“The interceptions, I’ve just got to do a better job… I was trying to give us a chance. But I’ve got to play smarter football.” – Sam Howell, serving up self-awareness like a barista who just burned your latte. Let’s set the scene: It’s April 2025, and the Seattle Seahawks are doing their best impression of The Bachelor—except instead of roses, they’re handing out playbooks. New head coach Mike Macdonald, a man who looks like he could diagram a blitz in his sleep, is ready to swipe left on his $4M backup QB, Sam Howell.
The #Seahawks are open to trading QB Sam Howell and have received inquiries from teams, sources told @BradyHenderson and me. https://t.co/IDSAILLaxd
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) April 19, 2025
Why? Because Tyler Shough—a 6’5” cannon-armed enigma with more plot twists than Stranger Things—is waiting in the wings. Imagine if Forrest Gump played quarterback. Shough’s career is a seven-year odyssey spanning Oregon, Texas Tech, and Louisville, with pit stops at ‘Broken Collarbone Blvd’ and ‘Fibula Fracture Lane.’ He’s a 4-star recruit who backed up Justin Herbert, got COVID-blocked, then transferred twice while collecting injuries like Pokémon cards.
Yet, here he is—2024’s dark-horse darling, a “surprise first-rounder” per NFL.com’s Tom Pellissero, who argues Shough’s “physical tangibles” (cannon arm, prototypical size) outweigh his Final Destination injury luck. “Shough has thrust himself into the next-tier conversation… many scouts rank him above [Shedeur Sanders, Jaxson Dart].” – Pellissero, basically calling Shough the draft’s ‘hold my beer’ candidate.
As draft night looms, Seattle’s war room faces a Choose Your Own Adventure moment. Do they hitch their wagon to Shough’s tantalizing upside, or pray Howell’s 92 college TDs flicker back to life? Either way, it’s peak NFL drama—a league where “trust the process” collides with “YOLO” every Thursday night.
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