The quarterback competitors within the Pacific Northwest has drawn to an in depth. Following their last preseason recreation, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said that veteran Geno Smith might be their beginning quarterback for the season opener.
Smith and Drew Lock, acquired within the Russell Wilson commerce, have been the highest choices for the Seahawks on the place. Lock noticed the majority of the motion within the Seahawks’ preseason finale, after lacking their second preseason recreation with COVID, and did throw for a landing. However a trio of interceptions might need sealed his destiny.
For his half, Smith had a gradual, if unspectacular, preseason. He accomplished 10 of 15 passes for 101 yards in Seattle’s first preseason recreation, after which of their second, the veteran hit on 10 of 18 for 110 yards. He didn’t throw an interception all through the three video games, however didn’t throw a landing go.
Nonetheless, Carroll has seen sufficient:
Now that Smith has received the job to begin the 12 months, the larger query may be how lengthy he holds onto it. For now, he might be below heart in Week 1, when the Seahawks host Wilson and the Denver Broncos.