Seahawks will miss the playoffs in 2020 says NFL.com
By Lee Vowell
According to NFL.com’s Adam Schein, the Seattle Seahawks will not make the playoffs in 2020.
It is, of course, May. This is the time of year when NFL pundits say things they would not normally say in the regular season or with more NFL news to talk about. What kind of things, you ask? Well, like NFL.com’s Adam Schein writing that the Seahawks will not make the playoffs in 2020.
Admittedly, Schein did call Seattle missing the playoffs a “bold prediction.” The Seahawks are one of the best franchises in the NFL and make the playoffs nearly every season. But Schein feels that Seattle in the postseason won’t happen:
"But I have serious questions about the overall quality of this roster — especially when compared to a host of rosters across the NFC."
Schein also thinks the Packers are better than the Seahawks in 2020 because “Aaron Rodgers is still Aaron Rodgers.”
Here is something that Schein does not appear to know. At this stage of their careers, Russell Wilson is better than Aaron Rodgers. Sure, the Packers beat the Seahawks in the playoffs last season, but it was not because Rodgers was better than Wilson. In fact, Wilson was the better of the two in the game.
Rodgers was 16 for 27 for 243 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was sacked twice. Wilson was 21 for 31 for 277 yards and just 1 touchdown. But he was sacked five times. Wilson also ran for 64 yards. And Wilson was without any real semblance of a running game without Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny, both out with injuries.
Wilson also found himself down 21-3 at halftime and even under constant pressure almost pulled out a victory as Seattle outscored Green Bay 20-7.
Why Schein is wrong about the Seahawks
I point this specific game out because of Wilson’s greatness. This is the thing that Schein might have overlooked. Many times in the NFL, no matter the overall talent of a team, the games come down to which team has the better quarterback. Nearly 100 percent of the time, Seattle will have the better quarterback of whichever team they are facing.
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The Seahawks are going to make the playoffs in 2020. And again in 2021. The reason isn’t because, as Schein might assume, of the Seahawks bottom of the roster. The reason is because of who is at the top of the roster: Russell Wilson. Wilson is better than your favorite team’s quarterback and this is why Wilson has missed the playoffs just once in his career.