I can't stand to watch!

Maybe we should try crowdsourcing to buy some protection for Russell Wilson.

Russell Wilson is a fine young man, and one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.  Last Sunday he was sacked six times, flattened many times more – and was forced to run for his life more often than I can count.  The problem is that most of the Seahawk offensive line appears to have been acquired bargain-basement style, perhaps by drafting starters from the football team fielded by The Little Sisters of the Poor.  Whatever the explanation, I could not bring myself to watch the last half of that game.  I guess I’m just too squeamish for professional football.

You might say that Wilson has brought it on himself, that his exorbitant salary pushed the Seahawks up against the salary ceiling, leaving nothing to buy really ugly/mean guards and tackles.  You might be right, but that is beside the point.  Other teams have quarterbacks with higher salaries, and better offensive lines.  Wilson makes less than Andrew Luck, Drew Breeze, Joe Flacco and Aaron Rogers, and none of those guys faces death nearly so closely every game – they have better protection.

So how about we crowdsource about $13 million and buy Tyron Smith from Dallas – or two or three less expensive offensive linemen?  I like Tyron, personally – he weighs 320 lbs. and can bench press 600 lbs.  Put him in front of Russell and dare the other team to blitz!