If Hawks take Ridder at #9, you will……….._____________________?
Two things:
1. Accept it. It's a little higher than I would like to take him, but if I would be happy to land him at 20 (I would), then I can't really be furious if he goes at 9. There's a lot to like about Ridder, and if he does turn out to be a franchise QB, nobody is going to care where in the first we took him. Fortunately, first-round QB contracts are a LOT less prohibitive than they used to be.
2. Feel vindicated. I've been saying for a while that I think there's a very real chance of something like this happening. There seems to be a consensus on here (and other Seahawks boards) that the best course of action would be to take our lumps with Lock/Geno, build around them, and try to land a QB in next year's stronger class. Honestly, I just don't think that Pete and John are thinking THAT far ahead. I honestly believe there is someone in this draft they have their heart set on. I don't like depending on next year either. We probably have to win fewer than five games to have a realistic shot at Young/Stroud, because if a team landing one of those first two spots needs a QB, they're not trading to us anyway. Even if they don't, we're also kind of depending on the Broncos to win fewer than half their games to allow us to make that kind of trade-up. If that pick ends up being like 25th, it doesn't move us up substantially if we're in the mid/late part of the top 10.
My take: you should get warmed up to the idea of Ridder now if you don't want to be disappointed tomorrow. Even if we don't take a QB at 9, it could very well come after a trade down, or a move back up from 40/41.