I was one of the first people on this site to say early on in the process that the Seahawks should absolutely take Carter. With this said, Carter was passed up by a lot of teams because of his attitude and history of issues. What I didn’t know, that came out the day after the draft was over was...
Sorry, but you can cherry pick guys that were free agents as well. It’s all about percentage chance in that round of the guys being great. Obviously as you go into the late rounds, the percentage chance lessons exponentially.
100% correct. And Seattle was the highest bidder because they paid that draft capital already and did not want to have egg on their face by letting him sign somewhere else so they were forced to pay him that money. Just not a smart trade.
100%. The Seahawks pigeonholed themselves because once you pay high capital in a trade for someone but don’t have them locked up, you need to be the highest bidder just so you don’t have egg on your face. You almost need to pay whatever it takes to retain that player. Think the Jamal Adams deal...
For me, it’s a wait and see approach because if a guy like Powers is available at that pick, I would’ve preferred that. Additionally, I think by the time this team gets very competitive again, Leonard Williams will be passed his prime.