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Taking Dan McGwire over Brett Favre may be biggest ‘What if?’ in Seahawks draft history
Originally published April 20, 2016 at 1:19 pm Updated April 22, 2016 at 2:57 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories looking back at draft-day decisions that shaped the future of the Seahawks — one that worked out well and one that didn’t.
This story looks at the 1991 decision to pick QB Dan McGwire over Brett Favre. In the second story we go back to 1997, when the Seahawks nearly passed on left tackle Walter Jones.
As the Seahawks prepared for the 1991 NFL draft, they didn’t keep their intentions for their first-round pick a secret.
“We needed a quarterback,’’ said Tom Flores, who was then the Seahawks’ president and general manager.
And with the No. 16 overall pick, the Seahawks seemed positioned to grab a quarterback who could learn for a year or two under veteran Dave Krieg and then take over.
The only question: Which quarterback? The answer turned out to be possibly the biggest “What if?” in Seahawks history.
Instead of taking a quarterback whose senior season had been pockmarked by injuries and whose maturity some questioned — Southern Mississippi’s Brett Favre — the Seahawks opted for a quarterback who was a favorite of then-owner Ken Behring — San Diego State’s Dan McGwire, the younger brother of baseball star Mark McGwire.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sea ... s-history/
Originally published April 20, 2016 at 1:19 pm Updated April 22, 2016 at 2:57 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories looking back at draft-day decisions that shaped the future of the Seahawks — one that worked out well and one that didn’t.
This story looks at the 1991 decision to pick QB Dan McGwire over Brett Favre. In the second story we go back to 1997, when the Seahawks nearly passed on left tackle Walter Jones.
As the Seahawks prepared for the 1991 NFL draft, they didn’t keep their intentions for their first-round pick a secret.
“We needed a quarterback,’’ said Tom Flores, who was then the Seahawks’ president and general manager.
And with the No. 16 overall pick, the Seahawks seemed positioned to grab a quarterback who could learn for a year or two under veteran Dave Krieg and then take over.
The only question: Which quarterback? The answer turned out to be possibly the biggest “What if?” in Seahawks history.
Instead of taking a quarterback whose senior season had been pockmarked by injuries and whose maturity some questioned — Southern Mississippi’s Brett Favre — the Seahawks opted for a quarterback who was a favorite of then-owner Ken Behring — San Diego State’s Dan McGwire, the younger brother of baseball star Mark McGwire.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sea ... s-history/