Curveballs aplenty as SEAHAWKS complete 2024 draft class - MY FINAL GRADE (PLUS 5 Takeaways!!!)
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2024
- John Schneider's first draft without Pete Carroll by his side is now in the books, as he adds 8 new rookies to Mike Macdonald's first roster as head coach of the Seahawks.
How'd he do?
In this episode I'll give you my overall grade for the ENTIRE class (which includes 10 total players) as well as 5 overall takeaways, and what I think some of these moves might mean in the big picture.
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Knight played on bad teams with bad coaches in a weird 4-2-5 scheme yet led the nation in tackles. Lots of upside with good coaching. And we got an extra pick by going with him.
Love the draft. The Hawks will give Geno more protection and see how he will progress next year. The trade to get Same Howell was a secure blanket in case Geno injures. They hope that Geno will have more time to find his targets. With Brian Grubb play-callings, the offence will be excited to watch next year. The defence with young and explosive players will be challenging for the opponents facing Mike Macdonald confused schemes. Go Hawks!!!
Having a run game again is a sound goal too.
@@billytheweaselabsolutely agree. A lot of Geno's issues were that the run game was virtually non-existent last year.
I really don’t understand why people are bagging on Tyrice Knight pick. Dude is a good football player that I trust MacDonald can develop.
I'll trust the Seahawk's draft 2024, until I don't!
K9 and Zach gonna bust them loose with that O-Line! Lets go Hawks! Two CBs from Auburn is playa 😮😮😮😮😮
I love more time for Geno but i really can’t wait to see k9 go crazy with actual holes to run through not having to bounce outside and make something spectacular happen
Geno has to be happy about adding Superman's dad on the line
Always love your take, it’s thought out and reasonable. I have to take a jab at all the people who absolutely insist we draft a QB… love seeing you all whine. I also want to point out that everyone used to say “Pete just loves to draft CBs” well well well.. Pete is gone and John still took 2 CBs… so maybe Pete wasn’t responsible for all those “bad” picks after all. Maybe someday we’ll know but for now that’s all just speculation. I’m happy with this years draft. We’ll see how it pans out.
I think Sam is gonna be really good! I liked him against us, but didn't seem like he had much going on with that team. I hope he is able to really show off on ours!
Took three cb…
Great coverage this off-season. I like this draft. Loved watching Byron Murphy fall neatly into our lap. As usual at this point after the draft all I see is tons of potential in our new guys.
You said what I have said, regarding the Coaches, the Scouts and the Front Office. It's their job!!
I'm seeing players coming in, who are capable of being able to move around, toughness, play multiple positions! Fast, gritty and tough, and also players who have good football IQ.
Exactly. MacDonald wants toughness and athleticism. Look at that Ravens roster, I mean.... lol
I personally LOVE the picks. Sure that very last pick may be a head scratcher, but what team doesn't have a head scratching move. As you and Dan and others have said, there's folks in that building who have deeper knowledge than any of us internet nerds do, and they obviously like who they picked and see good things in their current roster. I wasn't sure where things would go after Pete and crew got cleared out. but I am really liking what I'm seeing so far with the new crew.
I'm glad you addressed that topic 10min in Dan. I went from streaming my favorite channels nonstop all off-season to having to tune out immediately after the draft.
Experts always say you draft for potential/upside. If you draft a finished product it is probably in the 1st rd.
If Mike sees Knight as a ball of clay he can mold into a "Mike" LB I'm good with that. Anybody tripping about the trade back are the same people who were mad we didn't have a 5th. Anybody tripping about the 7th rd pick, take a walk.
You mean sixth round pick?…
@@brianmyers4444 mostly the 4th rd LB Knight.
I’m a Griz fan and watched every snap Patrick O’Connell took and he’s an absolute animal. He’s more than capable to blossom into a stud I was enamored when we got him as an udfa and super impressed he made the team. Great video you got my subscription
The 4th round was stacked with talent that fell. So to leave that round without any of Sanders, Gray, Trotter, VPG, Dorlus, McCormick, Mahogany, Brade, Stover, TJ Tampa is absolutely wild to me.
My take on Knight is, that the motor this young man has, the willingness to make a read and go get it, it's unteachable and more important to them than the more polished skills of the other guys they passed on.
They can coach him up, make him more polished, but they can't give those guys they passed on, the attitude, the "dog in the fight" that he already has.
Knight will be a blitzer and special teamer early on. He has an elite 10 yard split at 1.54. Same as Chop Robinson. And a massive wingspan, suggesting that he could put on 15-20 pounds with ease.
We've been waiting so long to beef up those lines im actually feeling relieved. 49ers set the bar in the NFC with line play which makes everyone's job that much easier.
Fantastic wrap-up show Dan.
The Knight pick confuses me. Maybe they see him as a guy who will be able to cover in the middle someday?
It'll be interesting to see how Coach Mike uses him. I'm assuming they keep him - as a potential Queen 2.0
Great content Dan, thank you! Right side O-line is stacked but the re-positioning is a concern and might depend on coaching voodoo.
The guy moves around, can hit the gap, & blitzes well. All things Macdonald likes. Probably why they rated him much higher than others.
I was excited last year about the draft picks and the team as a whole and was unpleasantly surprised that this team didn't play up to my expectations. Like.last year, this draft, I liked the picks but we will see how it all plays out. I believe our first two picks will be starting and immediately contributing to the team. The rest of our picks, I believe will be a work in progress. I really hope they will pick things up quickly and grow into great players with a future in the NFL. If not, this being Mike's first year as a head coach, I'm sure will learn who is more his guy for future years to come. Go Hawks!.
Definitely gonna watch your channel more. Appreciate the content! Go HAWKS!
Thank you Carl!
I"m more and more jealous of what the eagles are doing and feel like they are doing and drafting the players that I have loved in the draft and are building their team stylistically how I want us to build. Might have to become an eagles fan.
Did they not sign okung to a second contract?
❤ this draft. We needed the CB depth more than people think Trey Brown could be out before the season starts. Kobe Bryant is going to safety that lose Michael Jackson and already Burns. I like both these corners and see what happens but I’m glad they did it. It was needed
I like knight too people didn’t like the Wagner pick when it happened. Not saying he’s Wagner but he could end up being great. He’s just as athletic
So happy they bolstered the lines and I think Murphy is going to be Donaldesque
Williams and Murphy are going to anchor the DL for the next 3 years (at least), fantastic. There's a chance 2 new rookie guard will start this season (Bradford should be worried). Schneider picked guys that are very smart, react fast. Grade B this draft.
Coby Bryant moving to safety maybe? Heard conference call of Micheal Jerrell he is very well spoken and intelligent as well.
Days 1 & 2 = grade A & day 3 = B. I recall 99.9% of pundits disrespecting BWags & Russ class as worst draft of the decade.
Saying both Bwags & Russ wud bust as were 2 small & 2 slow & wud be cut before pre-season.
I think new day 3 star CB's can be found like Sherman & Byron Maxwell
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New day 3 LB's like KJWright & Malcom Smith
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New day 3 OL's like Sweezy & G.Fant.
JS has a good record of finding unpolished gem's on day 3.
Most vital to note is that we used our R2 on Big Cat a top 10 & top 20% experienced nfl pro bowl DT to teach BM2 over next 2-3 yrs.
We also used a R4 (or R7 per Condotta) on Sam Howell who is already better & younger than Nix & Penix & Rattler.
Sam's stats after 17 games are better than Josh Allen after 17 games (eg TD to INT ratio).
We also get 3 guys back from IR who hardly played in rookie seasons
R4 DL Cam Young
R5 DL Mike Morris (OL award winner)
R7 KR/RB Kenny Mac are effectively red shirt rookies in this class
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Expect huge 2nd yr Boye Mafe type leaps from Derek Hall & Olu, (Mafe was very weak in Rookie yr then exploded over a 7 game stretch in yr 2).
R2 OLB Derek Hall
R5 Oluwatimi.
For some southern boys from hot humid climates, it can take 1 - 3 yrs to settle into NFL's Stormiest Rainiest Windiest City, huge miles away from home sweet home & momma's nice cooking & sweet love.
This is really a 13 man class.
With 5 clear potential stars in
DL Big Cat Leo W,
QB Sam H,
DL BM2 (a potential AD99/Mike Bennett hybrid),
OCG C.Haynes, (a potential Unger/Hutchison hybrid)
DL Mike Morris
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my Prof brain thinks
some stars will be found from day 3, I recall most 12s saying Shermans & Maxwell KJW & Dissly & Sweezy's & Unger were wasted picks. I recall most 12s voting in online polls saying those picks would be busts except Unger, who they said should have been taken in R5-7.
I have a good feeling about 5,
Multi-skilled AJB,
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Superfast boys Nehemiah P & DJ James
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Strong boys Satuoa L & Jerrell etc.
Time will tell & we will know more after the pre-season games.
Keep praying 12s, its how the Chiefs fans ended 50 years of hurt.
If we get only 1 all-pro star & the rest fail, then we had a great draft.
Lord willing, we will recruit more than 1 star.
Great insights. With all the new changes, for the first time in several years, I am anxiously looking forward to the upcoming Seahawk season.
Thanks Dan for the complete update..
I appreciate Dan's positive overall take on the Seahawks' draft, but I'm still feeling pretty underwhelmed by their day three picks. I certainly hope I'm proven wrong and we get some solid starters out of this group, but it seems like the team is going to be depending on the coaches a LOT to coach these guys up, as well some of the guys from the previous couple drafts who may have regressed last year.
I agree…but here’s the thing. You don’t go in expecting to get starters on day 3. You are looking for role players and special teams players, with the hope that maybe a guy emerges…but that’s not the plan.
@@brandonl2555 Lockett, Wilson and Mebane were rd 3, Kam rd 4, Sherm rd 5. I Can't blame a guy for some pretty good memories! Some of these picks and re-positions will require mad coach skills. Good times.
@@billytheweasel first off, you totally expect to get starters out of the 3rd. Secondly I’m not saying you don’t get starters or impact players from later in the draft. I’m just saying you don’t start fitting the guy you took a flyer on in the 5th round with a gold jacket before rookie mini camp. In all reality most of those late round guys probably aren’t going to develop into starters, because most players in the late rounds don’t develop into starters. For every Richard Sherman there’s 50 like DeMarcus Christmass . For every Kam theres 30 like Alton Robinsons. You can also get UDFA like Doug Baldwin…but for every Baldwin there’s 1000 Jimmy LeGrees.
Sure they happen…you don’t expect it.
@@brandonl2555 okay, not a GM so… I’ll just sit here trying to glue the shards of last season’s remote together. Hey any good QB’s or Edges in UDFA?
I appreciate your comments Dan!
Really early in the draft process someone wrote an article about Knight being a fit with Macdonald, it wasn’t completely out of left field. Might have got him at #136 or later but we don’t know that. Thing about this particular draft is we aren’t all that familiar with what works for Macdonald. We haven’t seen what the new priorities are for years and years like with Carroll, and we don’t know what they’re hearing about other teams interest. It’s more silly than usual to get worked up about it.
Good stuff, Dan. Thanks!
Think the eagles wanted knight, they immediately traded after he was picked. I just wished they would have walked away with a hicks, mustapha ,Tampa or wingo. I dig it. I’m pretty bullish on this draft class/ hope they prove some people wrong!
I agree with you on the B+ but mainly because they didn't take a QB or it would have been lower.
Great breakdown. I had a thought a few weeks ago we could see Witherspoon move to Safety.
He isn’t a safety….no way….we have our safeties already….
Thought one of the interesting moves was not taking a receiver. Granted, we were thin on pics, but when was the last draft we didn’t take a wide out? Maybe a Pete vestige left behind. The list of failed WR pics was endless under Pete/John
I'm so glad carrol is gone man wow
I like these picks. Trenches really good picks. Great pic Haynes. Knight tackling machine, period. Barber like it. Not bad draft.
Why should the Hawks address the Edge position? We probably have the deepest Edge rotation in the entire league. 😂
Well, we actually have quite a few options out there, first off they will be moving Dremont Jones back to his original position as DE, Both Byron Murphy and Leonard Williams can play DE and dominate. Plus you still have Mike Morris, Derick Hall and Darrell Taylor as your true DE's. But now with Macdonalds scheme, it will be interesting to see how he uses Uchenna Nuwosu and Boye Mafe. We will be fine. Remember last year in the first half, the Hawks were one of the better teams in the sacks category and now we got some more talent
@@danielostrowski9796When Uchenna went down things went south fast. Taylor is a a serious liability against the run. Hall was ok against the run but showed nothing in the pass rush. I understand that Hall was a rookie and may have had an injury. It will be interesting with the new coaches and the new schemes how players get used.
Going into the off season I wanted them to fix the run defense and the offensive line. I think the run defense and the passing defense will be better. The O line is still a big question. Cross should be better in year 3. I hope Lucas will be healthy this year. We brought in Fant as insurance. Olu has only started 2 games in his rookie year behind a weak starter. Right guard should be better with Bradford starting 10 games as a rookie and the round three draft pick for UCon. Left guard Is an aging Tomlinson or one of the right guards. We drafted more Offensive Lineman on day three but you can’t count on those guys.
Yeah, I'm still wondering about last year's guys. Mike Morris, Cam Young, Bradford etc....Even Levi Bell. Just seems like alot if guys have fallen through the cracks under the last regime particularly receivers. I hope they can turn Darrell Taylor around and do something with Derek Hall.
I think our biggest draft success, though it remains to be proven, was “drafting” a new coaching staff. The previous staff was flat out awful (slow to adjust, undisciplined etc.), starting with Pete. His inflexible fingerprints were all over our roster and our predictable playbook on both sides of the ball. Why, for example, when so many teams focused on offense in the draft (as that seems to be where success in the playoffs is trending) did we have to focus so much on defense (which was Pete’s side of the ball) and the trenches? Because PC’s defense was terrible and Pete and John have been shopping at Scubs-R-Us on both sides of the line for years (esp. the O-line). Mike MacDonald and company will get it right, though it may take some time, as we’ve also GM’ed ourselves into a bit of a corner with cap space and are still trying to extricate ourselves from some very bad roster moves (like giving up a king’s ransom for Adams). But the focus early on in building from the inside out is refreshing to see, and a good start for the new regime.
How many Huskies will sign with Hawks for UDFA? Dillon? Westover? Did Hampton get drafted? Oh in the fifth. NVM
Got Westover
Thank you so much Dan. I always know I can turn to your channel to get realistic, actual and common sense with good IQ and EQ from your channel. You are the first and ONLY one who looks and see to "actual face value of this 2024 Draft Class" as I do and as it REALLY be seen and not as all the so called know it alls, and media pros and fanatical and ego driven CZcams sports dudes! How you displayed and viewed the 2024 Draft "Value" is Right On because you should the value of the use of Pick Two is in DT Leonard Williams, as well as the great haul of rookies during the Draft!!!!! Thank You and keep up the Good and Correct Reporting!!!!!
Much appreciated Walter, thank you!
Plot twist...what if Spoon is the safety? Spoon = Hamilton? Woolen & Pritchett on the outside. Is this crazy talk?
The Murphy pick kept looking better and better after the run on d tackles in the second round. Lauamea will probably compete with Anchrum and Haynes to start at right guard. I think next year’s guard class is looking better for left guard types.
Oh I fully expect them to move one of the rookies to the left side, or let Haynes compete at both.
I completely agree with you. #InJohnWeTrust
If any of the players that you would prefer actually had meetings with Seahawks in the first place they obviously weren't what we were looking for. and it's never just about what they do on the field either.
Thanks!
Thank you Tim!!!
Bobby and Knight have similar draft profiles and size. Hmmm...
Pratt got drafted by the Packers in the 7th round
Anyone you draft on day 3 isn't really expected to start
We did good
CBS graded Hawks an A draft.
Defensive Line - Much better
Offensive Line - Better
Linebacker - Worse
Cornerback - Still puzzled
TE - Even
Happy the trenches were upgraded.
Agree. Right side of O-line is stacked, left side still vacant unless someone can handle re-positioning well.
I think LB is better. On early run downs you have two off ball LB’s who can tackle behind a better defensive line. On passing downs to play the LB that can cover and put in 3 safeties. We will cover the middle of the field better and be less predictable with McDonald’s.
@@johndowd4146 From the press conference I think Coach Mike liked Tyrice Knight. Said he had a sense of where the ball was going, so good FB IQ. Stayed square, could hit. But thought his hands needed work. LB needs to tackle better imho.
Wrong they definitely gonna be better at lb AND cb this year
I realize that you're probably not bright enough to understand this but wagner is old and about to run outta gas and brooks will never again be as good as he was the last couple years plus he's injury prone
Every position group on the team is going to be better this year
You obviously don’t know anything about the linebackers we brought in.
Jerrell's a project because he's transitioning from a basketball body to a foorball one.
Riq better get his stuff together. Yeah jerrick reed is going to stick with this coaching
Michael Pratt drafted by Green Bay.
Is Levi bell still with us?
Yep!
The 4th round seems like Derrick Hall selections all over again. We should have drafted a safety not 2 corners.
Yeah i agree taking TWO cbs probably wasn't the best move
They shoulda grabbed a safety
Perhaps their plan at Safety is either a position move for one of the existing Corners or they pick one or two up in the second round of free agency
The first 2 picks was spot on but the rest of the draft was a ho humer.
I love this draft because the Geno haters will have their feelings hurt
There are no Geno haters. There’s a lot who think he is not ever going to lead Seattle to a Super Bowl and Seattle should draft a QB every year.
@@dougsmith6346 this
I like smith but you're crazy if you think any team will ever win a sb with him
And that's the only fact that matters
@@dougsmith6346 I’m glad their feelings are hurt too
@@DREADEYE_KNIGHT there are teams that won a superbowl with Trent dilfer brad Johnson Eli manning Joe Flacco nick foles. Peyton won only 2 one only when he was good. Rodgers one. Bree’s one. But you Geno haters think those guys all won multiple super bowls. It’s only all pro players that win it. The whole Geno can’t win a superbowl is you Geno haters only excuse. But regardless if he wins one for Seattle or not fans should be grateful team didn’t have to sink low but they are so spoiled they wanna whine and ask to draft a bust qb. But regardless John makes me happy you Geno haters got your feelings hurt. Let’s go John
I think this was a “See what Geno can do draft.” And next draft will be a Mike Mcdonald draft !!
We know what Geno can do. That is why there was all the talk of qb’s.
And those defenders today was the Mike Macdonald part of the draft.
This had better be a “part one of a bigger plan” draft because this was nothing that moved the needle.
@@bretkester8316A generational pick at DT and depth at OL is just fine with me, stop acting like you’re in the know lol
@@uhspagettspookedya generational huh….
By your logic, a good DT and line depth is a good draft.
That’s pretty sad if that is what you think is passing, let alone anything special. You haven’t really countered anything. And I supposedly act like I know it all….
@@bretkester8316 I haven’t countered anything? Okay so getting upper tier talent from that draft class for a shit O Line and a 1st or 2nd overall best 3 TECH (how often do you think those come along? That’s pretty sad if you dont understand how rare it is to get a top talent 3T DT who weighs 300 lbs and runs 4.8) defensive pick for your terrible run defense “moves the needle” just fine, dipstick. Who did you want? A QB?
@@uhspagettspookedya AGREED
They could have done so much better you don't trade away a chance to get any player you wanting the 4th round to Denver for lesser talented players but John S has a history of that I like the first three picks but the other picks are so overwhelming. I always felt you should focus on the first 5 picks we will see exactly who will make it next year. And we got hosed on Howell.
Yeah this team is not gonna be great the first year, be patient
What are you talking about Viens? Your take is the anti truth about what happened on the third day. On day three they just basically filled the depth chart and none of those guys were good testers as a whole. Absolutely none of them. None of them had really any upside to them at all. Pritchett ran a good 40 time but has no ball skills, no change of direciton ability, and no ability to track the ball. The Ras score of the guys collectively chosen on rounds 4-7 was around 5. They drafted a blocking 250 lb TE in the fourth were there was some starters at multiple positions available with upper end ability. The fact they drafted all right guards and one tackle with position flexibility is unacceptable especially with bortolini and van pran sitting there. Bortilini couldn't be more perfect for their scheme and was one of the best testers of all time in the combine at center. The fact they didn't draft a Quarterback for the third year in a row after trading a franchise quarterback is unacceptable especially what the talent looks like today at Quarterback next year. This is why 6 were chosen in the top ten. Whos prepared to watch Geno Smith at QB for the next three years? I don't know if I can watch another 6 games and maintain interest honestly speaking form the heart. The fact they didn't take a flyer on Will Levis last year instead of picking Derrek Hall who has shown nothing is beyond me. Will Levis has all the traits that John Salivates for and whose traits are so rare to find in the draft and come around every 4 years or so. All Will Levis did is throw 4 touchdowns in his first start on a team devoid of playmakers and looked good doing it. What would it have taken to trade up to the top of the second round to select him a third and a fourth? Two fourths and a fifth? I would trade this entire 3rd day, a 3rd and the second round pick to select him. This team is missing serious up and coming stars and is getting harder and harder to watch. More and more I'm starting to think this team needs a fresh start completely and instead of symbollically ripping down the pictures of the past need to cut actual ties with it and fire schneider. Pratt was also drafted by Green Bay btw. So please stop telling me Schneider is in the Green Bay mold of always selecting Qbs when he has only selected 2 in 13 years. Greenbay is in the Greenbay mold. Why are the seahawks trying to hit singles in the late rounds and fill roster spots with special teamers? Those rounds are where you swing for the fences for traits for guys to be superstars who are cheap and give extreme value to the cap. I think that they did try to seriously to make a move for Penix and I don't think grubb would have taken the job knowing that Sam Howell and Geno Smith would be his QB room with no real way in the future to bring in upper end talent at the most important position in football. Evaluation is too good now of days and you're simply going to have to overpay (in cap or draft capital) to get a great QB now of days. John needs to stop trying to get his nut up and just pull the trigger on a guy he feels strongly about. If that guy was Penix he should have made it happen and done what was necissary to secure him. They did a poor job of evaluating and managing the Qb position. All geno smith is does is keep you in the middle (purgatory) of the nfl which makes you good enough for a first round playoff exit but not bad enough to get a top talent especially at qb. They should have saved money and started drew lock. atleast we would have gotten one of those qbs. Hell, maybe drew lock would have torn it up he definetley is more boom or bust. I almost would have signed a college offensive guru at offensive coordinator and traded a bag of footballs for justin fields. I would have centered my entire team around the run and defense and that would have equated a tough team to beat especially in the playoffs. How would you stop Walker III, Charbonett, and fields in the running game especially with QB designed runs. Thats 2500 rushing yards easy especially with more misdirection and trickeration. This transistional period just got longer and we are now pinning all of our hopes on Grubbs genius mind and a unkown young Quarterback emerging from no where this upcoming year in college football. The Lombardi trophy seem aeons away and we're just stuck with this mediocre team. Yeah John didn't mortgage the future, or take any big risks but I believe this team needed some STRONG moves to bring us back to glory.
Total nonsense….
@@brianmyers4444So what happens when these guys turn out to be all lano hills can you please come back and redact your statement. You atlease have to agree that AJ Barner and Tyrice Knight were both a hell of a reach especially with a lot of better players available. How do you pick 4 right guards with tanor bortilini left at center. Bortolini tested the best ever for the three cone which is a high marker for success at center. Tanor had one of the highest athletic scores ever at center period.
@@brianmyers4444 They still didn't get a bigger edge player to shore up the running game when they run 4 man fronts in nickel. There was guys like Brandon Dorlus left still in the fourth.
@@johnrobinson7666 we needed a third, mainly blocking TE to replace Dissly and Barner was best Ye for that....Coach chose Knight for a reason based on how he wants to run his defense....we didn't choose four guards, we only picked three o linemen and Jerrell will never be a guard....we don't need a C as we have Olu and recently signed free agent Nick Harris ...your Pritchett comments are way off.....your next QB is Howell, that's a better option than an unproven rookie....the team clearly felt that after the big six, QB was not at a level the felt was worth drafting.....wait until the new schemes are put in place then come back and redact your nonsense.....
@@johnrobinson7666 Mike Morris who Coach is very familiar with from Michigan in last year's draft....
Just because "it's their job" defense, it's implying the player(s) they took are our best pick per our needs. I think we needed a LB & IOL more than a DL, but they took a DL first. So taking a LB in Rd 4 is ok, but they should have traded #118, not #102, where we could have had Cedric Grey instead of Knight. That was the BIG MISTAKE. So expect the Seahawks going after a QB & LB in 2025 Draft. 95% of all Draft picks from the 4th Rd on are Rarely starters. We took Robinson, Eskridge, & Taylor who we never needed or we took them in Rds they were NOT needed = Wasted Picks. Every team makes wasted picks. Time will tell if JS knows what he is doing. I expect JS to be Fired if the players he doesn't get some Pro-Bowlers soon. So far JS is not looking very good.
also saying to just trust the seahawks staff when it comes to tyrice knight is a logical fallacy by the way. Appeal to authority is a major logical fallacy. I've noticed that the fans are usually right when it comes to picks because we have also watched a lot of film collectively and have pretty good intuition when it comes to finding stars. It seems when I've been really happy with a pick they've usually turned out pretty darn good, aka D.k. Metcalf, tariq woolen, witherspoon, russell wilson. I can't remember the last time I was upset with a pick where they turned out to be amazing. Day 3 just seems to me like a whole lot of tedric thompsons and lano hills at the end of the day. I hate when they go away from value and try to stick with only there evaluation of players or try to find need. I feel like tyrice knight was a pick to shore up run defense that languished from a linebacker standpoint at the end of the season. This team needs difference makers that move the needle especially cheap difference makers with the salary cap situation not being in the best of shape in the next couple of years.
While at first I was angry with the picks once I started checking out the highlights of the players i could see why seattle picked all of them. We need to stop and understand people can't have it both way. Either seattle fixes the line of scrimmage or seattle grabs these sexy picks and the line of scrimmage isn't fixed for another year.. Seattle picked players who are physical plus intelligent with upside and mostly it was guards one of seattle major weakness on offense. A few weeks ago if people found out that after the draft seattle got is one of the best defensive tackle in the draft, one of the top guards, a linebacker with upside, a tightend, two more olineman and two cornerback who were top players in the SEC. They would ve been ecstatic but it's like the players they heard of is supposedly better when honestly the players seattle have drafted hasnt had a chance to show how good they are. I rather wait and see how good these players are when the preseason starts. I trust Macdonald and his eye when it comes to linebacker and grubb/huff and there eye on olineman. seattle also grabbed some good UDFA who will probably be on the 53 man roster. Let's see what happens in Sept and go from there.
These players were chosen because of their bulling physical tackling plus speed and glue on their hands! These coaches picking these traits to strengthen our team that no team will want to play against us!!
Every Year the Hawks Draft head scratchers thinking they know best. tell me how many times has that has worked out vs how many times it hasn't. I am a long time Seahawks fan but there are so many homers up here.
Not thrilled with this draft and JS