EverydayImRusselin
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Well it seems the draft will never get here so I'm going to put way too much time into this. Let's get started.
1st rd #26
I anticipate a trade down barring Rankins or Conklin falling. The reason for this is the Hawks very likely have similar grades on 5+ guys at this position. If a team is willing to move up from early 2nd Schneider will make the deal and probably cheaply too, say for an extra 4th only. But since it's too hard to guess where a trade might happen, I'm going to pick a DL here. The reasoning is this. I think they are happy with their tackle situation going into camp and the guys they would consider here are not likely to be available. Spriggs/Ifedi/Coleman/Decker/Clark are all relatively uninspiring (personally I like Coleman the most). Because of this and the great interior OL depth available in the next 3 rounds I think we solidify the DL.
The guy I'm picking isn't perfect (no one at the end of the 1st is) but if we look at what he can do, he could provide a lot of help on the interior. He blasts through OL nobodys business. He is also country strong and probably overall the stongest player in the draft. The pick? Andrew Billings. now many of you might disagree and that's fine. When I watch his tape I see a guy who has a bad habit of rushing through the line and whiffing on the RB going right past him. Now that's uninspiring, but I believe the coaching staff can imprpve his gap discipline and make him into a top notch DT. He may not get 8 sacks but he is going to push the pocket enough so that when Avril blows around the corner, the QB can't step up and avoid the sack. I really think he can boost the overall DL play a lot and thus he is my pick. He is also incredibly young. Other possible choices: Bullard, Butler, Floyd, C. jones
2nd rd #56
Now I am tempted to get cute here and try to grab another solid player on defense gambling on the OL depth but I'm not going to. I am going to take advantage or the interior OL depth here and grab a guy who can step in and put Britt on the bench where he belongs. This pick is unoriginal if you follow other seahawks sites but I'm going to grab Connor Mcgovern. If you follow Seahawksdraftblog.com at all you know all about TEF. Rob appears to have unlocked the formula and Mcgovern screams Seahawks. I think he steps in and is immediately better than Britt. Other possible choices: Martin, Kelly, Coleman should he fall this far.
3rd rd #90
I'm going to go back to the defensive side of the ball and really try to shore up the middle. The guy here plays at a small school but he is very athletic and was extremely productive. The pick here is Javon Hargrave. He looks like he could step in on 3rd down and provide the Mcdonald/Hill role of cleaning up the scraps. Pairing Hargrave with Billings gives us 2 young DTs so we have the interior DL locked up for multiple years. One of the strengths of this draft class is DT and I'm not fighting it. Also considerd: Willie Henry, Ronald Blair
3rd rd #97
I am going to pick a guy here who is prpbably a round too early, but I think the Hawks will love him. WR isn't really a need but this guy jumps off the screen to me. The pick? Michael Thomas. If you want to watch what this guy can do all you have to do is pop in the tape vs UW in the bowl game. The only reason that game wasn't 42-0 is because Thomas single handedly willed USM into a couple TDs. He went over the middle, caught passes and turned them upfield, wrangled in some deep balls and all around torched, what was apretty good defense. He transferred to USM and played 2 years. His senior year he had 1300 yds and 14 TDs. He was very consistent and had 100+ yds 8 times. I saw this guy and I immediately just knew we had to have him. His draft rankings are all over the board so I am grabbing him too early to ensure I get him. Other players considered: Cajuste.
4th rd #124
This really is a good draft for Safetys IMO. There are a handful of guys I really like and one of them is KJ Dillon. He could backup both safety spots and is IMO very underrated. I struggled with a good spot to grab a safety in this draft and I settled on this spot.
5th rd #171
The 5th round has traditionally been a secondary rd but I am going to change it up as I don't think we grab a CB this year. I am going to grab OLB Stephen Weatherly. He might need a little time to develop he is very athletic and has gorilla arms at 34.5". I think he could be groomed to be Irvin lite and play SAM. He has great instincts and I think could really turn out to be a 5th rd steal, continuing the tradition.
6th rd #214
At this point we are down to some out of left field picks, but I am going to ensure we have a Mashaun on the team for years to come. The pick Marshaun Coprich. A player that obliterated the FCS is going to be good camp fodder for Rawls and Cmike. I just really love this guys tapes and would love him to become a Seahawk.
7th rd #225/247
We are down to the real headscratchers that probably won't make the team. I'm running out of steam so a couple guys I like here, Justin Zimmer who is an animal and Connor Wujiack who looks like he could be the latest DL convert to OL.
These picks would set us up with an OL of Gilliam Mcgovern Lewis/Sokoli Glowinski Webb which to me is light years ahead of last years. This draft addresses the depth at DT, S and OLB. I also am very happy with Michael Thomas as I think he could be a great pairing with Russ. I'm sure the Hawks go a completely different direction but this is what I am picking 2 weeks before the draft.
1st rd #26
I anticipate a trade down barring Rankins or Conklin falling. The reason for this is the Hawks very likely have similar grades on 5+ guys at this position. If a team is willing to move up from early 2nd Schneider will make the deal and probably cheaply too, say for an extra 4th only. But since it's too hard to guess where a trade might happen, I'm going to pick a DL here. The reasoning is this. I think they are happy with their tackle situation going into camp and the guys they would consider here are not likely to be available. Spriggs/Ifedi/Coleman/Decker/Clark are all relatively uninspiring (personally I like Coleman the most). Because of this and the great interior OL depth available in the next 3 rounds I think we solidify the DL.
The guy I'm picking isn't perfect (no one at the end of the 1st is) but if we look at what he can do, he could provide a lot of help on the interior. He blasts through OL nobodys business. He is also country strong and probably overall the stongest player in the draft. The pick? Andrew Billings. now many of you might disagree and that's fine. When I watch his tape I see a guy who has a bad habit of rushing through the line and whiffing on the RB going right past him. Now that's uninspiring, but I believe the coaching staff can imprpve his gap discipline and make him into a top notch DT. He may not get 8 sacks but he is going to push the pocket enough so that when Avril blows around the corner, the QB can't step up and avoid the sack. I really think he can boost the overall DL play a lot and thus he is my pick. He is also incredibly young. Other possible choices: Bullard, Butler, Floyd, C. jones
2nd rd #56
Now I am tempted to get cute here and try to grab another solid player on defense gambling on the OL depth but I'm not going to. I am going to take advantage or the interior OL depth here and grab a guy who can step in and put Britt on the bench where he belongs. This pick is unoriginal if you follow other seahawks sites but I'm going to grab Connor Mcgovern. If you follow Seahawksdraftblog.com at all you know all about TEF. Rob appears to have unlocked the formula and Mcgovern screams Seahawks. I think he steps in and is immediately better than Britt. Other possible choices: Martin, Kelly, Coleman should he fall this far.
3rd rd #90
I'm going to go back to the defensive side of the ball and really try to shore up the middle. The guy here plays at a small school but he is very athletic and was extremely productive. The pick here is Javon Hargrave. He looks like he could step in on 3rd down and provide the Mcdonald/Hill role of cleaning up the scraps. Pairing Hargrave with Billings gives us 2 young DTs so we have the interior DL locked up for multiple years. One of the strengths of this draft class is DT and I'm not fighting it. Also considerd: Willie Henry, Ronald Blair
3rd rd #97
I am going to pick a guy here who is prpbably a round too early, but I think the Hawks will love him. WR isn't really a need but this guy jumps off the screen to me. The pick? Michael Thomas. If you want to watch what this guy can do all you have to do is pop in the tape vs UW in the bowl game. The only reason that game wasn't 42-0 is because Thomas single handedly willed USM into a couple TDs. He went over the middle, caught passes and turned them upfield, wrangled in some deep balls and all around torched, what was apretty good defense. He transferred to USM and played 2 years. His senior year he had 1300 yds and 14 TDs. He was very consistent and had 100+ yds 8 times. I saw this guy and I immediately just knew we had to have him. His draft rankings are all over the board so I am grabbing him too early to ensure I get him. Other players considered: Cajuste.
4th rd #124
This really is a good draft for Safetys IMO. There are a handful of guys I really like and one of them is KJ Dillon. He could backup both safety spots and is IMO very underrated. I struggled with a good spot to grab a safety in this draft and I settled on this spot.
5th rd #171
The 5th round has traditionally been a secondary rd but I am going to change it up as I don't think we grab a CB this year. I am going to grab OLB Stephen Weatherly. He might need a little time to develop he is very athletic and has gorilla arms at 34.5". I think he could be groomed to be Irvin lite and play SAM. He has great instincts and I think could really turn out to be a 5th rd steal, continuing the tradition.
6th rd #214
At this point we are down to some out of left field picks, but I am going to ensure we have a Mashaun on the team for years to come. The pick Marshaun Coprich. A player that obliterated the FCS is going to be good camp fodder for Rawls and Cmike. I just really love this guys tapes and would love him to become a Seahawk.
7th rd #225/247
We are down to the real headscratchers that probably won't make the team. I'm running out of steam so a couple guys I like here, Justin Zimmer who is an animal and Connor Wujiack who looks like he could be the latest DL convert to OL.
These picks would set us up with an OL of Gilliam Mcgovern Lewis/Sokoli Glowinski Webb which to me is light years ahead of last years. This draft addresses the depth at DT, S and OLB. I also am very happy with Michael Thomas as I think he could be a great pairing with Russ. I'm sure the Hawks go a completely different direction but this is what I am picking 2 weeks before the draft.