Russell Wilson is at his best running play-action and passing deep. This has always been true. This is true this year. But the Seahawks have stopped running play-action and passing deep. And I’m not sure why. Today we attempt to find out.
First let’s not just assume Seattle has stopped running play action. Let’s prove it. I only have splits for the last two seasons but Seattle has run fewer play-action passes in 2020 than 2019. More importantly, a significantly lower percentage of Seattle’s pass attempts in 2020 have involved play action.
2019: 22.