Excellent post Lew. Not too mention that Wilson joined an already good Seahawks team and is now leading this year's team to a marginally better season than last. Smith, on the other hand, took over the worst team in the NFL and has lead them to a renaissance season.
To follow up on Wilson, I had the displeasure of watching the entire Giants vs Seahawks game (yes, I'm aware that I'm a glutton for punishment). I was hoping the odious Seahawks would get upset but I was also curious to evalute the "magical one" at quarterback. I'll begin by stating that Seattle genuinely has a good, albeit black, defense. They rushed the quarterback all game, have a very good MLBer in Wagner and have probably the best secondary in the NFL. They actually found black talent in their coal mining expedition.
Now Wilson is very composed and has leadership qualities. He's also very mobile in the pocket and creates extra time to complete passes. I'd say he reminds me of Rich Gannon. Now with that said he really did not impress me with any great throw or scoring drives. I'd say as a game manager, he gets an A (not an A+ as his into was on a jump ball he didn't need to throw). I just wonder if he was interchanged with any number of "2nd tier" White quarterbacks, would the Settle offense miss a beat? The announcers, Gumble and Dingleberrydorf, were talking about Wilson like he's an elite quarterback. The guy is never forced to throw for more than 250 yards a game. How can he be mentioned in the same breath as Manning, Brady, Brees, Rivers, Rodgers, Stafford, Romo, etc?