy Aikman.
Wilson enters the season with 227 passing touchdowns, good for 28th place. He can reach the top 20 with another 28. Also, 14 more wins make him just the 18th quarterback with 100. But wait, there’s more.
On 6.0 percent of all his passes thrown, Wilson has connected for a TD. He is in a three-way tie for second (including Aaron Rodgers), but only 0.2 percent behind “Slingin’ Sammy Baugh for the best rate ever.
Finally, Wilson is third all-time in interception percentage. He’s been intercepted on a miserly 1.80 percent of his passes. That’s the third-best rate in NFL history. Tom Brady is just ahead of him at 1.79 percent, while Rodgers occupies the top spot with a rate of 1.39 percent.
It’s conceivable (if Rodgers has the worst year of his career) that Russell Wilson could finish 2020 as the passer with both the best touchdown and interception percentages in NFL history. If that doesn’t scream Hall of Fame, nothing does.
As mentioned above, RW3 will easily hit 4,000 career rushing yards. Only four other NFL quarterbacks have done it. He trails Steve Young by 237 yards for fourth all-time. Four more rushing touchdowns puts him in the top 20 among NFL quarterbacks.
Related: Seahawks Retooled offensive line is key to 2020 success
Russell Wilson is the first quarterback in #NFL history with a winning record in each of his first eight seasons #Seahawks
pic.twitter.com/G4z76fWrO1— Riley Michel (@rileymichel) November 24, 2019
There are two interesting side notes. First, due to COVID-19, there won’t be any 12s at CenturyLink Field for the home opener on September 20. That will end a streak of 146 consecutive sellouts. Second, when the ball gets kicked off in Atlanta on September 13, it will be Pete Carroll’s 161st game as the Seattle Seahawks Head Coach. That is the most in team history breaking a tie with Mike Holmgren.