5 quarterbacks Seahawks should wait to take in the 2023 NFL draft

Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina

McCall offers NFL teams more of an immediate answer than Hooker, most likely, simply because he takes care of the ball so well and doesn’t turn it over. Plus, he is extremely accurate and this means keeping drives alive. This is something Seattle didn’t do in 2021, even when Russell Wilson was healthy.

Wilson was a great quarterback but he far too often over the last few years tried to get 30 yards when the team only needed 2 or 3. This is something the Broncos will learn about Wilson too. The AFC West is ridiculously tough at this point and Denver will have to win some close games. Not giving the ball back to quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes and Derek Carr and Justin Herbert will be important but Wilson will do that by going for the home run too much.

McCall has a decent arm, mind you. I am not saying if Seattle takes him in 2023 that he will simply be a game manager and not throw long to DK Metcalf. McCall will but he also seems to have an awareness of what down and distance means.

If Seattle is trying to build back its defense and get back to the team it was in the early 2010s with a dominant defense and a quarterback who doesn’t turn the ball over but can still make a play or three that changes the outcomes of games, McCall might be the guy.