Pick 92: Jalen Milroe

[Hawkstud]

We’ve all seen him play.
Bama’s on TV every week
Some of what you say has merit. And some of it is hyperbole
He’s not polished, but he isn’t unfixable either

This, and with a boatload of upside POTENTIAL, you have to consider taking a risk on him to improve, and too, there are always going to be risk in drafting any player.

 

[Rat]

I like the pick, simply because we've not drafted solid developmental QBs for quite a while. Schneider's old team (the packers) used to draft a developmental QB nearly every year. Guys like Matt Hasselbeck and Mark Brunell were developmental picks that turned into quality starters.

I don't mind grabbing a guy that doesn't need to have high expectations placed on him his first couple of years. The NFL fails at this too often and relies tooo much on boom-or-bust first rounders.

Those Packers teams did it later in the draft. I believe Hass was a sixth round comp pick. Brunell was a fifth rounder they traded after one season. I believe Aaron Brooks was also a late fifth rounder. And they did it with a number of ones that didn't work out too. At that point, nearly every non special teams position is a lottery ticket. In the third, you're still betting against an extremely low hit rate on taking a QB (like less than a 5% chance historically of even getting an average starter), but missing out on still having a reasonable chance of finding a regular contributor at a number of other places.

It's not a bad strategy, I just don't like employing it this early.

 

[CPHawk]

For the people who hate the pick have no vision and need to learn to think outside the box. Milroe has the most upside of any of the QBs being drafted. Running ability is off the charts and throws the nicest deep ball of any of the college QBs this is coming from somebody that HATED him at the Senior Bowl. Milroe must have gotten him a coach afterward he looked a lot better at the combine and his pro day throwing he looks the worst throwing short and medium range passes which can be corrected with better foot work mechanics

I compare him to Josh Allen when he got drafted who was all over the place mechanics wise only competing 50% of passes ( Milroe completed 65%). My comp is Josh Allen meets Kordell Stewart. I do expect to see Milroe being used as a weapon bringing him along as the 3rd string I wouldn’t be surprised if the Seahawks hire
Milroe a private tutor/coach to give him speacialized coaching

Floor will be a weapon for at least 4 yrs
Ceiling will be the QBOTF that everybody has been screaming for

Just a reminder Mahomes didn’t see the field for a year and Allen took 2 seasons before he got his shit together the process will take time be patient

Everything negative about him, could have been said about Daniels after his first 3 years at ASU, before going to lsu for two more years of development. And also about Bo Nix, before getting two more years of development at UO.

If he can learn for 2 years, I think he could be a legit qb for us.

 

[Sperrydogg]

Just now saw this after being away all day. Wow. I was hoping they would take a risk, but I wasn't expecting this. To me, this is a fairly low risk/high reward pick that will probably take a couple years to bloom. If he's not thrown to the wolves too soon, this could end up being the next Jalen Hurts. Imagine him doing the west coast tush push. I'm down. Glad they finally rolled the dice! About freaking time! Go Hawks!!

If the hawks get good at the tush push then it will get banned for sure

 

[GemCity]

Starting by ‘27. All-Pro in ‘29.

Book it.

 

[glenwo2]

"No but it was damn close"

I wonder if they were looking at Dart?


Whatever, he's here and he's got talent up the wazoo.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Is that you, Fade?

Starting by ‘27. All-Pro in ‘29.

Book it.

 

[Natethegreat]

I'm quite sure it was Cam Ward who was rated 1.

 

[glenwo2]

I'm quite sure it was Cam Ward who was rated 1.

Yeah but they knew that Cam wasn't going to be there.

That's why I asked if maybe Dart was #1?

 

[Rat]

Imagine if Shadeur had said that.

If some people didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any at all.

 

[glenwo2]

Imagine if Shadeur had said that.

If some people didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any at all.

If Shedeur had said what?

 

[Natethegreat]

Yeah but they knew that Cam wasn't going to be there.

That's why I asked if maybe Dart was #1?

The question was who were their top rated QB's. Not what were their top QB's they thought would be available to them.

So they most likely had Cam Ward at the top with Jalen Milroe behind him.
They probably had a round three grade on Cam ward sounds like to me.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Well, if Shedeur didn't have "football dad" in the middle of every damn thing, he likely goes earlier. He sabotaged what should have been his kid's day. As always, he makes it about him. And he'll be at the presser too. Um......your time is over in the NFL, MEion. Let your kid make his OWN way in the NFL.

Can't stand Kyle Brandt from NFL Network, but he had a good point today. What if his name was Shedeur Smith? Where would he have been drafted? I stick to my opinion that MEion made things WAY worse for Shedeur. And honestly, while I think he's a little overrated, the kid handled that weekend pretty well.

 

[Natethegreat]

Imagine if Shadeur had said that.

If some people didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any at all.

Shaduer has no one to blame but himself. Teams are not going to deliberately undermine themselves and pass on someone they believe can succeed at a high level unless they believe they have good reason to.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Sure, he contributed overall, but his dad made it WAY worse.

 

[HagFaithful]

Dare I say it: Michael Vick?

 

[Spin Doctor]

Well, if Shedeur didn't have "football dad" in the middle of every damn thing, he likely goes earlier. He sabotaged what should have been his kid's day. As always, he makes it about him. And he'll be at the presser too. Um......your time is over in the NFL, MEion. Let your kid make his OWN way in the NFL.

Can't stand Kyle Brandt from NFL Network, but he had a good point today. What if his name was Shedeur Smith? Where would he have been drafted? I stick to my opinion that MEion made things WAY worse for Shedeur. And honestly, while I think he's a little overrated, the kid handled that weekend pretty well.

I think with his attitude and athletic profile, he would still be drafted low. If we look at Sanders purely as a prospect, he has some redflags.

Shadeur is accurate, but when you dig into the numbers a little bit, over 70 percent of his passes were at or behind the LOS. His arm strength while NFL quality isn't great. He often adlibbed at the LOS and ignored game plans. He also had a offense crafted specifically around his strengths as a player which most NCAA QB's don't get.

Going further down the line he has happy feet and looks to bail from the pocket too soon -- not a good sign if you're not a QB that can get away with it like Russell Wilson. He tended to hold onto the ball for too long and he would only throw the ball if the receivers were wide open, he had no anticipation.

I believe at his whole time at Colorado he only had one win against a ranked team as well.

If we're just talking about the player, Sanders had plenty of red flags outside of his father as a prospect. Honestly, Sanders to me looked like a classic mid round prospect. Honestly he reminds me a bit of a Colt McCoy with an attitude problem.

 

[glenwo2]

Well, if Shedeur didn't have "football dad" in the middle of every damn thing, he likely goes earlier. He sabotaged what should have been his kid's day. As always, he makes it about him. And he'll be at the presser too. Um......your time is over in the NFL, MEion. Let your kid make his OWN way in the NFL.

Can't stand Kyle Brandt from NFL Network, but he had a good point today. What if his name was Shedeur Smith? Where would he have been drafted? I stick to my opinion that MEion made things WAY worse for Shedeur. And honestly, while I think he's a little overrated, the kid handled that weekend pretty well.

Speaking of which, watch Cam Ward absolutely ROAST Shedeur here :




That put a smile on my face.

 

[glenwo2]

Terrion Arnold had priceless reaction to ex-Alabama teammate Jalen Milroe getting picked by Seahawks

Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold was in the middle of a sentence praising Milroe when he saw he got drafted.

www.si.com

There seems to be a common denominator when it comes to Milroe. Apparently he blew teams away during the interview process, coming off as uncommonly mature, honest and prepared to work his tail off to improve where he knows he needs to most. Milroe's teammates have also gone out of their way to praise his character and leadership abilities.

Unlike Shedeur Sanders.

 

[CPHawk]

Imagine if Shadeur had said that.

If some people didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any at all.

Shedeur wouldn’t have given them the time to tell him that. He was probably the player who didn’t even know who JS was.