Former College of Michigan beginning quarterback and nationwide championship winner J.J. McCarthy has seen his draft inventory rise significantly in current weeks. There’s hypothesis that he could also be off the board throughout the first 5 picks, if not second general to the Washington Commanders.
Previous to final week’s Michigan Professional Day, the Seattle Seahawks have been reportedly among the many groups that had an in depth go to with McCarthy in Ann Arbor.
Forward of his Friday Professional Day, Michigan QB JJ McCarthy had prolonged conferences Thursday in Ann Arbor with 3 groups—the Patriots, Seahawks and Commanders. Seattle coach Mike Macdonald was with McCarthy at Michigan in 2021.
McCarthy’s been glorious in that setting, assembly with groups.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 25, 2024
Seattle beforehand met with McCarthy on the NFL mix. There’s no report that he’s had or can have a proper high 30 go to, which might imply touring to the Seahawks’ staff services for an interview and a bodily.
If we go by the hype surrounding McCarthy, the percentages that he’s obtainable when Seattle is on the clock at No. 16 may be very slim. The Seahawks have by no means traded up within the first spherical underneath John Schneider, and presumably they’d need to half methods with a key participant or two and/or main draft capital with a view to commerce up for a first-round QB. Each the Commanders and Patriots are much more prone to land McCarthy than Seattle.
With the Seahawks buying and selling for Sam Howell, it doesn’t exclude Seattle from drafting a quarterback, however the mixture of the Howell acquisition and the choice to restructure Geno Smith’s contract theoretically cut back the chance that Seattle’s first draft alternative is a quarterback. It’s not like that is the primary time we’ve seen the Seahawks eyeing quarterbacks projected to go towards the highest of the draft order, however it’s all the time price taking note of regardless of Seattle’s historical past of not taking QBs early.
Different quarterbacks the Seahawks have met with (both on the mix or a high 30 go to) embrace Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels of LSU, Drake Maye of North Carolina, Tulane’s Michael Pratt, and UCF’s John Rhys Plumlee.