Seattle could have jumped the Colts to snag Richardson. Yes he had a lot of red flags but before he got hurt he looked pretty good.
But nobody wants to say how much they were willing to give up to have done so... Sounds good but how much did it sound good on paper?
Yes he did look good before getting injured. He only had one full season as starter in college and if he had stayed in college his stats would of become much better IMO just like lots of college QBs did as second year starters vs their first year.
Ballpark guess cause I don't know but lets say swap positions, a 3rd plus next years 1st?
Agreed but that Colts coaching staff really turned him around. I think Pete's staff could have done the same.
The Hawks have 2 basic cap-cost choices: 1) keep Geno on the team and pay $31M or 2) remove Geno from the team by 2/14/24 and pay $17M. So they need to determine if an alternative starting QB is worth $14M less in cap space (minus whatever that QB is going to cost) than Geno.
Does not matter! If the 49ers had not found Purdy they would of continued taking swings to find a franchise QB, Bears have continued seeking a franchise QB, Jets continue looking. It makes no sense not to try for fear of failing because not trying is failing and as we discussed the odds favor taking a top prospect at QB over finding a Purdy or Tom Brady or RW in the draft and it's not even worth debating. So as far as I'm concerned your making a fallacious argument.
So now you want to put out some ridiculous fictional what if. My stance is simply this, the opportunity was ideal for taking a shot at a top prospect at QB last draft and Pete in his cockiness felt he could make due with Geno. He didn't attempt to land one of the top prospects at QB. I could understand if the Seahawks made a good faith effort and were rebuffed at every turn, but I'm convinced that Pete didn't try and he like others here thought a different position would make a bigger difference at least in the short term and IMO that was just another bad personnel decision by Pete. Pete weakness is his short sightedness with personnel. Tossing away premium picks for a hamburger today ( to quote Wimpy for those old enough to recognize it), thinking he didn't need a top QB was the height of over estimating his own abilities to do more with less at QB.
Nothing abstract about my stance. I simply felt that the Seahawks needed to make every effort to land which ever prospect at QB they felt best fit the bill. I don't feel the effort was made and I'd bet most would agree with me. If you don't ....well fine, then we'll agree to disagree. I'm not going to play some game where you try to get me to say that some fictional wild trade proposal you have thrown out would be a good idea. I wanted to see the effort made and I'm pretty sure Pete didn't try, this time around I hope he see's the light. Seahawks are not going to be Super Bowl contender with a mediocre QB be it Geno or Lock or a slew of other candidates at QB need to take some swings at a prospect that has the potential, not even against multiple QBs taken next draft because until they land a good QB the Seahawks are just spinning their wheels.
Weren't considered top tier talents? By whom? Not the NFL teams who drafted them at the top of the draft. I guess your talking about pundits and media figures who have way to much influence with the public perception of who is good and who isn't. It's almost laughable how they puff up this player or that player only to be oh so wrong.
