Wait a second. Why are you attacking me for questioning your reasoning? Don't accuse me of just trying to pretend I'm being smart because I asked you to support your rationale. The entire reason we're on this forum is to argue. Not to just shout opinions, but to hold discussions on WHY we feel that way. Sure there are some posters who just storm into a thread and shout their opinion with zero basis, but I'm a fan of your work and you haven't generally been of that sort. So it's perfectly reasonable to ask you to explain yourself.
And again, if you want to tout Russell Wilson that's fine. You made some good points. But good points on one player do not automatically equal negative points on another player. Especially when you immediately dismiss the guys while fully admitting you have done no research on them. Maybe argue why Wilson is great and ask for their reasons why they went with Flacco or Bortles. But to simply dismiss it entirely out of hand and trash them without being open to hearing what any data is saying are some traits I'd expect out of lesser posters. Yeah, I questioned this line of reasoning because not doing so is how we've slowly eroded from guys like SSOG and others of yesteryear to a much higher percent of people just shouting 'player x sucks!'
As for discussing Wilson himself, I think you bring up some great points. I'd like to address some of them plus a few others.
I'm going to dismiss the Wilson being a gamer aspect because I don't know how to address that. I'll give you him playing at home. Players often perform better at home, and Wilson is no exception. But last year in week 15, against the Rams in his home stadium, he had a QBR of 71.8 while passing for 142 yards and a touchdown in a 42-7 defeat.
Baldwin being healthy is a huge plus. I'm not sure how healthy he actually is, but I'd definitely put this in the plus column.
SEA has had a weak running game all year and yet he's still been pretty lousy. Sure, he's going to be mostly responsible for anything good that is done but that could be a pretty small pie we're slicing from.
I agree Rams losing a defensive back helps. As does Seattle losing some defenders (should be easier for LA to score, which might lead to a shootout and Wilson needing to turn it on to keep up)
Some other reasons to be nervous:
Right now he's on pace for less than 200 yards rushing for the season. Even when he was hurting with a bunch of injuries in 2016 he did better than that.
He's dealing with a hamstring injury. Fairly minor? Yeah, probably. But it doesn't fill you with hope the scrambling is going to return.
The Rams lead the NFL in pressuring the quarterback (by percent. by total number they're 4th).
Brian Schottenheimer.
In the long view I still like Wilson. But by long view I mean I'm putting him as a fringe starter until he's had his bye week (week 7).
Anyhow, here's a very interesting piece arguing Seattle's offensive line problems aren't really from their offensive line, but from Russell Wilson himself. If you don't have insider the tldr version is their line gives above average time despite the popular narratives.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/blogs/insider/story/_/id/24883431/seattle-seahawks-secret-offensive-line-problem-russell-wilson-new-stat-shows-proof-2018-nfl