The Seattle Seahawks Starting Quarterback is Who?
Smith vs. Lock isn’t quite the same as Joe Montana vs. Steve Young. Lock has a big arm and a propensity to throw the ball to open defensive backs. Last year turned out to be an audition for smith Smith. He repeatedly played competently right up until he made back-breaking turnovers. Jacob Eason is an NFL QB in the same context that Rapid City, South Dakota is a city. Neither is a recommended experience.
I put all my faith in Schneider and Pete at that point because they MUST have a plan. Unfortunately, the options dwindled, week after week, and they seemed fine with it. I thought maybe it was a leverage thing, and Seattle didn’t want to look desperate.
Have Pete tell everyone in his weekly press conference, ” We love Drew! We woulda traded Russ straight up for him. When Denver threw in the picks…I mean it was a heckuva deal!”. Months later, it seems like Seattle is sold on Lock (just typing that made me throw up in my mouth a little).
Lock seems like a good guy, and he can throw a football much further than me. That’s really it as far as qualifications go for him to be an NFL starter. In Denver, he had a decent line, two good backs, four quality receivers, the same tight end he’ll have in Seattle, and a great defense.
He just needed to move the ball and not turn it over to win games. With those things in place, he managed to lead the league in interceptions (while not playing two games) two years ago and followed it up by being Teddy Bridgewater‘s backup.
Teddy Two Gloves is the store brand version of a mediocre QB. He’s kinda the same as some of those other guys, but the flavors are a little off, and you know you could be doing better. He’s the veteran teams bring in so their young guy has someone to outplay and beat out for the starting gig. Lock lost his job to him.