The Seahawks made sweeping changes to their QB room this offseason, swapping out Geno Smith for Sam Darnold and bringing back Drew Lock. They swooped in for a longer-term project tonight.
Jalen Milroe becomes the fourth QB off the board, going to Seattle at No. 92. The Alabama prospect will be under contract through 2028, while Darnold has no fully-guaranteed money past 2025. That will put early pressure on the veteran to perform this year to earn his keep in Seattle in 2026 and beyond.
Milroe is an exciting physical prospect with elite size and speed for the quarterback position. He has a strong arm but will need to work on his basic mechanics to improve his ball placement and accuracy, which are currently significant weaknesses. His attitude and approach to the game received strong reviews from coaches and scouts, but his on-field processing will need to accelerate in the NFL.
Milroe threw for more than 2,800 yards in each of his last two seasons at Alabama with 39 touchdowns on the air and another 32 on the ground. His physical rushing abilities could help him carve out a short-yardage role on offense early on, especially close to the goal line.
The Seahawks clearly believe in Milroe’s ability to develop under offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak and quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko. Milroe could even compete for a backup job right away after reports that Seattle was open to trading Sam Howell. Now that they’ve landed a young, high-upside passer, they may prefer to give Milroe backup reps to aid his development while moving Howell for draft compensation.
Sam Robinson contributed to this post.
Oh snap! Plot twist!!!🌪️
Not incredibly surprising.
Seattle obviously likes running QBs who can pull off designed runs.
He’s got all the talent in the world but it’s on him to put it together.
Thank goodness for coaching and development
Good fit both ways.
This reminds me so much of when the Seahawks signed Flynn and drafted Wilson in 2011. History repeats perhaps..
I really don’t see Milroe taking Darnold’s job at the start of the season like Wilson did to Flynn. Might start mid season if Darnold plays like he did with Carolina though
I dont either but the comparison of finding a qb later round like Wilson does bring back memories of the time and situation.
Exactly
Not behind that oline lmao and with that receiving core. Milroe had much better both at Alabama
They are addressing line in draft. Have already made pick. Alabama has more weapons than many nfl teams
They added a guard and still project to have an underwhelming center and underwhelming RG.
Anthony Bradford graded out at 48 last year
Olu Oluwatimi graded a 64
“Addressed the line” isn’t even remotely true. They needed to overhaul the line not add one dude lmao.
“Overhaul” might be a bit of an exaggeration. Both of their OTs are good (when healthy) and they drafted Haynes last season and will likely give him a shot after essentially redshirting him. Zabel should be able to come in and start at LG or C, depending on where he best fits. They just need to add one more guy and might still do it. There are serviceable FA options if they don’t trust the internal guys.
I like it!
They will try to convert him to another position, he is a terrible qb
Alabama Anthony Richardson. Great kid, but he can’t play QB.
Should we just cut him now, or wait and see?
lol as long as you dont start him immediately and actually try to develop the kid it might work out. the problem with AR5 is that he played 1 decent season in college and was instantly a starting NFL QB
He didn’t even have one decent year in college. What Richardson has been in the league is what he was at Florida. Couple it with playing in Billy Napier’s simple offense, and it was bound to fail. They needed to sit him down a few years and teach him from scratch the position like Steve McNair, obviously not a luxury for today’s NFL.
I’m all for guys getting their chance. Just saying just like I said about Richardson, I’d be surprised if he’s any good. At least you didn’t take him pick four like an idiot though. He has a phenomenal deep ball at least, something I couldn’t say about Richardson. I couldn’t say anything positive about Richardson except he was an insane athlete.
3rd round QBs have basically no chance at hitting.
Russell Wilson and Matt Shaub say hi
according to what? just because?
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Great pick
The league refuses to stop over-drafting QB’s. Teams are continually burned but just keep reaching. Milroe is running back that can throw a spiral.
What does “over-drafting QB’s” even mean?