Are we all just straight up ignoring how the past 5 years of Seahawks football evolved solely to grow a vineyard of sour grapes? What are we even doing here?
QBOTF was absolutely not a necessary conversation to have until the wheels fell off, relationship-wise, with Russ. Going into 2020, he was coming off of two of his best years yet behind a stellar run game crafted by Solari and Schottenheimer. His efficiency was off the charts.
In 2020, the Let Russ Cook year, there were some obvious issues that cropped up. I became a huge proponent of trading Russ during this period, but even I can acknowledge that it would've been rash not to try to get things back to where they were a couple of years prior. It wasn't inherent regression on Russell's end causing this downturn - he was who he always was, and the contract they had signed him to prevented us from moving on instantly.
Again, at this point, quarterback is not a realistic consideration high in the draft.
So, in 2018, 2019, and 2020 - there was literally no good reason to start trying to nail down quarterback, and there was ABSOLUTELY no justification at the time for packaging your whole capital into drafting one. The focus was trying to get one last crack at the big game with Russ, and that was the correct focus at the time.
In 2021, things fell apart, and that was it. We got a haul for Russ. In 2022, there were absolutely zero quarterbacks worth drafting, and none presented any improvement over what Geno ended up being. No, Brock Purdy does not count. In 2023, Will Levis was your only option and he's also done no better than Geno.
I have no idea what you guys are looking for. Yes, absolutely, take a shot if one doesn't present an inordinate amount of risk of setting us back years. If they identify the dude, then go friggin' get him! Even better if they don't have to trade up. But there's a lot of invented past being thrown around here that just... is not how any of this went down. At all.