The Falcons won this draft, and the Seahawks are the big losers.
Once again, they continue to operate from antiquated ideas about how the draft works. The quarterbacks went early because that's how you win Super Bowls in 2024. I told you this would happen, because when a team needs a quarterback, they don't wait on them anymore. That trend started last year. These QBs were NOT "over-valued." These teams are just smarter than the Seahawks and realize that in today's NFL, you have to have a QB with star quality to contend.
Bo Nix is a prime example. Rob Staton thought he was a 3rd round pick. I saw him play in the Pac-12 championship game here in Vegas and walked out of the Stadium thinking he was a 1st round pick. Time will tell which one of us is right. Everyone agreed he was a great fit in Denver. So they didn't wait to take him at a "value" position. They just took him the first chance they had. The Falcons recognized Penix' elite value. So they took him. Meanwhile, the Seahawks still seem to think it's 2010 and you "win" the draft by taking the 16th best player at 16. No, if you want Penix, you go get him. You don't care what the price is. That's how the Chiefs got Mahomes.
The Seahawks should have passed on a DT they didn't really need, traded down to 23, picked up another 5th and a 2025 3rd and 4th. That's the trade that was on the table from the Vikings, The Seahawks passed. The next pick, the Jaguars took the deal the Seahawks passed on.
Winning!
At 23, they should have taken Spencer Rattler. He would have been there. I don't care where he is "valued." It would have been the right move for a team that wants to get back to the Super Bowl. He has many 1st round traits. Rob is the one who convinced me of that. If a guy has 1st round traits, and is a quarterback, you take him. Period.
As to Murphy, I don't see how he improves the team at all. Middle 1st round DTs almost never do. Does anyone actually think he's better than Leonard Williams, who they just spent a 2nd round pick and a ton of money on? Or for that matter Jarran Reed or even Draymont Jones? I don't. And even if he is, how many games will that win for the Seahawks next year? Or in 2025? If he isn't the second coming of Cortez Kennedy or Aaron Donald or Fletcher Cox, he won't make much of an impact beyond the guys they already have. Coaching and scheming are far more likely to be the reasons for any improvement for the defense.
The only way the Seahawks can salvage this disaster is if they have a secret plan to jump into the high 2nd round and take Rattler. There isn't another QB beyond him who has a chance to be good enough to win a Super Bowl. The 2025 QB class is ass. It's now or never.
Rattler won't get past the Raiders at #44, In fact, I expect them or the Saints to come up and get him in the early 30s. And so, for the 3rd straight year, the Seahawks will miss out on the most important position in football.
My prediction is the Seahawks will do nothing, then say "we tried to get a QB." Trying won't win you a Super Bowl. You have to actually do something at the position.
I hear John Schneider loves DK Metcalf. If that's true, why are you wasting his best years with Geno Smith and Sam Howell? There is no point in keeping him and paying him north of $28 million dollars a year if those two are your quarterbacks. I'm beyond understanding WTF the Seahawks are doing. They seem to think it's still 2010, and you can win Super Bowls with "defense" and a running game. Sorry. You need an elite QB, and you don't have one.
The other teams won the draft because they were desperate to get a top QB. The Seahawks weren't.
They should have been.
Anyway, that's all I've got for today. Go away now...
Mike
