Seattle Seahawks: Pete Carroll coy over Geno Smith and Drew Lock battle

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has addressed his current quarterback competition between Geno Smith and Drew Lock. 

For the first time since the 2012 season, the Seattle Seahawks are in the position of not knowing exactly who their quarterback is going to be for the upcoming campaign. 

That role had been occupied by Russell Wilson ever since he won the quarterback battle with Matt Flynn in the summer of 2011, but following his trade to the Denver Broncos this offseason, the Seahawks have essentially got to start from scratch when it comes to the position.

The Seahawks did acquire a quarterback in the trade for Wilson in the form of Drew Lock, a second-round pick by the Broncos in the 2019 NFL Draft, and he was brought in to compete with former New York Jets, New York Giants and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Geno Smith, who had served as Wilson’s backup for the past two seasons as well as former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jacob Eason.

However, the battle in preseason hasn’t exactly produced a clear winner to this stage.

After their first two preseason games, both of which were losses, the state of the quarterbacks is thus: Smith has completed 60.6% of his passes, 213 yards and no touchdowns, Eason has completed 48.6% of his throws for 141 yards and no touchdowns, whilst Lock has a 73.3% completion rate, 102 passing yards and 2 touchdowns. 

It seems as if Smith and Lock are the two in the lead, but who is going to emerge victorious out of both of them still looks to be up in the air at this stage, with both having their strengths and weaknesses, but with just one preseason game to go, there isn’t a lot of time for a clear frontrunner to emerge.

But according to Pete Carroll, he intends to use every last