The game's score was meaningless. As good as the Seattle Seahawks looked in preseason Week 2, one might assume the team was well on its way to the Super Bowl. That game was meaningless, too. At least, the starters got some work in.
What made Seattle's last preseason game of 2025 quite interesting is that rookie quarterback Jalen Milroe was going to play the entire game. He might be playing with backups against the Green Bay Packers' backups, but he would still be getting valuable reps.
Even NFL backups are better players than what Milroe faced in college. The speed and power of the game are different. The rookie isn't going to start (not intentionally anyway) in 2025, so any work he can get is going to help him in the future.
Key observations from Seahawks quarterback Jalen Milroe's battle versus the Packers
Jalen Milroe's work against the Packers starters was iffy
To be fair to Seattle's starting quarterback for preseason Week 3, he was facing the best of what Green Bay had to offer defensively. Meanwhile, the quarterback was playing with, at best, the Seahawks' second-team offensive line, and some deep cuts as far as skill position players.
Milroe had a nice (and safe) throw to tight end Nick Kallerup, but he appeared to be mostly in panic mode. He should have been. He was faced with a no-win situation. He took a sack of eight yards to end the opening drive as Seattle punted.
Still, the reps versus the Packers' first-team defense were valuable. Milroe needs to get used to the speed of the NFL. This was one step toward that.
Jalen Milroe must have control the ball better
After logically failing against the Packers' starters, Milroe did two things that will keep him on the bench: He fumbled. One was when he didn't secure the ball under pressure and coughed the ball up at the Green Bay 30-yard line. The other was on a tush push (which the Seahawks ran to perfection), but Milroe had the ball punched out. The QB had three fumbles in the game, all of which were lost.
The quarterback could throw the ball effectively and show he understands when to run the ball on RPOs, but turnovers are a huge no-no. He will never play consistently unless he understands how to hold on to the ball. He fumbled six times at Alabama in 2024, and that trend needs to cease immediately.
Jalen Milroe didn't learn and adjust
From rookie minicamp through the preseason, Seahawks fans heard a lot about Milroe's high football IQ. That doesn't mean reading a playbook and quickly applying the teachings in practice. It means making a mistake in a game and not doing the same thing next time.
Yet, Seattle's offense didn't evolve as the game grew old. Milroe began by going pointless against the Packers' starters and continued that even though Green Bay was digging deep into its group of backups. The game was ultimately meaningless to the team, but it wasn't in how the team sees Milroe. He showed he has a long way to go.
It's too early to give up on Jalen Milroe because...
...everyone knew he was raw. The great part for the quarterback is he finally began to play better in the fourth quarter when Green Bay was playing a lot of guys who probably will be out of the NFL in less than a week. Still, Milroe made one rope of a throw to Cody White for 25 yards that proved why teams liked him.
The issue is that Seattle Seahawks rookie quarterback Jalen Milroe might not get a lot better unless he gets real reps, but if he gets those reps something very bad has happened in Seattle. He isn't good...yet. In 2027, he might be.