Despite the continued struggles of the Seattle Seahawks' offence and the worst passing production in the NFL, Pete Carroll is not ready to make a switch from rookie Russell Wilson at quarterback.
Carroll said Monday that Wilson remains the Seahawks' best option despite throwing three interceptions in Sunday's 19-13 loss in St. Louis. Seattle's passing offence is last in the league with just 523 net yards in four games. Wilson is completing 60 per cent of his passes, but the big chunks of yardage are largely missing.
"We're going with Russell right now," Carroll said. "He's working his tail off to get it right, and where all of the focus that goes to the quarterback position, there's a lot of guys that figure into what's going on, and he's one of them. So we're just trying to get better."
Potentially this would be a chance for Seattle (2-2) to consider giving backup Matt Flynn an opportunity after both of Seattle's losses have been somewhat due to problems with the passing game. In the opener at Arizona, the Seahawks offensive line failed to protect Wilson adequately, while his three interceptions in Sunday's loss to the Rams were his first since the season opener.
But any decision to give Flynn a chance is also complicated because the Seahawks are unsure whether a sore elbow that limited Flynn at the end of the preseason would be fully able to handle the starter's workload. Carroll said on his weekly radio show, that Flynn is not fully healthy, even though he has not been listed on any injury reports since the first week of the regular season.
Later in the afternoon, Carroll tried to clarify his comments, saying that Flynn is healthy enough to enter a game if needed, but unsure if his elbow could handle the full strain of all the throws a starter must make during the week of game preparations.
"He might be all right, we don't know that, but we have not taken him there yet," Carroll said.
