Hello hated Seahawks fans, Niners fan here
I kid, I kid. Walking around in a Bowman jersey after the game in Seattle this year I got nothing but love so you're alright in my book. The 49erswebzone has a mock draft running with everyone picking a team and after I joked about someone drafting "Gimpy" Pete, the mature age student QB prospect out of A**crack Springs Community College for the Hawks in the first round I got stuck with you guys :|
Anyway thought you might be interested in how it's going so far, maybe give some advice for the later rounds (or just hurl abuse, that's good in its own way too). My knowledge of the team is pretty rushed but I hope I did ok.
1st Round (26), Garret Bolles, OT Utah
Might be an outsiders perspective but Wilson didn't look like he had too many of his nine lives left last season. Ryan Ramczyk went to the Giants, Lamp to the Dolphins ( :| ?) and Kevin King was already gone to the Titans at 18. I considered Cam Robinson but Bolles looked better suited to a zone scheme. I've noticed a few people keen on Conley or Obi Melifonwu for the Hawks but I think Bolles would be a no brainer if he was still on the board?
2nd round (58), Chris Wormley, DE/DT Michigan
This might provoke some response. In my defense the Texans snatched Chidobe Awuzie right from under my nose at 57 which was frustrating. I considered Montravius Adams but went with Wormley as a high character guy who can play up and down the line and offers more pass rush than Adams. I considered Sidney Jones but 5+ years of Baalke All-ACL team picks have given me a pathological distrust of injured DB's.
Next the Raiders also traded me this years seventh for some camp fodder, some guy named Marshawn Lynch. (sorry, I know that's gotta sting). No idea how that actual trade goes down but from what I was told it was that or nothing basically.
3rd Round (90), Rasul Douglas, CB West Virginia
Denied again. This time the Falcons stole Akhello Witherspoon at 88. Moreau, Tabor, White, Wilson were all gone at this point. There are a lot of good corners in this draft but everyone wants one. My tip is get in early.
At this point the wheels might have come off a bit. The picks were slowing down (hard to get 32 people to make timely picks over Easter) so partly because I wanted something to do and partly because I had no real idea who I'd take for my third pick of the third I made another trade with the Raiders sending them pick 106 for WR Seth Roberts, Pick 129 and a 2018 5th round pick. In hindsight I think I'd probably have stayed put and drafted Josh Reynolds but there you go.
3rd Round (102), Isaac Asiata, G Utah
Bit of a BPA perhaps but I also felt doubling down on OL was a good idea, especially as Ifedi hasn't appeared to have worked out. I know you signed Aboushi but Asiata and Bolles as a package seemed like a promising duo. Maybe Safety would have been better here, not sure.
That's where we are so far. I have a 4th coming up in ten picks or so. My current "small" board looks like:
S Eddie Jackson
WR Malachi Dupre
LB Carroll Phillips or Matt Milano
S Delano Hill
K Zane Gonzalez or Jake Elliot
Brad Kaaya is still on the board as well, wasn't sure how confident you guys are in Boykin after his run in with the law but he's starting to drift into good value territory and you need a third QB anyway.
What do you think?
I kid, I kid. Walking around in a Bowman jersey after the game in Seattle this year I got nothing but love so you're alright in my book. The 49erswebzone has a mock draft running with everyone picking a team and after I joked about someone drafting "Gimpy" Pete, the mature age student QB prospect out of A**crack Springs Community College for the Hawks in the first round I got stuck with you guys :|
Anyway thought you might be interested in how it's going so far, maybe give some advice for the later rounds (or just hurl abuse, that's good in its own way too). My knowledge of the team is pretty rushed but I hope I did ok.
1st Round (26), Garret Bolles, OT Utah
Might be an outsiders perspective but Wilson didn't look like he had too many of his nine lives left last season. Ryan Ramczyk went to the Giants, Lamp to the Dolphins ( :| ?) and Kevin King was already gone to the Titans at 18. I considered Cam Robinson but Bolles looked better suited to a zone scheme. I've noticed a few people keen on Conley or Obi Melifonwu for the Hawks but I think Bolles would be a no brainer if he was still on the board?
2nd round (58), Chris Wormley, DE/DT Michigan
This might provoke some response. In my defense the Texans snatched Chidobe Awuzie right from under my nose at 57 which was frustrating. I considered Montravius Adams but went with Wormley as a high character guy who can play up and down the line and offers more pass rush than Adams. I considered Sidney Jones but 5+ years of Baalke All-ACL team picks have given me a pathological distrust of injured DB's.
Next the Raiders also traded me this years seventh for some camp fodder, some guy named Marshawn Lynch. (sorry, I know that's gotta sting). No idea how that actual trade goes down but from what I was told it was that or nothing basically.
3rd Round (90), Rasul Douglas, CB West Virginia
Denied again. This time the Falcons stole Akhello Witherspoon at 88. Moreau, Tabor, White, Wilson were all gone at this point. There are a lot of good corners in this draft but everyone wants one. My tip is get in early.
At this point the wheels might have come off a bit. The picks were slowing down (hard to get 32 people to make timely picks over Easter) so partly because I wanted something to do and partly because I had no real idea who I'd take for my third pick of the third I made another trade with the Raiders sending them pick 106 for WR Seth Roberts, Pick 129 and a 2018 5th round pick. In hindsight I think I'd probably have stayed put and drafted Josh Reynolds but there you go.
3rd Round (102), Isaac Asiata, G Utah
Bit of a BPA perhaps but I also felt doubling down on OL was a good idea, especially as Ifedi hasn't appeared to have worked out. I know you signed Aboushi but Asiata and Bolles as a package seemed like a promising duo. Maybe Safety would have been better here, not sure.
That's where we are so far. I have a 4th coming up in ten picks or so. My current "small" board looks like:
S Eddie Jackson
WR Malachi Dupre
LB Carroll Phillips or Matt Milano
S Delano Hill
K Zane Gonzalez or Jake Elliot
Brad Kaaya is still on the board as well, wasn't sure how confident you guys are in Boykin after his run in with the law but he's starting to drift into good value territory and you need a third QB anyway.
What do you think?