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Seahawks all-time Mount Rushmore: 2020 edition

By Lee Vowell

PHILADELPHIA, PA - DECEMBER 07: Marshawn Lynch #24 of the Seattle Seahawks scores a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles during the third quarter of the game at Lincoln Financial Field on December 7, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Evan Habeeb/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - DECEMBER 07: Marshawn Lynch #24 of the Seattle Seahawks scores a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles during the third quarter of the game at Lincoln Financial Field on December 7, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Evan Habeeb/Getty Images) /
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Russell Wilson

I am not being a modern-day revisionist here. NFL teams are very often made or broken by the quality of their quarterbacks. Russell Wilson is the best quarterback in Seahawks history. There should be no debate about that anymore.

Wilson has been Seattle’s quarterback since 2012 and the team has missed the playoffs just once since. When Wilson began his career he was more of a game manager because of the quality of the Seahawks defense. But make no mistake, Wilson led Seattle to two straight Super Bowls because he was a good quarterback.

Now, Wilson is a great quarterback. Seattle’s offense, really the whole team, has become built around Wilson. Seattle’s most successful decade in franchise history was the 2010s and a lot of this can be attributed to the play of Russell Wilson.

Wilson is the franchise’s all-time leader in career passing yards (29,734), touchdown passes (227), quarterback rating (101.2), fourth-quarter comebacks (21), game-winning drives (28), completion percentage (64.5 percent), wins (86), winning percentage (67.1) and is seventh in career rushing yards (3,993). That last number isn’t in comparison to quarterbacks, it is in comparison to anyone who has ever run the ball for Seattle.

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Wilson is the only person I have on the 2020 Seahawks Mount Rushmore that isn’t in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But one day he will be. And with any luck, he will lead the Seahawks to another Super Bowl win in his career.

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