Field Gulls
The Seahawks finally took a quarterback - who also happens to be a terror with the ball in his hands. How will they use him as a rookie?
Guys, they did it! After years and years of Schneider saying how he wanted to draft a quarterback but things just didn’t fall the right way, the Seattle Seahawks selected Alabama QB Jalen Milroe at No. 92. This is a pick that could change the future of the franchise if everything works out.
Okay, we don’t really have a ton of information here considering Milroe didn’t do much outside the weigh-in and 40 yard dash. That 4.40-second in the 40 is damn impressive, though. Watching him play, I’d like to think he would’ve performed well in the other tests as well considering he was leaving SEC defenders in the dust.
The comps on both lists don’t really have much relevance since Milroe doesn’t have a RAS score. Just for fun, I pulled a few comps for him that are relevant as a member of the 2025 Seahawks.
MIlroe is only the third QB John Schneider has drafted since he was hired as the Seattle GM in 2010. Alex McGough was a late-round pick, but both Russell Wilson and Milroe were drafted in the third round. Milroe is taller, thicker, and faster than Russ. Wilson was very good to elite in the tests that Milroe didn’t complete. Wilson was a much more pro-ready prospect, with the only real knock being his height. Milroe seems to have that “tilt the room” aura that Wilson showed as a rookie…we’ll see how that plays out in training camp.
Next up is Taysom Hill, the Swiss Army knife utility player for the New Orleans Saints who was coached last season by Klint Kubiak, Seattle’s new offensive coordinator. Hill is slightly taller and heavier than Milroe, but slower. He also performed quite well in the tests that Milroe didn’t perform. We’re talking about two excellent athletes at the QB position. Milroe, unlike Hill, will be playing QB instead of lining up at FB/TE according to Mike Macdonald. They see him as a QB and will utilize him in that way - which will still allow for some fun and dangerous packages.
If Nick Emmanwori was my favorite player in the entire draft, Milroe was the one QB I wanted the Seahawks to select. The fact that they were able to get him near the end of the third round is the perfect place to take a chance. He won’t be expected to come in and take the reins but is so damn athletic that it will be hard to keep him off the field.
These are NFL caliber players that Milroe is torching. His athleticism is just so hard to defend. All the receivers are covered? No problem, he’ll just pull the ball down and outrun the entire defense.
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