Emory Hunt who is a very well respected scout and someone who has hit a ton over the years at the QB position has had Richardson as his #1 QB most of the year. He's a film guy and sees a ton of stuff to like and says Florida held AR back more than many people realize. He has talked about him long before this draft process as well. Is he right? I have no clue but I do know he's incredible at this stuff and hits more often then not.
I would argue its very unlikely they hit with even half their picks in this draft. Last year was an outlier, especially for them. They've had many more drafts with 1 at the most hitting. I'm usually very critical of them with their previous drafts but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that they fixed some of their process last year and that moving forward they will be better. It's still unlikely more than a couple of defensive players truly are great picks when we look back. I guess I say that to say its not enough to warrant passing on a Mahomes(if you grade someone in that class) because you need more defensive players.
Sarg isn't wrong its just one way of looking at it. I also don't think its wrong to be in the Richardson camp either. I wish we could know how John grades all 4 of the quarterbacks.
Emory is fantastic. That’s my son’s name, spelled the same way, so that made me pay closer attention to him when I first discovered him a few months ago.
Because the D-line was such a glaring weakness last year (or longer), that’s where my focus has been with the 5 pick, but if AR is PCJS’s dream player then I’ll trust that they made the right call to address the D (presumably) with our next 3 picks in rounds 1 & 2 — barring any trades, of course.
You’d normally expect a 5 overall to provide
instant impact, and the fact that AR wouldn’t makes it a fairly unique circumstance for a team that is very close to having a Super Bowl window opening. BUT…with his insane athleticism, I don’t think he would need to ride the pine for a year or (gasp) two. While the Taysom Hill role is foreign to anything Pete has ever done as far as I know, can you imagine having AR in the backfield with K9? That’s a LOT for a defense to worry about. IDK, getting way ahead of myself…just saying that he wouldn’t necessarily have to be “Clipboard Anthony” while he learns how to be an NFL QB.
I still hope we go DL/Edge, but if AR falls to 5 and we take him, there won’t be any remote controls flying across my living room on Thursday night.
EDIT: I’m not positive if this Amazon Music link works for all, but Emory Hunt was the guest on a very recent episode of the Seahawks Forever podcast - “
Identifying Future Seahawks”
