{"id":15749,"date":"2025-05-01T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/15749\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:26:09","slug":"what-are-realistic-expectations-for-seahawks-rookie-qb-jalen-milroe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/15749\/","title":{"rendered":"What are realistic expectations for Seahawks rookie QB Jalen Milroe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Seattle Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0made their biggest splash during the\u00a02025 NFL draft<\/a> by selecting former Alabama<\/a> quarterback Jalen Milroe<\/a> at No. 92 overall in the third round. Milroe is a dynamic dual-threat QB with developmental upside. It’s safe to say the\u00a0Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0are banking on his upside, so what are reasonable expectations for his rookie campaign?<\/p>\n

What are expectations for Jalen Milroe’s rookie season?<\/p>\n

Seahawks<\/a> head coach Mike Macdonald has already clarified that offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak won’t be using Milroe as a Taysom Hill-like gadget player<\/a>. Seattle will attempt to develop Milroe into a long-term option at quarterback. While he could occasionally be fielded as a rushing threat, Macdonald and Kubiak will focus on helping him reach his performance ceiling behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

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Unless something goes incredibly wrong, there’s no reason to believe Milroe will see extended action as a rookie. The Seahawks have Sam Darnold in the starting role, and they also signed Drew Lock<\/a> to be the backup QB. Lock is a (ahem) “lock” to make the final 53-man roster after Schneider traded Sam Howell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, Milroe will focus on becoming a more well-rounded quarterback throughout rookie minicamp, OTAs, training camp, and the preseason. Milroe should play significant snaps during the exhibition, earning an opportunity to prove he’s making progress. When the regular-season campaign arrives, perhaps we’ll see his 4.3 speed make the occasional splash play, but that should be the height of your expectations.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: 2025 NFL draft: Setting expectations for Seahawks QB Jalen Milroe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Seattle Seahawks\u00a0made their biggest splash during the\u00a02025 NFL draft by selecting former Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe at No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[2868,7,753,8357,2860,6,8358,1878,2336,238,237,261,2635],"class_list":{"0":"post-15749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-drew-lock","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jalen-milroe","11":"tag-klint-kubiak","12":"tag-mike-macdonald","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-rookie-campaign","15":"tag-sam-darnold","16":"tag-sam-howell","17":"tag-seahawks","18":"tag-seattle","19":"tag-seattle-seahawks","20":"tag-seattleseahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114433752264335223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}