Every long-tenured NFL athlete reaches a point in their career where they must evolve. The physical traits that made them special inevitably fade, forcing them to rely on experience and savvy to remain competitive against an ever-younger league. That is even more true for dual-threat quarterbacks, who often rely on their escapability to create plays. Russell Wilson was once the best at it, but his transition to a pocket passer hasn’t worked out so far.
If you watched Wilson for any of his first eight or nine seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, you were pretty much guaranteed to see some magic.