Russell Wilson has been with the Seahawks for 7 seasons, and in 5 of those years, there has been a large discrepancy between how well Seattle has passed and how often the Seahawks have passed.

In 2018, the Seahawks ranked 7th in Adjusted Net Yards per pass Attempt and 32nd in number passing plays (pass plays plus sacks).

In 2015, the Seahawks ranked 3rd in ANY/A and 27th in pass plays.
In 2014, the Seahawks ranked 8th in ANY/A and 32nd in pass plays.
In 2013, the Seahawks ranked 5th in ANY/A and 31st in pass plays.
In 2012, the Seahawks ranked 6th in ANY/A and 32nd in pass plays.

In general, there isn’t much of a correlation between pass efficiency and pass quantity. You might think the best passing teams would pass more frequently, but game scripts force the best passing teams to pass less frequently as a counterbalancing force.

So how unusual have the Seahawks been under Wilson? The graph below shows all team seasons since 2012, and each dot represents one team. The X-Axis shows where each team ranked in ANY/A and the Y-Axis shows where each team ranked in number of pass plays.

Who are the other big outliers at the top left of the charter? The 2012 Redskins with RG3 (2nd in ANY/A, 31st in pass plays), 2014 Cowboys (Tony Romo, 2, 31), 2016 Cowboys (Dak Prescott, 3, 31), 2018 Saints (Drew Brees, 2, 29), 2013 49ers (Colin Kaepernick, 7, 32), 2013 Eagles (Nick Foles, 2, 27), 2016 Falcons (Matt Ryan, 1, 26), 2016 Patriots (Tom Brady, 2, 26), and 2015 Bengals (Andy Dalton, 2, 26).

Here’s the full list. To create a Seahawks score, I wanted a simple formula to give lots of points to teams that rank low (i.e., closer to 32) in pass plays and high (i.e., closer to 1) in ANY/A. So the final column shows the sum of each team’s rank in pass plays plus (33 – each team’s rank in ANY/A).