NFC starting QB power ranking: Where Seahawks Russell Wilson stands

I enjoy Dak Prescott. He can make plays with his feet, is generally smart with the football, and has somehow led that circus act called the Dallas Cowboys to 3 consecutive winning seasons and is on track to do it again in 2019.

He has won 35 of his first 52 starts, completes nearly 67% of his passes, and nearly has a 3:1 TD: INT ratio. He is a really good QB and currently leads the NFC in QBR. Dak is easy to root for despite the star on his helmet and has a great chance to claim the number 1 spot at some point in his career.

By my own logic, Prescott should be higher than Carson Wentz. He is more durable, wins more games, has a better TD/INT ratio, and is better at creating offense. But there is just something about that 2017 season that sticks with me.

Wentz probably would have won MVP if not for a late-season injury and rightfully so. He was great. When he plays, Wentz is great, maybe even near elite. I’m willing to take your criticisms on this. I should have Dak ahead of Wentz. But I believe in Carson Wentz so I’ll be slightly illogical and put him ahead of Dak.

Say what you want, but Aaron Rodgers hasn’t been very good over his 27 starts. He sports a record of just 13-13-1, completing just 63% of his passes while heaving just 47 touchdowns. In fact, his incredible arm talent and insane ability to not throw interceptions are what is keeping him this high, to begin with.

I know it’s a sin to not grovel at the QB shrine of Aaron Rodgers in 2019, but the guy isn’t what he used to be. Still a great player and as a thrower of the football, he is elite. But he ran one head coach out of town, and since his Super Bowl victory, he is just 5-7 in the playoffs.

Rodgers is running out of people to point the finger at and he needs to start playing better quickly or his spot at #2 could be in jeopardy.

Go ahead and call me a homer if you want, but Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson may just be the best QB in the league right now, including the precious Pat Mahomes. He wins. He creates offense. He throws TDs. He doesn’t turn the football over.

And he does all this with an offense straight out of 2005. Nobody does as much with limited opportunities as Russell Wilson. Over his past 16 games, Wilson has thrown 36 touchdowns to just 4 interceptions, completing 68.6% of his passes, for 3700 yards on just an average of 28 throws a game. Not to mention the 422 rushing yards he has accumulated.

That all amounts to an 11-5 record in that time. The Seahawks’ Wilson has never missed a game in his career, has more than twice as many wins as losses, and has an 8-5 record in the playoffs. He can be whatever you need him to be to fit the flow of the game and he has no issue outdueling great quarterbacks when the situation calls for it.

In short, Russell Wilson is the best QB in the conference any way you want to slice it. So there you have it, our first set of QB Power ranks of the season. We will reassess in a few weeks, but for now, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is the king.