olyfan63":qudkl9pa said:The story I read was that Pete wanted RW badly and wanted to go ahead with taking Wilson in the 2nd round. JS talked Pete into waiting one more round.
Does anyone have links to firsthand sources on this? I can't recall exactly where I read it; could have been on one of the local TV station sites or blogs.
"(General manager) John (Schneider), he wanted to go in the second round with it," Carroll told fans at Wednesday night's annual Town Hall meeting, via theSeahawks' official website. "He was willing to do it and take him right there. ... We had had a plan to wait until the third round. But as the first round came and then the second, John was starting to get antsy because he just didn't want to miss (out on Wilson)."
The Seattle Seahawks rolled the dice when they went against general manager John Schneider's gut feeling to pull the trigger on quarterback Russell Wilson in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
It worked out in the long run, as the Seahawks snatched up middle linebacker Bobby Wagner with the 47th pick while Wilson dropped into their laps at No. 75 overall.
But the gamble nearly backfired. NFL.com draft analyst and former scout for the Eagles, Daniel Jeremiah, revealed on Tuesday's "Inside Training Camp" that Philadelphia was all set to draft Wilson at No. 88 overall, only to watch the Seahawks steal the quarterback out from under them
drdiags":24cbmtj8 said:I did find this video/article on NFL.com
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap10...le-seahawks-gm-eyed-russell-wilson-in-round-2
"(General manager) John (Schneider), he wanted to go in the second round with it," Carroll told fans at Wednesday night's annual Town Hall meeting, via theSeahawks' official website. "He was willing to do it and take him right there. ... We had had a plan to wait until the third round. But as the first round came and then the second, John was starting to get antsy because he just didn't want to miss (out on Wilson)."
EDIT: Another NFL.com article
The Seattle Seahawks rolled the dice when they went against general manager John Schneider's gut feeling to pull the trigger on quarterback Russell Wilson in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
It worked out in the long run, as the Seahawks snatched up middle linebacker Bobby Wagner with the 47th pick while Wilson dropped into their laps at No. 75 overall.
But the gamble nearly backfired. NFL.com draft analyst and former scout for the Eagles, Daniel Jeremiah, revealed on Tuesday's "Inside Training Camp" that Philadelphia was all set to draft Wilson at No. 88 overall, only to watch the Seahawks steal the quarterback out from under them
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap10...-wilson-nearly-drafted-by-philadelphia-eagles
kearlySprfunk":w16y929a said:There was one fan here that sung his praises before draft. Said something to the effect of him being a franchize qb for some lucky team.
Gruden........Attyla the Hawk":1a2vaznb said:Nobody, not even us, saw Wilson as being the guy that he is. That was confirmed on multiple occasions by Pete and by John.
When you have to punt after every third down, a punter is valuable,,,,fenderbender123":1hfxd2zt said:The Jags were gonna draft Wilson too...but of course having a franchise punter is more important than having a good QB.
At least you're honest. At least I knew about and saw Wilson play so I was jazzed but I had no clue who Foles was. Good thing neither of us run the team I guess.HawkWow":er072h81 said:Ain't gonna' lie....I didn't want Wilson. I wanted Foles and felt he'd be there for us in the 4th. So if I had any say, we'd be 6-6 with Flynn right now.