The Seattle Seahawks and franchise quarterback Russell Wilson have struggled a bit more than expected as of late. While dropping three games since an undefeated start to the season, the Seahawks now find themselves in a three-way tie atop the NFC West alongside both the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams.

Although Wilson initially came out of the gates red hot to begin the 2020-21 campaign, the veteran signal caller has since cooled off in a big way — though Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll remains optimistic that his quarterback is working incredibly hard to get back on track before it is too late.

“Russ would tell you that he always tries hard. He tries as hard as he can,” Carroll recently said on his weekly radio show on 710 ESPN Seattle, via Ben Arthur of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “But there is a point in there where you feel like if I don’t do something here, maybe it won’t happen. And that’s where over-trying does take place. You don’t see the situation like you would normally see it. You see it with other circumstances and other criteria. It can change the way you perform. So we have to really work hard at that. It’s a big, big deal about consistent high performance and staying within yourself. That’s part of the game I have to continue to help Russ and everybody.”

Losing three of the team's last four games, the Seahawks must regroup.

“Russ is busting his ass to play for this football team, and he’s doing everything he can. I would never ever think twice about anything but that,” Carroll added. “But that doesn’t mean that he can’t fall prey to [over-trying], too. . . . He’ll come back, and he’ll be great.”

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