ESPN’s newest two-round mock draft, put collectively by analyst Jordan Reid, had some enjoyable wrinkles which might be price discussing. Diverging considerably from a lot of what’s grow to be widespread assumptions concerning the entrance of the draft, let’s check out each the Seattle Seahawks choose, and the fallout within the prime 60.
Prime-5 Overview
The primary few picks went precisely chalk, with the three QBs and Marvin Harrison Jr. kicking issues off. After that, we had a shock commerce up from the Chicago Bears to take Malik Nabers at 5. J.J. McCarthy didn’t go till No. 11 to the Minnesota Vikings.
Seahawks and their choices
Unsurprisingly, Reid had Seattle taking a defensive lineman at No. 16. Maybe surprisingly, it wasn’t Byron Murphy, Jared Verse, or Johnny Newton. The primary two had been already off the board right here, whereas Newton fell to 29.
The choose ended up being DT Darius Robinson from Missouri. Robinson’s identify has been rising in recognition these days, and is the one who referred to as out the NFL mix for poor setup after he was disillusioned in his bench press.
Robinson is a tricky promote for me for 2 causes. One, it’s a traditional instance of a robust senior season abruptly getting a man first-round hype. 8.5 of Robinson’s 13 faculty profession sacks got here final season. The dialog round him has been barely totally different than say, Boye Mafe, of whom individuals raved that his development was actual and was solely the start. The dearth of four-year manufacturing is at all times a bit regarding.
Secondly, Robinson was taken whereas mix standout and place of equally nice want – O-line Troy Fautanu – was nonetheless obtainable. Right here, Fautanu lasted all the way in which till 24 to the Dallas Cowboys. If Schneider doesn’t like the place the board has gone with reference to line of defense, then I’d a lot desire going with somebody who tasks nearer to a sure-fire starter on the offensive line.
I do suppose the return of each Uchenna Nwosu and Mike Morris alongside Mike Macdonald’s management shouldn’t be forgotten, and until Leonard Williams walks, offensive line is a much bigger want this season to me than the protection.
Quarterbacks
The opposite nugget that Reid’s mock draft revealed is once more how polarized the opinions have been on the second half of this bunch of quarterbacks. Whereas McCarthy went 11, far sooner than some counsel, each Bo Nix and Michael Penix Jr had been obtainable in the midst of the second spherical.
If these guys actually fall out of the primary spherical, and survive a number of extra picks – particularly Penix into the 40s – you gotta consider John Schneider is on the cellphone, proper? I do know there’s not a ton of firepower but, because the Seahawks personal a few thirds, perhaps subsequent 12 months’s second, plus a package deal of later picks. However as Day 2 progresses, if this had been the case, I can simply think about that Schneider can be itching to leap in on one in every of these guys. Whether or not they’d be capable of or not is one other query altogether, however this may be an agonizing watch on Friday to make certain.
Nix, McCarthy, and Penix stay fascinations, as they’ve been projected to go as excessive as No. 8, and all over past that.
Does Schneider have a plan to seek out his subsequent Russell Wilson, his subsequent QB steal, from this class?
