Sam Darnold isn't playing well for the Seattle Seahawks this season, but that doesn't mean the team is going to make a change to put backup Drew Lock in. That is exactly what former Seattle linebacker Bruce Irvin suggested on social media after the Seahawks lost to the Denver Broncos in Week 6.
Irvin wrote simply, "Drew Lock please."
The first-round pick for Seattle in 2012 could have just been having a bit of fun to see what kind of response he would get from his 244,000 followers on X, or he could have simply been speaking for many fans everywhere. The truth is Seattle isn't likely going to -- and shouldn't -- make a switch from Darnold to Lock.
Bruce Irvin calls for the Seattle Seahawks to replace Sam Darnold with Drew Lock
Lock did play well in the first two games of the season, but he has been a backup for many years now for a reason: He is inconsistent and sometimes makes poor decisions. Darnold, at least, proved last season that he can lead the team to a title. Head coach Mike Macdonald has faith in his starting quarterback because of that.
The Seahawks also aren't the kind of organization to make knee-jerk reactions. What kind of message does it send to the team if the quarterback who won the Super Bowl last season is replaced after playing four games in the following season while learning a new system under new offensive coordinator Brian Fleury and facing immense pressure from the Broncos in Week 6?
Some might argue that the message sent is that Seattle isn't going to wait around long to waste a season when the team's championship window is still wide open, but having Lock be QB1 doesn't guarantee success, either. Safely assuming that Lock doesn't stay very good for multiple games in a row and then Darnold needs to replace him, the Seahawks have just created a mess.
drew lock please
— Bruce Irvin (@BIrvin_WVU11) October 16, 2026
A better option might be what unfolds in the future. Forget the Drew Lock as QB1 theory. Instead, what happens after 2027, the final season of Sam Darnold's current contract? The Seattle Seahawks could just choose not to extend him before next season, and the quarterback knows he is once again in a prove-it year.
Lock might leave in free agency next offseason, but he hasn't been a team's idea of a long-term starter, maybe ever in the NFL. Counting on him to suddenly do that after having two solid games at the beginning of this season is a huge and unsafe leap of faith.
It is easy to forget that Seattle only scored 13 points in Week 1 against the New England Patriots, and halftime of Week 2 against the awful Arizona Cardinals was only 7-7.
No matter what Bruce Irvin tweets and believes, which many fans might be in agreement with, the Seahawks aren't replacing Darnold with Lock. The real hope is that Darnold begins playing a lot better in Week 7, somewhat closer to his form from much of last season when he won the Super Bowl.
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