For the first time in 14 years, general manager John Schneider will be leaning on a new voice inside the Seattle Seahawks draft room.
FILE - Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Feb. 27, 2024. For the first time in 14 years, general manager Schneider will be leaning on a new voice inside the Seattle Seahawks draft room.
Seattle has seven picks entering this year’s draft, beginning with No. 16 overall in the first round. It’s the start of a new era for the Seahawks with Mike Macdonald taking over as head coach, replacing Carroll and the franchise going from the oldest coach in the league to the youngest.But the constant is Schneider, entering yet another draft where if the Seahawks intend on rejoining the elite of the NFC they need to find some key pieces that can contribute sooner rather than later.
It’s different now with Macdonald in the chair next to him, but how the pair needs to work together should stay similar. There are clear and obvious holes in Seattle’s current roster. Along with clearly needing help on both sides of the line of scrimmage there’s the constant lingering question of whether this could end up being the year Seattle grabs a quarterback high in the draft.In the 14 previous drafts where Schneider has been in charge, the Seahawks have never taken a quarterback earlier than Russell Wilson in the third round in 2012. Last year seemed a possibility when Seattle had the No.
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