Monday night’s Seahawks and Vikings game might have been the perfect Travis Homer game. It might be strange to say it, but at no point this season – or next year – should 12s hope that Homer, a rookie and sixth-round pick out of the University of Miami, should become the starter for Seattle at running back. But Homer’s value to Seattle is improving even if he doesn’t carry the ball.
With receiver Tyler Lockett having an injured leg and the flu, Seattle has asked Homer to return kicks. And he isn’t bad doing that.