At the midpoint of the 2017 NFL season, Russell Wilson is on pace for his most prolific passing season ever, both in terms of yards and touchdowns:
Wilson’s passing efficiency has been well above league average every single year of his NFL career (including 2 standard deviations above league average in 2015!) but one of the criticisms of Wilson in the past has been that he had lower volume compared to some of his peers.
Well now we can cross that one off the list.
I’d be lying if I said this stat didn’t surprise me: Russell Wilson leads the league in yardage (pass + rush) through 8 games and accounts for 85% (!