Rob Rang’s 2025 NFL Scouting Combine Preview

And while that may be true for some, fan interest really takes an uptick with the annual NFL Scouting Combine, which begins Thursday in Indianapolis.

There certainly are plenty of intriguing storylines for Seahawks fans this year.

For starters, this will be the first Combine that Macdonald and his coaches have attended with the Seahawks. Last year at this time he was assembling his staff and watching workouts and interviews online, while Schneider and his scouts assessed the prospects live from Lucas Oil Stadium.

That cross-continental collaboration resulted in a foundational rookie class for the Seahawks, led by Byron Murphy II, Tyrice Knight and AJ Barner.

Added to the perspective of Seattle’s top scouts this year is Macdonald’s fine-tuned understanding of his current team after a full year on the job, and, of course, the 84 combined years of NFL coaching experience added with the hiring of offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, offensive line coach John Benton, run game coordinator and senior offensive advisor Rick Dennison and quarterback coach Andrew Janocko in the past month.

The expanded Seahawks staff present at the Combine this week will be taking in a class full of fascinating storylines.

Let’s start at quarterback, where the Seahawks have a decision to make with Geno Smith entering the final year of his deal.

This year’s quarterback class lacks the perceived “blue chip” star normally selected No. 1 overall. Though there is some disagreement over their order, the nearly-consensus top two signal-callers in this class are Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward – the one-time Washington State star.

Neither is likely to be available to the Seahawks at No. 18 overall, but that won’t keep Seattle’s talent evaluators from paying close attention whenever either is in the room – whether speaking, throwing or sitting out the workout entirely and waiting for their Pro Day, as the top-rated quarterbacks in any given year often do.

In my opinion, the even more intriguing fits for the Seahawks at quarterback this year lie with projected Day Two picks, such as Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart, Syracuse’s Kyle McCord, Texas’ Quinn Ewers, or the two signal-callers who battled in this year’s national championship game, Ohio State’s Will Howard and Notre Dame’s Riley Leonard.

And while the perception is that Alabama’s Jalen Milroe currently lacks…