jshawaii22 wrote:Geno's 'cost' is just a little more then we paid Matt Flynn (taking inflation in) and look at what happened, so no, this is NOT the year to pass on a QB. There are many and if we don't draft one we're fools.
And just because we spend a first on a QB doesn't mean he couldn't sit behind Geno. See: Green Bay
Note that Drew Lock is a FA, so we need a b/u.
c_hawkbob wrote:Speaking of Seahawks coaches with ties to QB's in the draft we just hired Zak Hill, who was Jayden Daniels' QB coach and OC for the Sun Devils for a couple years.
I agree we're keeping Geno for now but I don't think that puts us out of the QB market in the draft. A new HC drafting a new QB is damn near a tradition in the NFL.
NorthHawk wrote:I was watching NFL Live about an hour ago and there was a clip of Schneider talking about Geno and he said Geno is our starter - until he isn't.
It's kind of like I have been thinking that they are willing to deal him if they get an offer. I can see a team biting on him as he's a solid but unspectacular QB and could help a team get to the Kirk Cousins level until they find their QBOTF.
We need Cap relief next year as well as this year so they might not want to commit to the $35M next year.
Aseahawkfan wrote:Looks like we're meeting with a lot of LBs, which makes sense given how depleted we are at the position. We need some good LBs to jam the run hard.
Players who have interviewed with the #Seahawks so far:
QB Drake Maye [per, Ian Rapoport]
DE Bralen Trice, Washington [per, various outlets]
DE Dallas Turner, Alabama [per, Sports Illustrated] (pictured)
DE Marshawn Kneeland, Western Michigan [per, Sports Illustrated]
DL Kris Jenkins, Michigan [per, various outlets]
DL Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois [per, Sports Illustrated]
LB Junior Colson, Michigan [per, the player himself at the NFL combine]
LB Trevin Wallace, Kentucky [per, various outlets]
QB Jayden Daniels, LSU [per, Ian Rapoport]
IDL Braden Fiske, Florida State [per, Justin M]
c_hawkbob wrote:Well I read yesterday that we did draft 3 or 4 players from last years "interviewed at the combine" list. Can't find it now 'cause I'm at my work computer but if I find it I'll link it. I agree everybody lies this year, but combine interviews are a pretty valuable asset to be used strictly for subterfuge.
RiverDog wrote:One of the rumors is that Patrick Queen, the Ravens All Pro linebacker who has had a lot of good things about Macdonald, might be heading our way:
Seahawks Predicted to Poach Ravens All-Pro As “Defensive Centerpiece”
OverTheCap, currently has the Ravens at $5.1 million in cap space before they make any cuts or restructures. The Ravens still have holes they need to address and spending $70 to $90 million at linebacker would be unwise spending.
“The team has to re-up Justin Madubuike (and others) this offseason and is already paying big-time money to an off-ball linebacker in Roquan Smith,” Davenport advised.
The Ravens gave Smith a 5-year, $100 million contract in 2023 and adding another big money linebacker might be redundant. The Ravens drafted Trenton Simpson in the third round of 2023 as a potential replacement for Queen
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/se ... r-BB1iJW4K
Agent 86 wrote:I would be less enthused about Queen if it weren't for Macdonald being the coach now. He is used to the system and seemed to thrive this past year under it. No worries about a new guy coming in and having to learn a new system and not being a possible fit and spending big money (Dre'Mont Jones??).
Funny, he went 1 pick after Brooks. Both the Seahawks and Ravens declined the 5th year options on them, seemingly thinking the salary they would be owed in that 5th year would be not worth it. Now they both find themselves as UFA's, with Queen having a breakout year. I would think Macdonald would want Queen over Brooks, but Brooks is in their house now to work a deal out with. Although it does appear as you quoted that the Ravens won't have what it takes to re-sign Queen and probably won't use a tag on him. I wonder if there is a way to get them both on the Seahawks monetarily?
The defensive pieces Macdonald/Schneider bring in will be very interesting to watch, as will be who they decide to let go into free agency and/or cut.
c_hawkbob wrote:I read this morning that you can add JJ McCarthy to the list of QB's we've interviewed at the combine. At least we're not taking selfies with them this year ...
NorthHawk wrote:I'm glad they are taking this seriously. We need to find that QBOTF but no 2nd round pick really hurts this year.
I fully expect us to trade back at least once and maybe twice right out of the 1st round. We will probably have to miss out on some good players doing so but we need a lot of new blood and this draft looks like it's stacked with solid players in the 2nd to 3rd rounds and maybe even the 4th.
RiverDog wrote:Our failure to pick up Brooks' 5th year is just one more reason why I had been so down on Pete. Since the clause was added to the CBA umpteen years ago, we are the only team that has not exercised that option on one of our drafted players.
If we do bring in Queen, we'll likely not make an offer to Brooks. Queen would be a significant upgrade, and as you said, we already know that he works well withing Macdonald's defense.
Queen had a lot of very nice things to say about Macdonald, so he'd obviously be a big help to the locker room as the team looks for a new identity.
jshawaii22 wrote:Did we hire Grubb to draft Penix at 15? Seems a logical maybe, but maybe he would of taken "QB Coach" instead of OC.
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