The Seattle Seahawks opened the offseason with two main strikes.
They reduce ties with Geno Smith, permitting him to stroll and signal elsewhere, selecting up Sam Darnold within the course of and signing him to a three-year deal.
Darnold, after all, was coming off a banner 12 months with the Minnesota Vikings, and since they’d J.J. McCarthy ready within the wings, they’d no alternative however to let him go.
He’s now a member of the Seahawks and was seemingly a lock to be their Week 1 starter underneath heart.
Nevertheless, the Seahawks used a third-round choose on Jalen Milroe on this 12 months’s draft, main folks to marvel if Darnold’s job isn’t so secure in spite of everything.
Milroe appears excited to be with the staff, however he not too long ago had a clumsy second at a press convention, which Dov Kleiman highlighted on X.
At one level, he talked about that the Seahawks informed him he was the most effective QB prospect within the draft, a minimum of throughout a top-30 go to, however when a reporter introduced that up, neither the GM nor their head coach agreed with the assertion.
Awkward: Jalen Milroe stated that the Seahawks informed him he was the most effective QB within the draft at his 30-visit.
Seattle’s GM and Head Coach denied this throughout a press convention.
They chose Milroe with the 92nd General Choose.
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— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) April 28, 2025
It’s not that they aren’t excited to have Milroe be part of the staff, but it surely’s clear that they didn’t assume he was the most effective quarterback within the class, placing them in a troublesome place.
It will likely be fascinating to see if there’s any further fallout from this, or if Milroe will make any extra public feedback on the state of affairs.
For now, he must give attention to what’s in entrance of him, which is combating for the beginning function with Darnold over the following a number of weeks.
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