The Seattle Seahawks made a few changes at quarterback this offseason as they traded away starter Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders and also signed free agent Sam Darnold three days later as a replacement.
Additionally, the Seahawks selected Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe with the 92nd overall pick in April. ESPN reported on May 15 that "Seattle envisions Milroe playing a few plays per game in packages that will take advantage of his running ability."
However, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald assured that Darnold, the former Minnesota Vikings gunslinger who was the 2024 NFL Most Improved Player of the Year, firmly has the QB1 spot in his hands.
“No, you guys are crazy,” Macdonald said on Tuesday when asked if any other Seahawks quarterback can become the Week 1 starter. “I respect that you’ve got to ask it, but it’s just a crazy question. It’s just not going to happen. Sam’s our starting quarterback. We love him. He’s doing a tremendous job.
“I think it’s funny that the media is out there for the first day, and all of a sudden, they know exactly how good we’re going to be and how good all the players are, all the tempos. We haven’t even put on pads yet. We haven’t made one tackle."
Barring an injury to Darnold, it looks like Milroe, along with Drew Lock, will act as backups throughout next season. That said, Milroe stated before the draft that he's more than comfortable with being in this position.
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June 5, 1965: Hundreds of Coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant's former players gathered at his special coaching clinic at Lake Martin. Among those in attendance were Texas A&M head coach Gene Stallings and several of his assistants, including Dee Powell and Bud Moore, LSU head coach Charlie McClendon and his defensive coordinator Pat James and Oklahoma State assistant Elwood Ketter. Former Bryant pupils playing pro football who attended the clinic were George Blanda, Tommy Brooker, Lee Roy Jordan, Butch Wilson, Billy Neighbors, Babe Parilli, and Bob Fry. Parilli, Jordan and James were among the guest lecturers, and one of the lighter moments of the festivities came during James' lecture on defensive technique when he bruised Kentucky assistant Charley Pell. — Bryant Museum
June 5, 1987: Former Crimson Tide tight end Preston Dial was born.
June 5, 1989: Former Crimson Tide pitcher Jimmy Nelson was born in Klamath Falls, Ore.
"I'm a die-hard Nick Saban fan, because he's teaching the same things that Coach Bryant taught 50 years ago to us guys about honesty and integrity and discipline and teamwork and those kind of things. He's teaching these guys, just like coach Bryant always said, the game of life, not just the game of football. If you apply those things in your life and your profession, you'll be successful no matter what business you're in.”
- Lee Roy Jordan