This is the Seahawks’ most interesting preseason opener in more than a dozen years.

Because of a coach. Because of a quarterback. Because Seattle finally drafted one.

Jalen Milroe will make his NFL debut Thursday night. He may play the majority of the snaps when the Seahawks host the Las Vegas Raiders in an NFL preseason game at Lumen Field (7:00 p.m., KING-5 locally).

Milroe has been looking forward to this — and feeling belief from his Seahawks coaches — since the night they drafted him in the third round , in late April.

“The Seahawks knew I was the best quarterback in the draft. They emphasized that,” Milroe said.

“(It’s) number one, words of affirmation. Number two, the belief system of everyone there. That’s all it takes. You walk differently, you play differently and you have

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