Here's the current depth chart at quarterback for the Seahawks: Russell Wilson ... and two guys with zero NFL experience.
Jake Heaps signed with the Jets as an undrafted free agent last year and was cut during the 2015 preseason. He joined the Seahawks three months ago. Then there's 2016 undrafted free agent Trevone Boykin, a short-by-NFL-standards quarterback who was a threat with his arm and his legs in college.
Sound familiar? Seahawks coach Pete Carroll certainly thinks so.
"Something good every day, really he's handling it," Carroll said recently of Boykin, via PFT. "He is in command of the huddle. He has got a terrific physical ability; he can throw, he can run, he can do all that stuff in similar style. He can do the same things that we try to do with Russ.
"So now it is just a long journey to get him right in a lot of areas. He has got the makeup, it appears, and I am really excited about him. We know, we have watched him play enough, he's got football kind of playmaking abilities. He is always able to make things happen and in a very similar fashion as Russell did. We're very confident that he has a chance to help us."
This isn't the first time Carroll has made the Boykin-Wilson comparison; shortly after the Seahawks signed him following the 2016 NFL Draft, Carroll said this:
"His versatility and his style of play is so similar to Russell's. He's got a big arm. He's a very creative athlete. He's got great instincts and great vision. His ability to run and make people miss and get out of trouble is very similar to what Russell does. I thought that the opportunity to have both those guys in the same offense, it gives us a chance -- if it works out, and we've got a long way to go -- if it works out, to maintain continuity with one of the backups."
While there's no fear of either Boykin or Heaps beating out Wilson, Super Bowl aspirations can be dashed in the time it takes a franchise quarterback to suffer an injury. Just ask the Cowboys, who lost Tony Romo for 12 games last season and limped to four wins.
As it stands, the Seahawks have no margin for error behind Wilson, who is one of the league's best young quarterbacks. In fact, CBSSports.com's Will Brinson recently ranked every backup quarterback situation around the NFL and Seattle was ... 31st, ahead of only one team -- the Cowboys.