Seahawks wanted Patrick Mahomes and move on from Russell Wilson

If John Schneider had his approach again in 2017, Patrick Mahomes would have fallen to late within the first spherical for the Seattle Seahawks to draft him. 

Oh, what may have been for the Seattle Seahawks. Whereas the staff is in the midst of its dramatic cleaning soap opera with famous person signal-caller Russell Wilson, it seems to be like this all may have been prevented had normal supervisor John Schneider gotten his want again in 2017.

That’s as a result of Schneider was hopeful that Patrick Mahomes would fall late within the first spherical. If he was nonetheless on the board, Seattle would have used its prime choose on him. As an alternative, the Chiefs traded up and snagged him with the No. 10 general choice. The remainder is historical past.

The Seattle Seahawks have been able to draft Patrick Mahomes earlier than the Chiefs wound up with him

Think about if Mahomes would have made his solution to the Pacific Northwest. He’d be the starter for Seattle and Wilson can be suiting up elsewhere. All we will do now is consider what may have been on this scenario.

Mahomes has after all turn out to be top-of-the-line signal-callers within the recreation, serving to the Chiefs win the Tremendous Bowl in February of 2020, whereas additionally taking house Tremendous Bowl MVP honors. This previous season, he additionally was sensational and practically led Kansas Metropolis to a repeat as champs.

Sadly, they suffered a tough loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady with the Lombardi Trophy on the road. Mahomes signed his record-breaking $502 million contract earlier than the season too.

As for Wilson, his points with the Seahawks this offseason have been properly documented. A lot in actual fact, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Thursday that though he hasn’t demanded a commerce, Wilson is open to be sent to the Cowboys, Saints, Raiders and Bears. It feels up within the air whether or not or not Wilson will lead the Seahawks out Week 1, whereas that’s not a priority for the Chiefs with Mahomes.