Seahawks GM John Schneider 'Not Proud Of' Drafting 2 QBs in 14 Years
Any NFL team worth its salt will do homework on the quarterback prospects in any given draft, and the Seattle Seahawks are no exception.
Actually selecting said quarterbacks is a different story, and in that area, the Seahawks may be the most conservative team in the league in recent years. In the latest edition of "stats that seem fake but are actually real," the Seahawks have drafted just two quarterbacks in the 14-year tenure of general manager John Schneider.
One of those quarterbacks is obviously Russell Wilson, the 2012 third-round pick who led the team for a decade and helped win the franchise's first Super Bowl. The second quarterback? None other than 2018 seventh-round pick Alex McGough, who has not thrown a pass at the NFL level but has led the Birmingham Stallions to two USFL championships.
Speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine last week, Schneider revealed that drafting so few quarterbacks over his tenure has not been his intention.
“I’ve told you guys in the past,” Schneider told reporters, per the Tacoma News Tribune. “And having grown up in the Packer organization for (1990s Green Bay GM) Ron Wolf, 14 drafts and only drafting two quarterbacks is not something that we’re necessarily proud of.
“It’s just happened that way. Every year it’s a goal to acquire a quarterback, whether that’s draft free agency, whatever it looks like.”
Even with the Seahawks drafting very few quarterbacks over the past decade and a half, they could very well buck that trend next month. The team's brass met with several high-profile quarterback prospects during the combine, and they haven't been shy about their interest in prospective signal-callers.
However, Schneider still does not believe that drafting a quarterback is an absolute necessity, and he will likely continue to operate the same way.
“I understand the question. But no. It’s every year," Schneider said. "If you guys sat in there (in our draft room) with us, it’s literally like, ‘OK, this one’s coming (to us),’ and then it doesn’t happen. ‘That one’s coming’ — and it doesn’t happen.”
