Seattle Seahawks: Pete Carroll drops cryptic message on Geno Smith v Drew Lock QB battle

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has dropped an interesting remark when it comes to the quarterback battle between Geno Smith and Drew Lock at Lumen Field. 

For the first time since the 2012 season, the Seattle Seahawks entered the preseason not knowing who their quarterback was going to be following the move to trade away Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos, one of the many steps that indicate the Seahawks are going through a rebuilding mode right now. 

With Wilson out of the picture, the Seahawks were left with two real options to choose from this preseason, league veteran Geno Smith, who has previously worked with the New York Jets, New York Giants and Los Angeles Chargers and who served as Wilson’s backup last year, or Drew Lock, the player they acquired from the Broncos in the trade for Wilson.

Neither man was ever going to be able to live up to what Wilson was able to do, especially as in later years, after the demise of the Legion of Boom, he was really the only bright spark that the Seahawks had to offer as a team and the only thing that kept them somewhat competitive for years in the NFL.

And when you look at the numbers, you can see that Carroll didn’t exactly have an enviable task when it came to picking the starter.

This preseason, the quarterbacks didn’t exactly light up the field with their play, with Smith going 23/39, which was a 59% completion rate for 256 yards and no touchdowns, whilst Lock went 24/39 which was a 61.5% completion rate, had 273 yards and three touchdowns, but also had three interceptions.

But even before this preseason kicked off, the numbers weren’t great for either man, with both men having a losing record as a starter (8-13 for Lock, 13-21 for Smith) and with both men having