Drew Lock Plays “Fantastic Football Game” To Lead Seahawks To Comeback Win Over Eagles

Carroll went on to refer to Lock’s play on that final drive as “Beautiful football. Just beautiful football. The poise we talked to you about last week. That’s where he’s been. He’s been on it. He’s been in command. There’s a couple incompletes in that drive, came right back and hit it, converted and made the first downs and all to throw the football to win the game. Amazing stuff. He would be the first to tell you about the guys around him. The offensive line did a great job tonight running the football, pass pro, did a great job against these guys, gave us a chance. I mean, we couldn’t ask more from him in that game tonight.”

“I’m so thrilled for the kid. First off, it’s a memory you’re never going to lose. He’s going to hold onto this Monday night forever. He earned it. He deserved it. He played up to the great moments in the game and came through. It’s been hard. It’s been hard for him. Anybody that has the brain of a starter, brain of a championship kid, it’s difficult as heck to have to wait. So he’s had to do it. But he had his chances. Almost put together a game good enough last week. Then this week he did the whole thing. It was amazing,” Carroll said.

Lock’s performance rewarded the confidence Carroll has shown in him throughout his two seasons in Seattle. Whether it was when Lock and Smith were competing for the starting job last summer, with Smith eventually prevailing, or when Lock re-signed this offseason knowing it was to be a backup, or when it became clear Lock might be needed last week, Carroll has done nothing but build up Lock’s confidence, both behind the scenes and in his comments to the media.

That confidence Carroll has instilled in Lock has “gotten me back to being more of me, more of who I am, and that’s the confident guy who will go out there and sling the ball around,” Lock said. “He gives me full confidence to go be exactly who I am. And he preaches that all the time, ‘Don’t be more than who you are, just go out there and be you, because you’re here for a reason. We want you here on this team.'”