{"id":414625,"date":"2025-10-02T16:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/414625\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:54:15","slug":"the-seahawks-may-just-be-elite-cultivators-of-quarterback-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/414625\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seahawks may just be elite cultivators of quarterback talent"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the deluge of visceral comments about John Schneider\u2019s moves this past offseason in mind, the Seattle Seahawks\u2019 general manager may be owed a few apologies from different analysts and news networks. Heck, some of us fans as well! Schneider has continuously made calculated risks at the quarterback position and, seemingly, come out ahead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Geno Smith dealing with a turnstile offensive line in Vegas, and\/or the prospects of being declared \u2026 *gasp* \u2026 washed in his age 34 season, this question deserves asking. Are the Seahawks simply very good at being a supportive and strong developmental environment for starting passers? Is there such a thing as an organization that is a poor environment for QB nurturing and performance?<\/p>\n

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I say yes. We\u2019ve seen very recent examples of bad situations and deployment of quarterbacks. The Bears and Jets immediately come to mind as case studies for teams that seem to never be able to find quality QB play. Remember when the Carolina Panthers couldn\u2019t field a competent offense with either Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold on the roster?! Both went on to have impressive successive seasons, showing off rebounds and rebirths.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Slingin\u2019 Sammy D.: after leading the Minnesota Vikings to a 14-win season last year, he has looked like a very efficient passer for the Hawks. He hasn\u2019t been perfect, but Darnold has a 70% completion percentage (seventh among QB\u2019s who have attempted at least 50 passes) and owns the fifth-highest passer rating total (106.5) through four games. Some are still skeptical of his abilities, which is understandable with sample size in mind.<\/p>\n

John Schneider moved on from Russell Wilson at the exact right moment in time. Wilson has struggled to capture his near Hall-of-Fame-level play ever since leaving the Emerald City. Schneider shifted gears away from seeing multiple Pro Bowl seasons out of Geno Smith (formerly known as a \u2018bust\u2019), who now leads the league in interceptions. How? Is it possible that it\u2019s not a timing thing? Maybe the Seahawks organization and philosophy allow the team to support and squeeze as much talent out of each QB?<\/p>\n

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The current Seattle Seahawks regime seems to get the best years out of each quarterback, and it\u2019s starting to feel like that\u2019s not a coincidence or a luck of the draw type thing. Of course, tailoring your offense to a QB\u2019s skill set would go a long way towards that outcome.<\/p>\n

Consider what former Seahawks QB<\/a> Brock Huard had to say about the Seattle marriage of signal caller and surrounding team:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can certainly take advantage of things on the outside,\u201d Huard said. \u201cBut where\u2019s the strength of Sam\u2019s game? And where\u2019s the strength of your personnel right now? Cooper Kupp is amazing at feeling space between the hashes. JSN\u2019s body control and short-area quickness is off the charts. And you\u2019ve even got tight ends in Arroyo and AJ Barner fully capable of taking care of the middle of the field.<\/p>\n

The Indianapolis Colts found out the hard way that even if you finally found a naturally gifted athlete at the quarterback position, that you also need to nurture him. Andrew Luck retired, rather than continue to hit his head against the wall with minimal support.<\/p>\n

If this idea of nurture being a large factor in QB success holds any weight, that should excite fans not just in regard to Darnold, but also with the idea of development for Jalen Milroe in the near future. Let\u2019s put a little bit of respect on Schneider\u2019s name, as a central figure in multiple quarterback decisions over the years that have gone swimmingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the deluge of visceral comments about John Schneider\u2019s moves this past offseason in mind, the Seattle Seahawks\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[11899,6502,1842,374,260,1081,7,1507,753,226,2861,259,6,1257,572,1878,238,237,261,2635],"class_list":{"0":"post-414625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-aj-barner","9":"tag-andrew-luck","10":"tag-baker-mayfield","11":"tag-bears","12":"tag-carolina-panthers","13":"tag-cooper-kupp","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-geno-smith","16":"tag-jalen-milroe","17":"tag-jets","18":"tag-john-schneider","19":"tag-minnesota-vikings","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-quarterback","22":"tag-russell-wilson","23":"tag-sam-darnold","24":"tag-seahawks","25":"tag-seattle","26":"tag-seattle-seahawks","27":"tag-seattleseahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115305622035222263","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414625","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=414625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}