Seahawk Sailor":1bly6agq said:
Some cool reading. Something I found interesting was King a couple of spots above Griffin. A lot of folks wanted King.
Wonder if the timing/value just wasn't there to snag him.
I have a hunch that when we did the San Francisco trade and moved back from 31 to 34, with only Green Bay in front of us, we would have pulled the trigger on King had the Packers gone a different direction. I'm sure that's what the thought process was at the time of the 49ers trade. So when the Packers wound up taking King, it was a no-brainer to accept the Jacksonville trade and move one spot back while picking up the extra sixth.
That's just my hunch. I also believe that McDowell was slotted just slightly below King on the Hawks' big board, so it made it a negligible gamble to accept the San Francisco trade, while still benefiting from the extra picks and settling on McDowell.