The first quarter of George Fant’s first start as the left tackle for the Seattle Seahawks began pretty darn inauspiciously Sunday — penalties for clipping and a false start on the team’s first two drives, each of which contributed to punts on the way to a 25-20 loss to the Saints in New Orleans.
There would be two more penalties called on Fant before the day was through.
But by the time the game had ended, the Seahawks also had concluded that Fant — who hadn’t started a football game since junior high — had a future.