The Seahawks’ decision that day turned out to be between a player who will be a first ballot Hall of Famer and another regarded as one of the biggest first-round busts of all time.
As the Seahawks prepared for the 1991 NFL draft, they didn’t keep their intentions for their first-round pick a secret.
“We needed a quarterback,’’ said Tom Flores, who was then the Seahawks’ president and general manager.
And with the No. 16 overall pick, the Seahawks’ seemed positioned to grab a quarterback who could learn for a year or two under veteran Dave Krieg and then take over.