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Preview: How much is a top quarterback pick worth to the Seahawks?

Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III shakes hands with Baylor head coach Art Briles after Griffin announced Wednesday that he would skip his senior year and enter the NFL draft. Do the Seahawks have a chance of getting him? Art Thiel says it's slim.
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Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III shakes hands with Baylor head coach Art Briles after Griffin announced Wednesday that he would skip his senior year and enter the NFL draft. Do the Seahawks have a chance of getting him? Art Thiel says it's slim.

Baylor quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III announced this week he was skipping his senior year and entering the NFL draft. That got a lot of Seahawks fans wondering whether the team would make a play for him.

KPLU sports commentator Art Thiel said it would take a lot of maneuvering for the Seahawks to even be in place to draft Griffin. And Art wonders if it would be worth it, given what the team would have to give up to get him.

Art Thiel's weekly commentary is coming up tomorrow morning at 5:35 and 7:35 on 88.5 KPLU. Check back here for a blog of our conversation.

Kirsten Kendrick hosts Morning Edition on KNKX and the sports interview series "Going Deep," talking with folks tied to sports in our region about what drives them — as professionals and people.
Art Thiel is a co-founder and writer for the rising sports website Sportspress Northwest. In 2003 Thiel wrote the definitive book about the Seattle Mariners, “Out of Left Field,” which became a regional bestseller. In 2009, along with Steve Rudman and KJR 950 afternoon host Mike Gastineau, Thiel authored “The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists,” a cross between historylink.org and Mad Magazine that has become mandatory reading for any sports fan who has an indoor bathroom.