The Seahawks were supposed to be in love with Desmond Ridder heading into the 2022 NFL draft. However, they had four chances to pick him and decided not to every time.
Seattle also passed on all the other quarterbacks in this class. We have since learned that the team thought the consensus top QB prospect Malik Willis was “nowhere near” NFL-ready.
The only other QB in this group that they were supposedly interested in was North Carolina’s Sam Howell, who wound up getting drafted by Washington on Day 3. Apparently there was legitimate support for Howell in the building, just not enough to draft him, per ESPN.
