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- There is no telling who will start at quarterback for the Seahawks.
- It could be one of the three options already on the roster, which the team tweeted about on Wednesday night.
- Or it could be someone who has yet to be acquired.
As things currently stand, the Seahawks have three options at quarterback. However, they might choose to add a fourth prior to the season.
Seattle traded away Russell Wilson during the offseason and received Drew Lock in return. It already had Geno Smith on the roster and it had claimed Jacob Eason off of waivers back in October.
That means that one of those three guys will be starting Week 1, barring unforeseen circumstances. It will either be the 25-year-old second rounder out of Missouri, the 31-year-old veteran who has spent time with the Jets, Giants and Chargers, or the 24-year-old, 6-foot-6 developmental project out of Washington. More than likely, it will be one of the first two.
And the Seahawks seem to be okay with that. Head coach Pete Carroll went so far as to (repeatedly) say that the team is in “great shape” at the position after minicamp earlier this week.
But are they?
On Wednesday evening, the team posted a hilariously-timed tweet about its quarterback room. The Seahawks posted the official team photos of Smith, Lock and Eason with the caption “QBs.”
QBs 📸 pic.twitter.com/Cylyx52uId
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) June 23, 2022
Meanwhile, in that exact moment, an unintentionally contradictory report from CBS Sports’ Josina Anderson began to pick up steam.
The report, despite what the team has said in front of closed doors, says that Seattle remains interested behind closed doors in acquiring Baker Mayfield. It says that the Seahawks are continuing to look into all of the details surrounding the frustrated Browns quarterback and what it might take to get him to the Pacific Northwest.
Perhaps the tweet was intentionally timed? Perhaps it was a statement? But it doesn’t seem that way. It appears to have been a rather funny coincidence.