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Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith has held the No. 1 spot on the depth chart all through the offseason program and the early part of coaching camp. That presumably modified on Saturday, throughout the workforce’s mock sport.

Gregg Bell of the Tacoma Information Tribune characterised it as a win for Drew Lock. He accomplished 19 of 26 passes in 4 drives with the second-string offense in opposition to the first-team protection, and one drive with the first-string offense in opposition to the second protection. He engineered two touchdowns and a area aim in these 5 drives. Smith accomplished 11 of 20 passes in 4 drives, three of which occurred with the first-string offense in opposition to the No. 2 protection.

Per Bell, the offense “simply did extra” with Lock.

After the scrimmage, coach Pete Carroll shed no mild on the standing of the competitors for the Week One beginning job.

“It appeared like they threw the ball fairly effectively,” Carroll stated. “The way in which it labored out, Drew had some extra alternatives, however I believed that they threw the ball very nice within the managed stuff and beneath. We had been clear with the ball popping out, the safety was good early, so it is going to give us a superb likelihood to see them. Should you observed that each guys set to work with the primary O-line at the moment and the primary receivers, so it will likely be a pleasant likelihood to check these guys.”

So how vital was the mock sport to the quarterback battle?

“It relies on what it tells me, I don’t know that, but it surely’s actually vital to see the place we’ve come,” Carroll stated. “We dealt with the road of scrimmage effectively, I used to be again behind there so I might see what was occurring with all of our checks, audibles, and issues like that. We did that actually effectively, so we’ve made a whole lot of progress, however now we have to see what it seems to be like on movie. It may not inform us as a lot as I hope, however we’ll see.”

Carroll wouldn’t say whether or not the efficiency from Lock earned him extra observe reps with the first-team offense.

“I don’t have something to let you know proper now, I’ve to attend and see,” Carroll stated.

Quarterback Geno Smith acknowledged that the selections aren’t as much as him, however he needed it to clear that, both approach, he helps Lock.

“So far as the competitors, I’m not the one judging all of that, so I’ll go away that as much as the coaches,” Smith instructed reporters. “However, I believe Drew performed rather well, as I’ve at all times stated, and I’ll go on document to say that I’ve his again. It doesn’t matter what, I’ve Drew Lock’s again. I need that to be identified. We’re teammates, we’re competing, however we’re in the identical offense, we’re in the identical room, and we’re going to make one another higher.”

“It means so much,” Lock stated relating to Smith’s remarks. “It’s the very same factor I’d say up right here. I went by that with Teddy [Bridgewater] final yr. When Teddy obtained introduced the starter in Denver, I did every part I might do for him all through the week and even on gamedays. I’d do the identical right here. Occurring the document saying that I obtained Geno’s again. I’d do every part I can all through the week to make him really feel good going into gameday on Sunday. That’s what that job is. I’d give every part I obtained for him if that ended up being the case.”

In 37 days, one in all them shall be beginning on the primary Monday evening of the yr, in opposition to Russell Wilson and the Seahawks. Though we nonetheless don’t know who it will likely be, we all know the opposite one could have the starter’s again.