Pick #90 Shaquill Griffin, DB, UCF

[hawknation2017]

Good competition for Lane.

He is a near identical athletic comp to Lane, which is interesting.

Shaq seems more like an outside guy though, where as Lane was played in the slot a lot.

With Shead rehabbing a knee, it will be a competition between Lane, Griffin, and Elliott to start at right corner.

 

[West TX Hawk]

Good competition for Lane.

He is a near identical athletic comp to Lane, which is interesting.

Shaq seems more like an outside guy though, where as Lane was played in the slot a lot.

With Shead rehabbing a knee, it will be a competition between Lane, Griffin, and Elliott to start at right corner.

I think Lane's experience will win out for now but I like what I see from this kid. Great instincts, vision and he's a baller. He should be in there for the nickel with Lane probably moving to the slot.

 

[hawkfan68]

Hopefully Lane improves his play as he was terrible last year. This pick shocked me as Tankersley was still on the board and was projected to be a top 2nd rounder. Don't know too much of Griffin but hope he pans out. The Seahawks need a solid guy opposite Sherman.

 

[seahawkfreak]

Hopefully Lane improves his play as he was terrible last year. This pick shocked me as Tankersley was still on the board and was projected to be a top 2nd rounder. Don't know too much of Griffin but hope he pans out. The Seahawks need a solid guy opposite Sherman.

I was surprised they didn't grab Tankersley as well. However, the more and more I see of this guy, it seems to be a very good, reassuring pick.

 

[raisethe3]

^^I really wanted Tankersley too. But I think we all need to give this guy a chance. His highlight reel looks solid to me. So I guess we'll see how it pans out.

 

[vin.couve12]

Y'all just wanted Tankersley because of Key & Peele, ADMIT IT!!!!

 

[jammerhawk]

I like the story around this player and his resolute toughness. He has impressive speed, & long arms. He was a player I thought the team might try to grab in the 3rd round. I liked this pick.

 

[Northwest Seahawk]

He's wasn't talked about much going in but he has great combine numbers . He has a chance to be a good solid corner he's has good size and speed all the physical tools and for me that's where it starts. Seattle stayed away from any undersized players this draft and imo that's always a good thing.

 

[Foghawk]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ShaquillG/status/858420237443661826[/tweet]

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Lane and Shead better be taking notice........

 

[mrt144]

Y'all just wanted Tankersley because of Key & Peele, ADMIT IT!!!!

JuJu Schuster-Smith was high on my 'name only' draft board along with Jake Butt.

 

[Hawks46]

This is probably my favorite pick of the draft.

Incredibly athletic and tough, plus tackler and hits with authority. Only played at UCF because of his brother. Kid could've gone most anywhere.

Wait until we get a hold of this kid and coach him up.

 

[HansGruber]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ShaquillG/status/858420237443661826[/tweet]

I love this.

I think this kid is my favorite draft pick, and will be my rookie to root for this season. I have a feeling he's going to step up and become the next great member of the LOB.

 

[Steve2222]

This is probably my favorite pick of the draft.

Incredibly athletic and tough, plus tackler and hits with authority. Only played at UCF because of his brother. Kid could've gone most anywhere.

Wait until we get a hold of this kid and coach him up.

He was only a 3 Star recruit and had few Power 5 Conference offers (none being upper echelon schools).

 

[titan3131]

This is probably my favorite pick of the draft.

Incredibly athletic and tough, plus tackler and hits with authority. Only played at UCF because of his brother. Kid could've gone most anywhere.

Wait until we get a hold of this kid and coach him up.

He was only a 3 Star recruit and had few Power 5 Conference offers (none being upper echelon schools).

Miami isn't upper echelon?

 

[Steve2222]

Currently? I'd say Miami is not.

For argument sake, let's say they are. Having one big school offer is a far cry from "could have basically went anywhere he wanted." None of this matters anyways. Plenty of quality (I'd actually comfortably say majority) starters in the NFL were not highly touted prep prospects. I was just pointing out the fallacy of the post I quoted. Three star recruits are not blue chippers, who are players that could go anywhere they wanted.

I also just looked it up. Shaq did not receive a scholarship offer from Miami.....

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Do people just look for reasons to not like a pick and/or talk it down? Seems to be the norm for many these days.

 

[TransGenderHawkFan]

Do people just look for reasons to not like a pick and/or talk it down? Seems to be the norm for many these days.

Shit, some don't even bother to look for reasons.

 

[godawg]

I'm a Husky fan and loved their cornerbacks for their ball-hawking skills, but if there is a knock against them it is their play in run-support. Right now, in Richard Sherman, we have one of the best defensive secondary tacklers in the league. In years past we had been burnt by ineffective tackling, and I think that is one of Pete's pet peeves. Griffin is a plus tackler, with great ball skills. If you ask me, we got the cornerback we were targeting.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I'm surprised people just don't come out and say "They didn't pick the guy I WANTED, this pick sucks." :mrgreen: