Seahawks two biggest surprises of the preseason so far

The shocking player

Trevone Boykin is a surprise player as well, but not in a good way. He had an incredible game against the San Diego Chargers. He hit 12 of 15 passes, threw one touchdown and ran for another. Other than one very ill-advised deep throw into coverage, he looked very composed. Basically, he looked like someone gave Russell Wilson a number two jersey and snuck him back in the game. He didn’t look like a backup. He looked more like a Pro Bowler, let alone a starter.

Then against the Vikings in the second preseason game, he looked ordinary. He was sacked twice and his average yardage dropped nearly in half, from 12.6 to 6.9. Boykin was back in backup world – but at least he wouldn’t kill your chances of winning. He looked like Trevone Boykin.

Then came his debacle against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs certainly have a better pass defense than the Chargers, or even the Vikings. However – let’s just say it’s really, really hard to get a passer rating of zero. Boykin completed zero passes on six attempts, other than a nice catch by De’Vante Bausby. Yeah, too bad Bausby plays for Kansas City. Boykin looked like a backup in Arena Football.

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So what happens next?

Fellow backup Austin Davis had a bad game too. His was against the Vikings. But Davis didn’t throw a pick or take a sack, either. Davis is playing against second and third stringers, but he’s also playing with second and third string players. He’s now had two games with a passer rating better than Boykin’s one standout performance.  If the final cut was today, I wouldn’t be shocked to see Boykin gone. I don’t think he needs to repeat his performance against the Chargers to keep his job, but he can’t afford even a mediocre performance. He needs to play well and not turn the ball over. Boykin has a lot to prove against the Oakland Raiders. Chris Carson has proved himself already.