Voice your thoughts on three of the most intriguing picks, and if you would make a different choice than John Schneider.
With the new rookies in camp, and the NFL draft only 10 days past, the buzz of Spring football is still strong. Let’s reflect on the Seattle Seahawks rookie class and take the opportunity to play armchair General Manager for a moment. Not the predictive version that John Gilbert runs and announces the winners, but put the entire draft in a vacuum and tell us if you’d have done things differently!
I lay before you three options. This has been a wildly heralded draft, replete with huge upside in the top of the draft and strong possibility of big steals in the late rounds. Therefore, it’s not as easy as “L.J. Collier or Literally Anyone Else”, but we’ve got some options nevertheless.
Grey Zabel OR ?
From John Schneider’s insinuations, this year was a carbon copy of last. Seattle’s always interested in trading down, but nothing came through the lines that warranted pulling the trigger.
Sticking at 18, Jihaad Campbell or one of the top wide receivers (Matthew Golden?) would have been available.
The value of guard and center continues to get pounded in draft coverage. Unquestionably Zabel was the biggest need, but looking at how the rest of the round progressed, do you like the value there or does something else catch your eye?
Trade up for Nick Emmanwori OR keep all four Day 2 picks
We know from Schneider that they had a first round grade on Emmanwori, if not virtually identical to Zabel. To the Seahawks, this was worth it.
But oh, what FOUR picks between 50 and 92 had promised! Are you ok with losing 82 and landing TE Elijah Arroyo at 50?
By then, Emmanwori would have been long gone, but some of the best receivers of the draft were still around even in the 80s.
Day 2 could have looked something like:
- Arroyo
- One of the defensive line studs like Shemar Stewart or even Mike Green
- Center Jared Wilson
- Jalen Milroe
Robbie Ouzts OR Shedeur Sanders
I’m kidding. Calm down.
Schneider went ballistic in Round 5, trading around a gazillion times. So really, they could have stuck in a couple of places, and almost anyone from the back end of the fourth would have been available. But let’s say for argument sake, they hadn’t moved down so far and ended up with a player who’ll be converted to fullback in the fifth round, and instead we dream of:
Robbie Ouzts OR Marcus Mbow
Ranked the 6th best guard in the entire draft, Mbow was taken with the 18th pick in the fifth round while Mel Kiper was losing his mind on set. Zah Frazier was also available, a cornerback from the same school as Riq Woolen who was a mild surprise to be still available at that point.
Either way, Seattle could have walked out of that round with guaranteed solid competition for the final guard spot or third corner. Instead, days after declaring Brady Russell was officially converting to fullback, they drafted one.
Vote now! Tell us your different selection in the comments.
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