The News Tribune poll: Who should be the Seahawks’ next quarterback?
The NFL’s so-called “legal tampering” period of free agency began Monday.
It’s two days of players with expiring contracts to negotiate with any and all teams before the new league year begins Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Deshaun Watson’s agent continues to leverage multiple teams’ interest — including the Seahawks’ — in trading for the Houston Texans’ three-time Pro Bowl quarterback. A grand jury in Texas on Friday declined to charge him criminally after 22 women accused him of sexual misconduct. Tuesday he is reportedly scheduled to begin depositions in the civil cases those women have filed against Watson.
Drew Lock is a Seahawk, the result of Seattle’s franchise-shaking trade of Russell Wilson last week.
Colin Kaepernick — remember him? — wants all to know he’s still training and awaiting re-entry to the league. Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett posted on Twitter Sunday he wants to run routes as part of Kaepernick’s training. Kaepernick responded he’ll take up Lockett on his offer.
Pete Carroll said at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis two weeks ago the Seahawks want to re-sign free agent veteran Geno Smith, and that Smith’s legal issues will have run its course by the start of next season.
The Seahawks now have the ninth-overall pick in next month’s draft, plus four picks in the first 74 selections. Will they use one of those on a quarterback? Engaging, enticing Malik Willis from Liberty isn’t likely to last long in round one.
So whom should the Seahawks have as their next quarterback?
Vote now in The News Tribune’s poll that no one in the Pacific Northwest has had in 10 years, since Matt Flynn got derailed by the rookie Wilson for the job:
This story was originally published March 14, 2022 at 11:09 AM.
