By many measures, Seahawks QB Tavaris Jackson is having the best season of his career, but in a league where the only number that matters is the win-loss record, Jackson gives himself a failing grade.
“We’re a 2-5 team, and a quarterback’s (job) is to help the team win as much as possible,” he said. “We’ve still got a lot of work to do, but 2-5 is failing. So I guess I got an F right now.”
Technically, Jackson is 2-3 as a started, but that’s still below 0.500. Jackson missed the Cleveland game with a left pectoral injury, a game which the Seahawks lost 6-3 (yes, that is an NFL score, not MLB).
Last week, Jackson came off the bench against Cincinnati to throw for 323 yards on 40 attempts, but the team still lost 34-12 to the Bengals.
“After the game I still felt pretty sore,” Jackson said. “I think it’s going to be sore pretty much the whole season.”
Jackson isn’t getting that much help, as the Seahawks have the second worst rushing attack in the league right now, averaging only 77.7 yards per game. And despite the injury, his play has been improving, as he has two 300-yard passing games in the last three weeks. Unfortunately, they were both in losing efforts.
Jackson is on pace to throw for over 3,000 yards this season, and he’s never cracked the 2,000-yard barrier previously in his 6 year career. He also has six TDs, putting him on pace for 14 TDs this year, which would also be a career best, but they are going to have to get in the end zone much more often to improve with W-L record, especially if the running game doesn’t improve.
Unfortunately, the schedule doesn’t get any easier, as the Seahawks go to Dallas this weekend and face a tough Cowboys defense, followed by a home game against the Baltimore Ravens who are 3rd best in the league at both stopping the pass and the run.
We appreciate Jackson taking personal responsibility for the team’s win-loss record, as a good quarterback should. But Pete Carroll is going to have to get more support around Jackson if he’s going to start racking up more wins and turn that F into at least a B or C.
