whether they like it or not. Here's Pete Carroll from
yesterday, Pete had some news.
As it relates to the quarterback competition
with the Seahawks Geno. Smith got the start Week 1 against
the Steelers, Drew lock, getting the start we to against
the Bears. Even though Geno, Smith, still number one,
Drew lock was getting start. Let's hear it. Straight from
the horse's mouth. He was Pete. Carroll talking about his
quarterback plan. As of yesterday afternoon,
this is part of the plan. Yeah, we regardless of what happened.
This is we're going to give you a chance to start a game and
just see what happens. And
fortunately, he's played really well and he deserves a shot to
play just like everybody deserves a shot to play and
show what they can do. So
we've just been able to stick to it if you remember back when
you know way back when we did this last time we were picking
quarterbacks,
we had three guys were going through, you know, and they
were doing. They were rotating with the ones and did that with
the games as well. So it's somewhat the same. Met
Gino deserves more than that, you know, he deserved
the starting opportunity and so that's how we,
you know, we came to settle on it.
Pardon me,
Greg only meant to say that. Right? And Gina stolen them one
guy he's holding on despite at this point.
Well, Gino is even more likely to be the number one guy after
what happened. Not long after Pete Carroll Z, I don't want
I don't want Pete, Carroll making a comments about me. My God
down with the flu. Next thing you know you got covid that's
what happened to Drew lock.
I mean, it was like minutes after the stories were out
there that Drew lock, will start Thursday night against
the Bears. The Seahawks announced that Drew lock has
tested positive for covid. And some of you may wonder what
the hell, I thought the NFL had made
it past covid the way it works.
Now, if you're sick, they'll test you and if you have covid,
you get sent home for five days now, there's no more of
the close contact stuff.
I mean, Geno Smith could still get it there in the quarterback
room together right there spending time in the facility
together and it could be Jacob. Eason they could all be knocked
out by Thursday night, who knows? And remember a big
element of it too. Is
you've got a self-report, it's not like they're doing
temperature checks like early 2020. Yeah, it's not like
anybody is looking for someone to be covid positive, you
basically get sick and they say, oh, wow, gee sick. I
wonder what it may be.
They tested for covid, and then you're gone for five days and
Drew lock will miss the Thursday night game and it will
be Geno Smith unless he gets so sick that he that he Taps out
and it's Jacob Eason unless he's so sick that he gets Taps
out and then and then I don't know what maybe Pete Carroll
plays quarterback at that. I know who knows? You know,
first off I do like How Pete answers that, you know, and
handles the quarterback competition. And I like that
he's, you know, loyal to Geno Smith, somebody's been there
and put in hard work
and you know, continues to
let everybody know.
He's the lead horse in this race, even though that Drew
lock is, you know, in the rearview mirror and right
there, I feel bad for Drew lock though.
I do I mean Drew lock, both of these guys got talent and Drew
lock. As we discussed, I think on Monday,
you could see it watching that Steelers game last week.
I mean, he's he's a good athlete. He's got a very good arm,
right? There's you got everything you want. Both of
these guys do. They just
haven't proven it on the field. They have the physical ability
block. Maybe he has even more special physical ability than
Geno Smith when it comes to just his arm. So that's where
here was a chance for him to you know maybe do something
miraculous and lead the first team and
you know hey show everybody that he could be the starter
there and really put pressure on the situation but now I'm
like you Mike
It to me, it almost puts the nail in the coffin. I know Drew
lock. Now we'll probably start preseason game number three but
I just think we do
everything here.
Yeah, not going to get to play and start Gina Smith. I think
would have to play horrible to really bring back. Bring back,
Julie, lock into the race and
five days of just
like you just talked about kind of being, you know, out of
sight out of mind. That's not going to help either. As far as
hey I'm the guy that's in second and I'm trying to you
know
bring down Geno Smith as
a starting quarterback. So all of that I think goes goes
against Drew lock and I think that just continues to further
something that we thought all along the genome is going to be
the guy and he's going to get every chance. And
if he does fail or mess up, they have drew lock to bring
Off the Bench. But I put, I think this puts a nail in
the coffin. Almost,
yeah, look II agree with you and I have felt all along that.
Pete Carroll wants Geno Smith to be the
starter and this is just one of those. Stuff happens
and and it happened and it gives you know Smith another
start and it just bolsters things will be interesting to
see if they give Drew lock,
the third game now
as yeah. Alternative or if the attitude is going to be hey man
you had your chance
sorry. Sorry. Now Pete Carroll just had covid-19 long ago and
it's not like at this point there's a whole lot that anyone
is doing to avoid getting it. There is a very widespread
attitude of acceptance.
Ceptin sin the country at this point and I'm not passing
judgment. I'm just acknowledging reality. Yeah,
anywhere you go. There's just
it's like, hey, if I get it, I get it, I'm vaccinated, I'm
boosted I or I'm not and either way,
I don't care. I'm living my life so it's not like anyone
can say well Drew you had a big opportunity to coming up and
you blew it because you weren't masked up and you weren't
careful and you didn't wash your hands. You didn't do this.
You didn't do that. It happens.
So I don't think they hold it against him. I don't think
there's a recklessness in All of them, we don't know anything
about his vaccination status. Although I have a feeling, we
would have heard last year if he wasn't vaccinated in Denver.
So it just, it is what it is as they say. And now Geno Smith
Goes forward, it will be interesting to see what happens
week 3 when Drew
lock is back.
Is there even an opening for him in the pre season finale?
Well, I don't know. I have a feeling I may not be. I know.
I'm with you too. I mean, if you're right, I mean, at some
point, you know.
Okay.
Do you want to start them in preseason game? Number three,
Even though, you know, it's going to be G. No, don't you
want him now to like, do you want to frame your team for
a week one and have the starting quarterback out? We still
so you're right I'm not so sure it will be Drew lock
at the number three guy.
You know, I kind of said that casually a minute ago
saying well now they'll let him go to preseason game number
three but the more I think about it I go now Maybe not
maybe you don't do that if Gino plays well again I think he
just solidifies. Hey this is our guy and going forward and
we talked about a Monday,
you know, Gino's in the trust tree Gino show.
Could play Seattle, Seahawks Pete, Carroll football
without turning the ball over last year and doing that and
I think that's big to Pete Carroll. He wants
the quarterback to play at careful. I mean he Russell Wilson
I think that's one thing. He's had a deal with in Seattle
where he's a little he was a little over careful at times
and people he doesn't throw the ball down the middle
and I you know I
yes he's smaller and couldn't do that but at the same time
I always would sell it. Tell people. Hey, he's got a coach
in his ear all the time. Don't turn it over.
You know our defense is good.
Don't turn it over so he was raised that way in that system
and that's what Pete Carroll wants. But then we got into
the game and hey Drew lock got strip sack fumbled and you
know, we're hey I don't know if that was his fault or not. You
know,
he got blindsided
and then Pete Carroll had some interesting comments about that
yesterday again, which gives you another little gleam into.
I think Geno Smith is in the trust tree and the guy that's
the, you know, in the leader house as the smart people say
to play quarterback for
the Seattle Seahawks.
I mean Drew lock was just the guy who was thrown into the trade
for Russell Wilson like why would you say no? If you're
the Seahawks we need another quarterback. The Broncos are
going to keep Drew lock. Now that they're moving on to
Russell Wilson. I don't know that the Seahawks at down and
specifically strategize do it. Let's try to engineer a trade
or Russell Wilson the Broncos because we got to have drew
lock. I mean I've never gotten the sense of buy-in of
ownership it just like he's there he gets to compete. Well
yeah, Gino's our guy Gino's, the guy we went out
Out and brought in G, knows a guy who came in while Russell
Wilson was injured and played pretty well. But that that's
that's proven. Yeah, that was a fact. He did a good job and he
came in that Thursday night and almost pulled off the win.
Right? You know, replacing the guy who never gets injured,
the guy who never Taps out the guy who never misses time, Geno,
Smith was ready to go, he played, well, they were
chanting his name
and remember on that final drive,
the receiver fell down in the ball. Got in
Cept. Yeah. Or went out of the boat and we're all excited.
Yeah. Popcorn ready? Yeah. We're there. Yeah. What we
always want in a prime-time game especially when we're all
watching it or at least two, people who care we're watching
it and it comes down to
this and here's Gino and this is his chance in the receiver
falls down in that, was that. Yeah. No, you're right and and
and, you know, just
to remind people to that night. I mean
Russell Wilson in the offense wasn't that great.
And Gino, you know, came in and kind of gave him some life that
night where we I think we all thought. Oh, the game's over
the offense, hasn't been good with
Russell. It's not going to be good with Gino
and Gino was kind of surgical. We went right down the football
field, but I do think Drew lock, you know, I understand
what you're saying. It's not a franchise quarterback, but
I think. Seattle, had interest in Drew lock. There was teams
that viewed him as a first Around Talent when he was
coming out in the draft a few years ago. So I do think he
covered some holes or,
you know, covered some issues with their football team. First
off, I think a little bit was like, you know, cya, you know,
cover your cover, your ass and case. Geno, Smith fails. We
need to have somebody that we can
knows that knows
no, that we can play a little bit and he's got talent. Wait,
wait, hang on. Yeah. I know you're making a really valid
point here, but why do you go cya and then say, cover your
ass? Well, I just want to make sure everybody knows. Yeah,
I just want to make ASAP as soon as possible. I'm gonna start
doing
that. I'm gonna start using the letters and then say,
the whole. Well, sometimes people don't know, I'm trying to be
gee, I don't know, sometimes I'm not sure if they're like,
they're like American phrases that maybe the guys over, you
know, across the pond.
Don't know about. So I'm just trying to figure out that's for
them to, okay, fine. All right, so either way they do now and
I won't do it again. But I do think there's a little bit of
that Hefty insurance insurance policy,
and then also like the potential policy, you know, and
potential policy we
get lock, has talent.
And he is one of those guys where you go, he could be smart
and figure it out. Hey, he could be something for us.
I mean, he like I said, he's got a special arm. He's got good
size. He's a Good athlete. So
I do think there was interest from Schneider and Pete, Carroll,
they've kind of raved about his physical skills. I think
they've were caught off guard by that a little bit when they
saw it, I think it was better than maybe they expected but it
goes back to again. What I think we're both talking about
Gino's, they trust him. He's done a good job
and Drew lock
rightly so has the turnover you know Cloud over him. And
I think that would scare Pete Carroll and a lot of coaches
and you go into the game.
And what Pete said the other night, hey
I drew Drew messed up the protection.
He was he shouldn't have got hit in the back like that, he
did not see that. So again,
you know, I wasn't sure if it's somebody messed up their
assignment or if it's the quarterback, not seeing it and
Pete. I get, I think deliberately
gives you a little bit of an inside. Look again to let
everybody know that. Hey G knows the guy. And,
you know, there's one thing that I just don't think it will
sit well with them, or they're probably scared of withdrew
lock a little bit. Is the turnover issue that we've
talked about, really the last Two years when Drew lock has
got in regular season football. Yeah, I like with or without
the covid positive. I think that it
was going to be Geno Smith. This now just makes it even
stronger.