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The story of the Seahawks last 8 years if they never drafted Russell Wilson

By Willie Keeler

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle Seahawks and Lamar Jackson #8 of the Baltimore Ravens shake hands after the game at CenturyLink Field on October 20, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. The Baltimore Ravens top the Seattle Seahawks 30-16. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 20: Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle Seahawks and Lamar Jackson #8 of the Baltimore Ravens shake hands after the game at CenturyLink Field on October 20, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. The Baltimore Ravens top the Seattle Seahawks 30-16. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /
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Seattle Seahawks Teddy Bridgewater
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – OCTOBER 29: Teddy Bridgewater #5 of the Carolina Panthers points to the defense of the Atlanta Falcons during the second quarter at Bank of America Stadium on October 29, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

2014: Seahawks take another shot at QB and draft Teddy Bridgewater

There’s now a growing concern in the Seahawks front office about the QB situation. The Seahawks need to take advantage of one of the best defenses of all time along with weapons on offense like Doug Baldwin and Marshawn Lynch. These weapons, along with a stellar offensive line led by pro-bowlers Russell Okung, Max Unger, and Brandon Brooks (who the Seahawks took earlier instead of Wilson), managed to hide some of the awful QB play and helped the Seahawks get to the playoffs.

The Seahawks decide to keep their mid-to-late first-round pick (Actually traded the pick to the Vikings) and draft Teddy Bridgewater, as Carroll and Schneider had him as the best QB in the draft and say later that he was too good to pass up on. 2014 was also a horrible free-agent class for QB’s, so if Seattle wanted to go after a QB it would have to be in the draft.

The Seahawks release Matt Flynn who couldn’t garner any trade interest and was in the final year of his contract, and name Bridgewater the starter with Geno Smith as the backup.

While Bridgewater does not have an amazing rookie season, it is good enough with the weapons around him to go 11-5 yet again and win the NFC West for the first time since 2010. In the Wild Card round the Seahawks defeat the Lions, then defeat the Cowboys on the road in the divisional round (because of course, the Cowboys can’t make the NFC Championship game even in an alternate universe).

However, the Seahawks meet their match in the NFC Championship game getting demolished by the Packers at Lambeau, and Brandon Bostick makes the play of the day with a one-handed grab for a touchdown.

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