Seahawks owner Paul Allen praises Russell Wilson and Richard Sherman
By Mike Dyce
Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen is certainly pleased with his team making it to the Super Bowl. He’d be happier if they managed to win the big game, and Allen praised the team’s young quarterback and the work he puts in studying one of the best quarterbacks in the league with a similar skill set and size.
“Russell Wilson, he admires Drew Brees so this summer he watched every throw Drew Brees made in his professional career,” Allen said, via Pro Football Talk.
The Seahawks’ biggest star might not be Wilson, but cornerback Richard Sherman. Allen had praise for him as well.
“He’s extremely bright,” Allen said of Sherman. “In terms of film study and all those things, if you think of all the rules are tilted against you as a defensive player, you have to study film and think about the theory of all the different routes, react in real time, be able to anticipate. It’s not like Richard is the fastest cornerback or anything else. It’s his intelligence that allows him to make all those plays he makes.”