"The Seattle Seahawks need a quarterback. Badly.

But ESPN's John Clayton believes the Arizona Cardinals need one, too, and writes in his Wednesday column that because of that need, the Cardinals are a 2-1 favorite to land Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Kevin Kolb.

You know, whenever that becomes possible.

Clayton does see the Seahawks as the runners-up in this sweepstakes, putting their odds of trading for Kolb at 10-1. Miami (100-1) and Cleveland (1,000-1) are also listed as potential but unlikely suitors.

So, why Arizona? Clayton points out that the Cardinals play the league's easiest schedule next season, and the fact that they're in the NFC West will make it easy for them to "plug" Kolb into their offense and have immediate, tangible success against what is expected to be a weak division once again.

So, why not the Seahawks? Clayton thinks Seattle can get close to the same production out of Matt Hasselbeck if they can manage to re-sign him, meaning a move for the likely higher-priced Kolb (he'll be a free agent at the end of the 2011-12 season) wouldn't make much sense."