Blanchette: Wilson Better Than Luck?

The Legacy Quarterback had just piloted his team on a drive for the ages – overtime, 80 yards, 13 textbook plays, using his feet when necessary, his arm when possible, his head every second. It was brilliant, and afterward in the visiting locker room, the victims took pause to acknowledge it. “Keep talking up Andrew Luck,” spat Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. “Russell Wilson is better.” Russell Wilson? What narrative is this, and from where had it come? Hadn’t Americans been riveted to their big screens Sunday afternoon for the last minute of Super Bowl XLVIII II.0 to witness the rechristening of Peyton Manning as all that is good and holy (maybe the only thing good and holy) about professional football? And, dammit, he’d delivered – highlight reel heroics with a bullet to No. 1 in the NFL Films Archival Top 10. Even the poor, stunned saps in the seats at CenturyLink Field had bowed a knee and offered the old Sydney Greenstreet salute to an impossibly Manning moment. Until Russell Wilson brought them to their feet again/ John Blanchette , SR. More here.

Question: Why isn’t Seattle’s Russell Wilson considered among the best quarterbacks?