We’re three weeks away from the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, where Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider’s formative years occurred.
I think we’ve cited this stat north of a billion times. We’ll make it at least 1,000,000,0001 with this weekend’s topic. The Seahawks have only drafted two quarterbacks since Schneider became the GM in 2010. Russell Wilson was the franchise-changing, Super Bowl winning pick in 2012, while Alex McGough was drafted in the seventh round in 2018. He’s a franchise-changer in spring football, evidently.
Seattle has had no issue trading for Charlie Whitehurst and Drew Lock as possible starters, only to find out neither one was a long-term answer at QB. Brett Hundley and Sam Howell were acquired via trades to be backups. The big free agent signings were Matt Flynn and now Sam Darnold.
Despite all of the quarterbacks Schneider has hypothetically considered drafting (e.g. Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Josh Allen), two is two is two. Seattle wasn’t anywhere near the top of the draft order to take those QBs to begin with, but Schneider hasn’t even made selections in the later rounds on lower-tier prospects. Even the New England Patriots drafted Kevin O’Connell, Jacoby Brissett, Matt Cassel, and Jimmy Garoppolo while Tom Brady had already won multiple Super Bowls.
The Darnold acquisition does not preclude the Seahawks from taking a quarterback this year, but not necessarily to be a Day 1 starter. This is not a deep class in terms of first-round talent, but it looks like there’s a healthy market for QBs in the Day 2-3 area like Will Howard, Kyle McCord, Jalen Milroe, Quinn Ewers, Riley Leonard, Tyler Shough, etc. Jaxson Dart is getting Round 1 speculation but he could just as easily be in Round 2. What is different is the context of said QB. An early-round pick would all but indicate the belief they have a potential starter on their hands. A later-round QB may be challenging Sam Howell for the backup spot, or perhaps chilling in the seldom-used QB3 spot on the depth chart.
All of this is to say that it wouldn’t be a shocker if the Seahawks once again skipped out on QB this year but with an eye on what is theoretically a much deeper 2026 class. The way this season goes may go a long way toward figuring out how urgent a need QB is for 2026.
What say you? Will the Seahawks make 2025 the year they draft a quarterback? If so, will it be a QB who challenges Sam Darnold for the starting job or one who challenges Sam Howell for the backup spot? Scroll down to the comments and let’s chat away!
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