After every draft I try and make sense out of the ranking sites that are often very influential in the draft process,
especially to us fans. Which sites are the most accurate? Here are this years #'s for each site relative to the actual
Seahawks picks. These are the 3 ranking sites that I have compared herein.
----(cbssports.com) ---vs:--- (dafttek.com)--- vs:---(draftwired2.com), ------------------------------- * =outliers.
Seahawks pick: #35----DT-Malik McDowell, ---(24)---(21)---(20)
Seahawks pick: #58----OL-Ethan Pocic, ---(67)---(79)---(77)
Seahawks pick: #90----CB-Shaquill Griffin, ---(121)---(85*)---(136)
Seahawks pick: #95----FS-Delano Hill, --(119*)---(177)---(189)
Seahawks pick: #102---DT-Nazir Jones,--- (92)---(114)---(111)
Seahawks pick: #106---WR-Amara Darboh, ---(90)---(82)---(156*)
Seahawks pick: #111---SS-Tedrick Thompson, ---(207*)--- (133)---(128)
Beyond this point, rankings are way too variable for all of the other picks later in the draft.
All in all, the 3 different ranking sites were pretty close to each other with a notable few of the picks that are outliers.
IMO-These rankings just generally show that:
(1) McDowell was ranked lower than pick #35, so the Seahawks did very well, - especially after 2 trade-downs.
(2) Pocic was ranked a little lower than perhaps many thought & was indeed only a slight reach at pick #58.
(3) Griffin was ranked lower than perhaps many thought and was a need pick at #90. May be one of their best picks too.
(4) Hill was generally ranked maybe 70-80 picks later than his pick at #95 by 2 of 3 ranking sites, but fills a need,
(5) Nazir Jones was ranked about where he was picked at #102. Would seem to be a nice value pick.
(6) Darboh was a slight outlier with 82/90/156, but we got him at #106. There is a way inconsistent #156 there (why=?)
(7) Thompson was an outlier with 207/133/128, but we got him at #111. at #207, cbssports maybe disliked his 40 time?
IMO--cbssports.com only messed up with Tedrick Thompson too high and Delano Hill maybe too low. In Thompson's case Field smarts, anticipation & flat out hustle can often overcome a 1/10 of a second slower 40, they should have know that & not dinged him so much in their rankings. Hill, I don't think many got that one right. Drafttek.com seemed right on except for Hill & draftwired2.com was right on except for Darboh & probably Hill as well. My conclusion: I guess I still like cbssports.com the best because of their content & the multiple sorts on their headers, however I will continue to use all three next draft season.