[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by thaima1shu

On the flip side, the offense needs to continue making progress. Russell Wilson's challenge from the staff was to do better on third downs, and I thought he responded very well against the Panthers. That needs to carry over, and now he has do a lot better in the redzone. I thought that one of the announcer's comments during the game was interesting: that Wilson looks afraid to take risks in the redzone due to Pete Carroll's insistence on avoiding turnovers. Seems that it's getting into Russell's head in the redzone and isn't allowing him to really just let it rip. It'll be interesting to see if Pete will allow Russell to let it go just a little bit more. Should be a really interesting game and I'm really looking forward to it.

Highlighted part above in my chief concern on offense now, since I'm seeing improvement everywhere else. I want Wilson to go into attack mode mentality inside the 20....I want Pete and Bevell to encourage this. I trust Wilson to be aggressive AND smart in the Red Zone. He'll make mistakes, but he's a rook and it's part of learning.