Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell has started 10 NFL games. Before his time in the NFL, Howell was a three-year starter at North Carolina.
Howell is coming off consecutive 300-yard performances as he and the Commanders face a tough Seattle Seahawks team on the road in Week 10. Sunday’s game against the Seahawks will be a difficult one as Seattle is not only the co-leader in the NFC West but also has, arguably, the best home-field advantage in the NFL.
Lumen Field in Seattle is a difficult place to play. Howell was asked Wednesday about playing in Seattle.
“I mean, obviously, road games are different from home games, and especially when you go to Seattle, it’s going to be really loud, and it’s an exciting environment that we’re excited to play in,” Howell said.
“We’ll be in our silent cadences; you won’t be able to use the cadence. I truly don’t know how loud it’s going to be, so I really don’t know how to prepare for it. I try to prepare for it, kind of how I did the other road games, but most of the other road games it’s really only loud on third down. I don’t know if Seattle’s the same way or not.”
Howell said as far as NFL stadiums in which he has played, Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High has been the loudest.
“Probably Denver,” Howell said. “Denver was probably the loudest in the NFL, but I think some stadiums I played in in college were louder.”
Which college stadium?
That would be Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va., home of the Virginia Tech Hokies.
“Virginia Tech, for sure,” Howell said about the loudest stadium.
Howell was 0-2 at Lane Stadium during his college career.
Three of Howell’s teammates (TE Logan Thomas, CB Kendall Fuller and K Joey Slye) should be happy to hear their quarterback praise the Hokies’ home field.