{"id":57715,"date":"2022-08-27T05:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/geno-smith-gets-nod-as-seattle-seahawks-starting-qb-for-week-1-vs-denver-broncos\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T05:05:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:05:56","slug":"geno-smith-gets-nod-as-seattle-seahawks-starting-qb-for-week-1-vs-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/geno-smith-gets-nod-as-seattle-seahawks-starting-qb-for-week-1-vs-denver-broncos\/","title":{"rendered":"Geno Smith gets nod as Seattle Seahawks&#8217; starting QB for Week 1 vs.  Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp\" data-behavior=\"date_time\" data-date=\"2022-08-27T04:28:00Z\"><span class=\"time\" data-dateformat=\"time1\" data-showtimezone=\"true\">12:28 AM ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Brady Henderson<span>ESPN <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Geno Smith has beat out Drew Lock in the Seattle Seahawks&#8217; quarterback competition and will start the team&#8217;s Sept.  12 opener against Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos, Pete Carroll said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll made the announcement after the Seahawks&#8217; preseason finals &#8212; a 27-26 loss to the Dallas Cowboys &#8212; and said he has informed the team.  Smith started Friday night, leading a field goal drive on his lone series before giving way to Lock, who threw a touchdown pass and three interceptions, two of which were not entirely his fault.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll has said all along that Smith has been ahead of Lock, noting several times how Wilson&#8217;s former backup has had the edge in terms of his understanding of Seattle&#8217;s offense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s earned it,&#8221; Carroll said.  &#8220;He won the job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith said he learned of Carroll&#8217;s decision when the coach addressed the team in the locker room after the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously I&#8217;m thankful for the opportunity and grateful,&#8221; said Smith, who backed up Wilson the past three seasons and started three games last year while Wilson was hurt.  &#8220;But I have a lot of work ahead of me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith took the vast majority of the Seahawks&#8217; first-team reps this summer and started all three of their preseason games, though Lock was set to start the second one before he tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have any question that he can play,&#8221; Carroll said of Lock, who was acquired from Denver in the Wilson trade.  &#8220;I think he&#8217;s going to be a fantastic football player soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith and Lock have both said that they&#8217;d have the other&#8217;s back no matter how the competition shakes out, something Lock reiterated after Carroll&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a competitor, you&#8217;re always disappointed,&#8221; Lock said of his reaction to hearing that Smith has won the job.  &#8220;&#8230; But it&#8217;s now my job to have his back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lock said his recent bout with COVID &#8220;kicked my butt,&#8221; calling it an interesting experience because he merely had a headache when he had it the first time.  Lock tested positive on Aug.  16, sidelining him for Seattle&#8217;s second preseason game two days later.<\/p>\n<p>Between the Seahawks&#8217; mock game at Lumen Field and his two preseason games, he completed 42 of 66 passes (64%) for 458 yards, four touchdowns, three interceptions and a lost fumble.<\/p>\n<p>In all four games, Smith went 33-of-58 (57%) for 350 yards, no touchdowns and no turnovers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12:28 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN Geno Smith has beat out Drew Lock in the Seattle Seahawks&#8217; quarterback competition and will start the team&#8217;s Sept. 12 opener against Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos, Pete Carroll said Friday. Carroll made the announcement after the Seahawks&#8217; preseason finals &#8212; a 27-26 loss to the Dallas Cowboys &#8212; &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/geno-smith-gets-nod-as-seattle-seahawks-starting-qb-for-week-1-vs-denver-broncos\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Geno Smith gets nod as Seattle Seahawks&#8217; starting QB for Week 1 vs.  Denver Broncos<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[2457,4764,46,423,2458],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58111,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/seahawks-name-geno-smith-starting-quarterback\/","url_meta":{"origin":57715,"position":0},"title":"Seahawks name Geno Smith starting quarterback","date":"August 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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