Russell Wilson isn't there yet, but he's winning them over one by one.
ESPN.com ranked the league's 32 quarterbacks, placing the Seattle Seahawks star just a notch below the top tier. ESPN classified them into four different "tiers" as follows:
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"Tier 1 quarterbacks can carry their teams week after week and contend for championships without as much help.
"Tier 2 QBs are less consistent and need more help, but good enough to figure prominently into a championship equation.
"Tier 3 are quarterbacks who are good enough to start but need lots of support, making it tougher to contend at the highest level.
"Tier 4 is typically reserved for unproven starters or those who might not be expected to last in the lineup all season."
Wilson was ranked eighth overall, two spots out of the top tier, prompting the ESPN to note the perception of improvement from Wilson.
"Last year, more than one-third of voters placed Wilson in the third tier, questioning whether he could carry a pass-oriented offense week after week, as the better quarterbacks have been able to do," ESPN reported. "Only one voter placed Wilson in the third tier this time, as other voters acknowledged the role Wilson played in the Seahawks reaching back-to-back Super Bowls. In total, 11 of 35 voters said Wilson was a 1, up from three of 26 voters one year ago."
Ironically, Wilson still tied for eighth before the 2014 season. The knock on Wilson is that he has a great team - especially a great defense - to help him. One coach still knocked him down to a Tier 3 quarterback simply because of his height.
"He is not a 1," a head coach told ESPN. "He cannot win the whole thing. Is that why they are not paying him? I think you could make an argument to put him down as a 3, but I would say he is a 2. The running back and the tight end can help him. If you can make the game one-dimensional for him where he has to be a total pocket passer, it gets tough. Green Bay had four interceptions on him [in the NFC Championship]."
And yet, the Seahawks still won that game.
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