The KEY to Fixing Russell Wilson | Kurt Warner x QB Confidential

All right, so let's dive on in and a lot of this is when we're talking about playing and processing information We're talking about how comfortable Russell Wilson feels inside the pocket and does he get his eyes in the right spot meaning on the right? defenders with different plays Here we go. We got a little motion little play action. Okay, this particular play we're going to run It's a play that I call poco. So it's a post in a corner and then off of that We're gonna have a flat Okay So the idea here is we want to run it against a situation where this corner is off and he's carrying this post route Okay, and so then eyes Go right to the flat defender. So want to see as he comes out? Okay It looks like he's looking over in that direction. Okay, and so as you guys look at this defender So it's the safety that came down right here. I just want you to come off and Look at him right now eyes on him right now. What's he doing? You see him opening up you see him falling back. Boom ball comes right here right now to the flat So again, just I want to watch on time. I want to see him play on schedule. This guy's out of here Drop it right now instead Again, this stuff happens, but you see him drifting a little bit taking some time starting to scramble Oh there I'm gonna get to the flat so it doesn't seem like a big deal But to me, it's a big deal because if you get your eyes in the right spot, you can play the game faster You can decipher things based on what the defense does and that's the most important thing when you're playing and processing information Within this kind of scheme is I want to know where to get my eyes and what I'm looking for right now Okay, so nice job right here. We're gonna run a little play that I call popcorn So it's a flat a pop in a corner. Okay, that's the popcorn. All right, we're gonna come out here with a play fake Come up here. We're gonna block Max Crosby with the the back and so again comfort level in the pocket set up Okay, just turn Make your play fake set up Okay so again Just the uncomfortability of the fact that he's not turning and confident in what he's seeing he's coming out and he's kind of fading And falling instead of just hey, I'm trusting my guys to block I'm coming out here I know that I'm reading this flat defender. He goes flat. I hit the pop right behind it now He gets to the right guy, you know, he does the right thing here and makes the right read I just again uncomfortable as he's coming out of this just doesn't look comfortable to me inside the pocket Which is something that I was hoping that I would see this year. That was a little bit better Okay, so again little things here little things Being able to see things pre snap understand big-picture things pre snap okay, so what they're gonna do is they're gonna drop this safety down here and We're gonna play man-to-man coverage, you know based on the press and the press got a pretty good idea that they're gonna play Man-to-man coverage, so we're gonna run double slants back here. Okay, which is a good play against man-to-man coverage I have no problem with the decision to throw a Double slant because it can be really good Against against man-to-man coverage. All I'm saying is that for me I want to make the easiest throw I want to see the big picture so big picture Marcus Peters down here playing off coverage to me an off covered slant because they're gonna run slant with flat over here plus safety coming down high Giving you a great opportunity to hit this flat right now because of space space is always easier anytime we got press Yes, we can win against press, but we could also get jammed and lose against press off coverage is so much easier So we come out and we're gonna throw the double slant back to that side and again You just see it's harder bodies there reach around Tighter throw where it's down here on the bottom. Take a look at it. Boom easy Easier Whichever one you want to go to right you could take this one right here He turns the corner great shot to get the first down and we've got space in between these two guys We could go with the slant here. Okay slant coming here. You see the space you see the window here Just a much easier throw right there that comes down to and again, it could be a matchup We could say hey, I want to throw it up top to that receiver and set it down here all of those things But to me, I want to make the game as easy as possible as quickly as possible I'm going to the off coverage guy right there because it's just an easy throw Nobody's impeded and you see that thing from a big-picture standpoint Okay, one thing that I thought coach Peyton did really well in this game and you saw some of it and this is what helps a quarterback as he's learning how to process information and get his eyes in the right spot is we want to come with What we call more pure progression type plays so we've got this post Corner route again kind of the poco and then from there We're gonna run a shallow and we're gonna run it in and then we're gonna put the back Over here and what that does is it helps us to go one if you don't have that Come down to here two because it's coming right into your eyes Then we have three coming into your vision again, and you're working straight across the field Now there's limitations I believe with pure progression, but it helps those guys that aren't quite as Seasoned at reading things getting their eyes in the right spot. It helps them to just kind of play through the field I throw right here number one comes open works out really really well but that was something that I noticed with some of the plays that were more pure progression not what we would call full field where you have to choose a side or the other and again Uncomfortability that to me is is key right this guy when he was playing in Seattle was 100% comfortable Right give him any play. He felt confident. He was gonna make every single throw. He wasn't impatient in the pocket He wasn't moving his feet. He wasn't looking just to get the ball out of his hands. He was looking to make plays Okay, so here we're gonna run a special here to try to get a big play So we're gonna run this guy here, and he's gonna lean and then he's gonna run kind of a deep Post route and then this guy here is gonna push up and he's gonna run a flatter corner out So the idea we're gonna get the play fake here So the idea here is we're trying to if we get a rolled corner here a corner up here We're trying to isolate this safety back here that safety goes high I take this second level throw if that safety jumps to this side and jumps the corner I'm trying to take the shot up over the top of it. All right, so you guys tell me off the play fake Okay Right here. Okay, we get the safety to turn this way. So I get it. We're not taking that one We're taking this one, but you tell me when Russell was in Seattle. Does he pass up this throw? Does he pass up that throw to make this throw right here? No chance. No chance whatsoever Comfortability feeling comfortable with what you're doing right there. Look at that. Russell Wilson can make that throw without a doubt He can make that throw this safety or this corner is way in here on the numbers. There's all that space to the outside Passes it up and throws a check down for a loss of yardage Okay, so just kind of working through things. So here's what we've got here. This is a play that we call Sluggo seam. All right, so it's a double move down here double move sluggo slant and go and then we're gonna run a seam Back here and then a hitch Over here. Okay. So Again, processing the whole field seeing the big picture what we're looking for with this sluggo down on the bottom is I need one-on-one If I don't have one-on-one meaning if I have a safety help up over the top Then I am off of that right now There's really no reason to go down there because even if we beat the corner underneath, I've got a safety over the top I don't really have anything. So really my throw is going to be back to the front side All right, so there's layers to this. So if I got press coverage over here, so I knew it was cover two So just two safeties high what would happen is we would get the seam to bend here and then this guy Would turn this into if he was pressed he would turn it into a go route So we would come back to this side and we would read this guy two-on-one. All right, so that's one picture next picture I've got the corner off over here So they're playing quarters to that side and two back to this side. So I don't like this because I have help I don't get the two-on-one over there. So as a quarterback what I'm saying to myself is What I'm really thinking is this is the throw that I'm going to get Okay, so some court some teams will say go ahead and work through it. So go ahead and read this sluggo over here I don't know why because you're not gonna throw it or Come back and see if you can get the seam there and beat the safety again to me why we're really swimming upstream We're trying to force something or you could come out and say I'm seeing the big picture Roll down here to the bottom So as soon as I see this safety in a high position just come back and take your hitch there Even if you work through this, okay, we're off of that really quickly when we see that guy gone I'm gonna peek this safety here. Don't have it recover Out there. Okay. So again You see Russell here He's looking at the double move. Boom. Now I'm back to the check down Okay, not much time really processing and going through everything would have loved to have seen him just come out Just take the hitch just take it right now because that's really the only option you have on this play But instead peek the double move you can see his eyes, right? His eyes come over here peeks a double move, even though he doesn't have it then boom right back down to the check down again So a lot of things get into his check down But he gets to his check down so quickly that it's making me say he's not comfortable with what he's seeing He's not comfortable with what they're doing. So he's not able to process through the plays It's really just peek at one guy. Don't have it though. He checked out. Okay, love this one right here, right? This is the Russell Wilson that I know when he knows what he's looking at when he gets the right look and he's confident In his throws skinny post right here. See the safety safety gets a little bit of depth. There is no hesitation Boom balls out money throw seen him do this a million times in Seattle. This is what I want to see I want to see him confident in what he's doing Getting back and ripping the football because he could still throw the football didn't forget how to throw the football It's just he's not confident in what he's doing. Nice one right here Okay, so they've got another one of these plays where it's more of a pure progression We got this little post going here. Then we got this out and up Okay, and then from there we're sneaking out in this direction and bringing people back into his vision Nice job right here where he gets this corner to squeeze inside Patient with it makes a great throw Down the sideline right here this particular play is gonna just turn inside nice throw up and over receiver ends up stepping out of bounds there, but Really good read and throw by Russell Wilson one more time read the outside defender. Oh Nice throw Should have been a big chunk play Okay again uncomfortable Uncomfortable in the pocket now, I'm gonna fake a toss here and You know to his defense. They're gonna bring pressure right here now The guys up front do a great job of protecting it. They're gonna run a little shake seven route here That's what they're trying to get off of the toss. Okay, so we could get the toss here fake toss set up Look how wide open that is Right tell me Russell Wilson can't make this row. Oh Come back. There it is. Like he's got this guy down He's got all this space right here. Just set up right uncomfortable Pressure comes good job picking up the pressure slide up in the pocket and make this row attack down the field Uncomfortable feet are already sideways seeing the pressure Pressure is what he's focused on his eyes drop down. He sees the pressure He's not looking down the field get the check down out and get the ball out Like I mean, it's not even a chance to complete this He throws it so quick that it's almost just like a throwaway when he's got an opportunity down the field with good protection Back behind him. Okay, so we're gonna have what we call five out. So we're gonna release the back right now So we've only got five guys protecting five guys out Okay, so protection one, two, three four down guys. I like the way they slide it They're gonna slide it backside to five because they've got three receivers out here tough for a defense to cover three receivers out the front side without giving them a quick throw, but This guy becomes my hot guy or anybody strong side becomes my hot guy. So as a quarterback, that's what I need to see first I need to see my hot guys. Okay, so right now he does it his eyes Looking over here want him to see it. I want him to recognize it I want that to be the first piece of the puzzle now He does a great job of feeling it and reacting and getting a positive play out of this But I want him to see it. This is going to be part of the deal is we've got to go routes over there So that's not the most important thing right now The most important thing is to see if I've got a pressure issue a free hit or come into this side Got a peek it peek it first Nice reaction, but peek it first and get the ball out if he sees it He's getting the ball out right now This guy's got the ball and he's able to come downhill and possibly pick up a gainer right here instead We're a little bit late Don't really gain anything on that play Comfortable being comfortable with the place being comfortable with the protections being comfortable with full field reads. It's not easy Okay, so here we go again Same thing. It's basically the same play. We just saw there's gonna run it again. So we're gonna go here I'm gonna go here bring the back on a swing and then we've got the go routes to the backside So once again, just watch Russell Wilson's eyes Okay, his eyes his feet starts to the right and bounces to the left and he's uncomfortable and he's bouncing He's not even really seeing anything. I don't think right. I don't really think he's seeing anything right here So the process would be on this one. Okay is once the corners get soft here Okay, we've got one safety in the middle okay, so it really would come down to we're gonna try to get one of these two seams and we're going to isolate that safety and We're gonna go two on one here But whenever I decide what my safety is doing and which side he's going to I'm looking for the carry of the defenders Once I get a carry stay in the pocket and just deliver to your back right here. Okay, so you see it There's carry carry everywhere carry. Everybody's deep. Okay, you're reading off the free safety Get to your check down on time. Just kick it out here wide open big play and again, it's I'm uncomfortable I'm not sure what I'm seeing. I'm gonna go buy some time I'm gonna go be Russell Wilson and then I'm gonna find a throw. Okay, so here's another fire pass Okay, so remember that fire pass is slide down Bring the back to the edge. Usually when you have fire pass you have a flat it all starts with the flat right here That's our first read. Let's see. What else we got here Okay, so Really looks like we're going flat Crosser and then this guy right here on this particular play, but always flat first. Okay, always flat first So we come out There it is like he's already turned back looking here You guys tell me a little ball up and over right here Right there. There's a throw. There's a throw to the flat. It's third and One that's why we call this we try to get everybody coming up thinking we're running it slip the back out here That's a throw right? He's got a decent pocket stand in there Go through your reads Make the play right and again eyes feet all over. He's looking inside. He's looking outside misses the opportunity comes back and finds it here, but It's not on schedule. It's not on time It's not the stuff that I want to see him recognize what he's seeing recognize the progression where he's looking right off the bat and be able to settle into the pocket and Deliver the throws Here's another one. We've got a four strong Look right here. Okay, so one two three, and then we're putting the back to that side. Okay, we're gonna release these guys Through here. We're gonna bring the shallow across and the backs in the flat. So once again, this is going to be Very similar and how we read this to the fire pass. Okay, we're trying to create interference and get man Here's the man guy. He gets caught up right here. Here's my first read. Okay. This is late in the game This is an opportunity to win the football game right here That's my first read come out. See the big picture See the big picture. Okay, what's the big picture? The big picture as you can see down down down. We've got man Okay, we've got man. So that means this guy's covering the back and he's got to get through all this stuff So even right off the bat, I'm thinking I got a great chance to get it to my back. He gets caught up There's a throw right there right now. I Think he's in the end zone. I think he's walking into the end zone if you get it right here, but once again Russell Wilson Uncomfortable right moving never really sets Doesn't quite know what he's looking at turns into just an automatic throw away and have to kick a few goal Instead of an opportunity for a touchdown Alright, so there's look one at Sean Payton Russell Wilson together And I'm seeing a lot of the similar things that I saw a year ago Trying to play full field read type football trying to get your quarterback to understand that it's come out Read a defender understand your progression get through it And the biggest thing is I want to see my quarterback comfortable with what we're asking him to do I didn't see a comfortable quarterback in this game. I didn't see a quarterback that said hey, we're playing to my strengths These are things that I've done a million times. I'm comfortable in the pocket. I'm set I'm ready to rip and attack down the field I saw a quarterback that wasn't comfortable inside the pocket was looking to Buy just enough time so he could get out of there and go make a play which is where he's comfortable So that is going to be the challenge moving through the season is how does Sean Payton get Russell Wilson comfortable in the pocket? How does Russell Wilson get more comfortable with their reads and what they're doing? so he could just sit back and play to his skill set, which we know is Pro Bowl level skill set if you're playing to his strengths. So First look at this experiment to me. I say it hasn't it's not working yet It hasn't come together yet a long way to go It's only been a short part of the process But they have got to figure out a way to get on the same page so we can get our quarterback playing at his highest level