Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson isn't one to respond to critics of his game; so head coach Pete Carroll did it for him, following Sunday's 27-17 win, which saw Wilson throw for 309 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions on 23-32 passing.

"All those guys that want to say that he can't throw from the pocket don't know what they're talking about," Carroll said emphatically during his postgame press conference. "They don't know what they're talking about. And, that's just something they must have said a long time ago and they're still defending because he can throw it from anywhere. It doesn't matter. We can put him in the pocket. He can roll. He can play action. He can do everything."

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Wilson proved yet again that he could do everything on Sunday. With an injury to both legs, he managed to be mobile enough to escape harm while having to stay around the pocket more than usual. The result were some long bombs. In fact, Wilson was a perfect 4-4 on passes over 20 yards, according to Pro Football Focus.

Not bad for a quarterback who was supposed to be dead to rights since he couldn't burst out of the pocket at will. From Wilson's perspective, his ability to break the pocket has never been a crutch; it's a necessity to keep plays alive.

"I don't doubt my ability in terms of staying in the pocket and all that," he said. "It's a fun part of the game. I don't want to run. You got those big bears chasing you out there. I don't want to run but you just want to throw the ball to the right guy at the right time."

Largely without the use of his legs, Wilson's managed to do just that in 2016. He's eighth among quarterback in air yards and ninth in big plays, according to SportingCharts.com. Air yards are the amount of yards a ball travels to hit a receiver and big plays are any throw that results in a gain of 25 yards are more.

However, you slice it; Wilson's getting the job done. So why does the idea that he doesn't have pocket-passing credential persist. Cornerback Richard Sherman thinks he has the answer.

"I think sometimes people just don't watch the games anymore and they just go off of what they heard or what the past rhetoric was," Sherman said on Sunday. "You know we don't play any man coverage; we only play cover three. Russell is a scrambler; he only works outside of the pocket. We don't have any elite receivers. Jimmy Graham isn't what he use to be. Our running game isn't for anything. Our offensive line is terrible."

Based on their performance over the last two weeks, the Seahawks have dispelled quite a few misnomers that Sherman listed but none bigger than their quarterback's ability to play within the pocket.