theENGLISHseahawk":z4fd73kx said:
Attyla the Hawk":z4fd73kx said:
SPARQ doesn't seem to be particularly important to the OC position.
Except the rarest physical athlete to enter the draft in probably a decade (Kristjan Sokoli) was drafted by this team with the intention of training him to be a center.
Pete even talked with excitement about having a rare athlete playing center if they can coach him up.
To me it was a big sign that they intend to find guys inside that can match up to the Aaron Donald's.
I did say 'outside of DL conversion projects'. I'd put Sokoli and Nowak in that.
Seattle want rare athletes everywhere. I'm sure even punters and kickers aren't excluded there.
I actually could see us going Kelly in R1. I think we all concede that he's on our board and at the top of the OC board at that. I see the draft as having three options:
1. OT -- position scarcity both in the draft and on the roster is trumping other options heavily
2. Pass Rusher -- Draft is lean in 80%+ athletes. Last year Clark was a 90th percentile athlete by comparison. There are only six 80th percentile prospects so far (pro days pending so expect that to grow). Rankins being one of the three 90th percentile athletes.
This matters to Seattle. We didn't even bring in guys for a VMAC visit that weren't 60th percentile athletes or better. We have been very consistent in that. That's going back 2 years for which I was able to find data. If we follow suit this year -- I would consider it a law every bit as much as the 32" rule.
3. Kelly -- I think he is singularly qualified in the OC group to go R1. Certainly he's not much of a reach since he's projected to go in the 30-45 range. I don't consider that a reach at all.
If it comes down to Rankins or Kelly, I think we go Rankins and get a 2nd tier OC option later. Although given Okung's loss, I think there are a couple OT prospects that we'd grade relative to what we have higher. Kelly to me seems like plan C for the #26 pick. A very attractive plan C though. Certainly a PCJS kind of zig.