For three years, from 2013-15, the Seahawks had about as ideal of a quarterback situation as a team can get.
They had Russell Wilson emerging as one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL, and for the first two years of that stretch playing on a bargain-priced rookie contract, and in 2015 on a still-favorable cap number given Wilson’s performance.
And behind Wilson they had a reliable veteran also making not a whole lot in Tarvaris Jackson, who was also a respected locker room presence.
But since Jackson departed following the 2015 season, the Seahawks have had something of a merry-go-round at backup quarterback, with Trevone Boykin filling that position in 2016 and Austin Davis in 2017.