Seahawks’ Jalen Milroe producing coaching camp buzz, and bombs
He throws 60-yard spirals for touchdowns. He has a Madden pace score of 93, behind solely the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson amongst NFL quarterbacks. And after every follow followers flock for his autograph.
Sam Darnold is the Seattle Seahawks’ beginning quarterback. Nevertheless it’s rookie Jalen Milroe that is producing essentially the most buzz early in coaching camp.
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With Darnold and his three-year, $100 million contract entrenched as QB1, there is no pathway to Milroe stepping in instantly and having a Jayden Daniels-like impact on the group in 2025. That stated, it is also inconceivable to disregard Milroe’s poise, precision and, sure, pizzazz.
Within the wake of choosing him within the third spherical of final April’s NFL Draft, Seattle normal supervisor John Schneider raised eyebrows when he in contrast Milroe to Corridor-of-Fame gunslinger Brett Favre. His cannon of an arm was on show on the the group’s Fan Fest exercise at Lumen Discipline. He completed the follow with the 60-yard bomb, after hitting rookie receiver Tyrone Broden with a wonderfully thrown landing.
After the follow nobody signed extra autographs than Milroe, proving he is already a fan favourite.
Even when he does not take Darnold’s job, Milroe has evident belongings that might make him part of Klint Kubiak’s offense this season. In a follow final week he rolled out on a bootleg after which effortlessly glided for a achieve of roughly 20 yards.
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Milroe additionally, nevertheless, generally reminds that he is a uncooked rookie, evidenced by a nasty throw that was intercepted by security Nick Emmanwori.
“We had been throwing so much at him schematically on protection, but it surely’s good for him to form of get trial by hearth in a few of these situational issues and we’ll study from these early in follow,” head coach Mike Macdonald stated of Milroe final week. “To have the ability to come again in a vital 2-minute state of affairs and principally win the sport for the offense by making two actually nice performs, and that is not a straightforward operation proper there on the finish … it is nice to see. So it simply exhibits you the rebound, the poise. It was superior to see. He ended follow the suitable approach.”