For at least the next three weeks, the Seattle Seahawks will have to play without Russell Wilson. This is uncharted territory for a team that has barely even had to use its backup quarterbacks for garbage time purposes over the past nine seasons and five games.
You can certainly argue that these upcoming games are a major test for Pete Carroll and his current worth as a head coach. The last time he had to start a backup quarterback was 10 years ago, when Charlie Whitehurst was so abysmal through his two starts that they pulled him in the 2nd quarter of his second start for a barely healthy Tarvaris Jackson.