Seattle Seahawks: The Russell Wilson succession plan
Draft
The cheapest route and the most difficult route is the NFL Draft. For the Seahawks to get their next great QB they’ll either have to pay a lot to move up in the draft, provided they don’t have a terrible year. Or they’ll have to hope another Russell Wilson (third round) situation happens. The latter is now more challenging than ever as QB’s continue to be overhyped and at times over-drafted.
Without a first round pick in 2021 or 2022, drafting a quarterback in the next two years will be challenging. It is possible they draft a QB with the intention of grooming him to be Wilson’s successor. Pete Carroll might hang up his clipboard before Wilson is done playing
That takes us to 2023. Which is coincidently the final year of RW3’s contract. The Seattle QB turns 35 that season. Drafting a replacement QB then will be too late.
Free Agency
By some miracle that a stud quarterback in his prime makes it to free agency, the Seahawks will be competing with any other team with an opening. This past offseason, 38-year-old Philip Rivers was let go by the San Diego. It was obvious his new team, the Colts didn’t get the same guy who lit up the league for years.
Peyton Manning signing with Denver in 2012 at 36 and winning a Super Bowl is super rare. So finding a franchise quarterback on the free agent market doesn’t happen very often. In when it does, the deal ends up being expensive.
The Seahawks are pretty shrewd when it comes to free agents. The only two quarterbacks who might be interesting are Josh Rosen and Dwayne Haskins. If Seattle wanted Rosen he would be on the team by now and Haskins doesn’t appear to be a good fit in the Seahawks locker room.
Former Washington QB Dwayne Haskins set to visit Carolina, from @RapSheet https://t.co/nh08zSn9n6 pic.twitter.com/KztaSakZs4
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) January 9, 2021