Field Gulls
This Louisville quarterback could be the latest of college late bloomers. Could he also be a possible fit for the Seattle Seahawks?
Longtime NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah held a media conference call ahead of next week’s Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
Seemingly as the only Seattle Seahawks representation, Field Gulls was on this conference call, which ran two hours and 45 minutes. At least 160 people asking north of 200 questions in this marathon session. This isn’t like a one-on-one interview where you have a boatload of questions and/or too many opportunities for follow-ups upon follow-ups is a need to respect everyone’s time in the queue. Most people had a maximum of one question and that was it.
For transparency, here was my question.
“The big story up here in the Pacific Northwest regarding the Seattle Seahawks is whether or not they extend Geno Smith and keep him as a starter in 2025, but even if he does stay, there is the possibility that Seattle could actually draft a quarterback this year, which is something they’ve only done twice ever under John Schneider.
“There are a lot of options, seemingly, in the late day 1, day 2-3 range. The most common names I’ve seen mock drafted to Seattle are Will Howard of Ohio State, Kyle McCord of Syracuse, Quinn Ewers of Texas, and Jaxson Dart of Ole Miss, whom I think you suggested could be an option for Seattle at No. 18. With the expectation of a run-oriented, play action-based, more under center offense under Klint Kubiak, which of the quarterbacks do you believe best fits the new Seattle offense?”
The following is from the official transcript of the call as provided by NFL Media.
“Look, coffee would probably be a little rich for me at 18 for Jaxson Dart. I have him in the 40s. He’s my third quarterback there.”
To provide some extra context since he didn’t elaborate too much on Dart in the response, here’s his breakdown of Dart later on during the call. This was not from my question.
“The things that you like about Jaxson, I see — there’s some similarities, people will maybe raise their eyebrows on this, but I do see some similarities to [Jalen] Hurts when Hurts was going through the process. Got kind of a similar build, similar frame. They’re both really good athletes. They’re both beloved by their teammates, say the right things, do all the right things, do all the stuff on and off the field. There’s a lot of similarities there. I thought with Jalen, he got better every year. He kept taking steps.
“We’ve seen it since he’s come into the league, he just keeps getting better and better and better. He’s got great wiring. He works really hard, and there’s a competitiveness and a toughness to him.
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“So that’s some of the things that I really like about Jaxson. This offense, they’re not going to get real...
