NFL Draft Takeaways: Seattle Seahawks Pursue Toughness, Experience in Day 2/Day 3
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- Опубліковано 26 кві 2024
- Capping off the 2024 NFL Draft with a busy final four rounds featuring six picks on Saturday, the Seattle Seahawks assembled an eight-player class consistently largely of experienced prospects with four or more college seasons under their belts. Host Corbin Smith revisits the final two days of the draft by exploring how Seattle prioritized experience and physicality, particularly in the trenches selecting three offensive linemen headlined by UConn All-American Phil Haynes, and breaks down all seven selections from the last six rounds with insight and scouting reports.
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I remember somebody saying that Jerrell had multiple offers from power 5 schools, but he wanted to stay loyal to Findlay. So, who knows with this guy, maybe a diamond in the rough.
Excellent job by the Hawks. We have a very good opportunity to build an excellent team with all the new players.
I like the fact that the organization is not just looking at now but stacking for the future..looking at the big picture and not wearing blinders !!! Like a lot of fans do !!!
Murphy was an absolute steal. No defensive picks until 15?!? Hawks fans certainly know the value of a strong D. I love where Big Mac's head is.
Thanks God teams overdraft QBs that had no business being picked in the first round. Murphy in most drafts could have been a top 5 pick or at worst top 10. To get him at 16 is like winning the lottery without a ticket. An actual impact player. Something Seattle needed. They have a roster for the most part full of just guys. Murphy's tape screams impact.
Thank you for all your hard work getting content out for us. We greatly appreciate you Corbin.
They had a number 2. They used it and picked Williams:) Spendy number 2 pick (money wise) but their pick none the less.
OMG, Thanks Corbin, I was looking for Locked on Seahawks last night to ascertain your perspective as you are #1 everyday for me....oh also Rob Rang too. I worked so I guess I went to bed too early, but I am happy to find this episode to start my Sunday. Thanks much !!!!!
The 4th round was stacked with talent that fell. So to leave that round without any of Sanders, Gray, Trotter, VPG, Dorlus, McCormick, Mahogany, Brade, Stover, TJ Tampa is absolutely wild to me.
Thanks for your work Corbin. Appreciate it.
This is awesome. You’re awesome.
Thank you i try my best
Days 1 & 2 = grade A & day 3 = B. I recall 99.9% of pundits disrespecting BWags & Russ class as worst draft of the decade.
Saying both Bwags & Russ wud bust as were 2 small & 2 slow & wud be cut before pre-season.
I think new day 3 star CB's can be found like Sherman & Byron Maxwell
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New day 3 LB's like KJWright & Malcom Smith
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New day 3 OL's like Sweezy & G.Fant.
JS has a good record of finding unpolished gem's on day 3.
Most vital to note is that we used our R2 on Big Cat a top 10 & top 20% experienced nfl pro bowl DT to teach BM2 over next 2-3 yrs.
We also used a R4 on Sam Howell who is already better & younger than Nix & Penix & Rattler.
Sam's stats after 17 games are better than Josh Allen after 17 games (eg TD to INT ratio).
We also get 3 guys back from IR who hardly played in rookie seasons
R4 DL Cam Young
R5 DL Mike Morris (OL award winner)
R7 KR/RB Kenny Mac are effectively red shirt rookies in this class
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Expect huge 2nd yr Boye Mafe type leaps from Derek Hall & Olu, (Mafe was very weak in Rookie yr then exploded over a 7 game stretch in yr 2).
R2 OLB Derek Hall
R5 Oluwatimi.
For some southern boys from hot humid climates, it can take 1 - 3 yrs to settle into NFL's Stormiest Rainiest Windiest City, huge miles away from home sweet home & momma's nice cooking & sweet love.
This is really a 13 man class.
With 5 clear potential stars in
DL Big Cat Leo W,
QB Sam H,
DL BM2 (a potential AD99/Mike Bennett hybrid),
OCG C.Haynes, (a potential Unger/Hutchison hybrid)
DL Mike Morris
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my professor's brain thinks
some stars will be found from day 3, I recall most 12s saying Sherman & Maxwell KJW & Dissly & Sweezy & Unger were wasted picks. I recall most 12s voting in online polls saying those picks would be busts except Unger, who they said should have been taken in R5-7.
I have a good feeling about 5,
Multi-skilled AJB,
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Superfast boys Nehemiah P & DJ James
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Strong boys Satuoa L & Jerrell etc.
Time will tell & we will know more after the pre-season games.
Keep praying 12s. it's how the Chiefs fans ended 50 years of hurt.
If we get only 1 all-pro star & the rest fail, then we had a great draft.
Lord willing, we will recruit more than 1 star.
Thanks God ,this was a miraculous draft, so many top tier players that we haven't heard of before! Thanks for no QB didn't want to waste a pick!😅😂😂
Great stuff Corbin! As always, thanks for the info and insights! Cheers!
It’s getting exciting 😻😻😻
😮thank you Corben. Great work. Much appreciated.
Question remember when Pete compared Witherspoon to Troy Paulamalu maybe MacDonald wants use him more as general and play hybrid corner/safety/LB position in the future and that is why he took two Corners?
Solid draft. Getting one of the best defensive players available in rd1 and drafting for need in a good way. We will see how it goes!
I thought our latter rounds could’ve been picked a better outside of Jarrell who seems to have all the physicals. If he can be coached up, he’s a problem it seems. But there were faster prospects at LB that I’d guess would fit just fine. Not a big fan of the spot we took the TE or Knight. The last couple I reserve for prospects and developmental guys.
A- for Me, would have liked a WR or RB instead of 2 CBs. But overall happy.
Dont mind the project 7th rounder that's where you take guys like that.
Some nice UDFAs added
Looks like Kenny Mac is healthy.
Agreed, especially since no one was after RBs this draft. However, WR was a highly coveted slot, so maybe next year we can get bargain WR in late rounds.
All of the picks are ballers. Its players that like to play physical and dont need to be pushed to do it. Great picks.
I give this draft a B, i wanted them to focus more on the LB position (and get my favorite guy Junior Colson) but happy they are building the trenches. I am a little bit confused on why so many CBs and not a single Safety….
Thanks for covering Corbin greetings from Mexico!!
I guess there is a plan for safety. Looks like someone is gonna get converted from corner to do it.
CBs are expensive after rookie contracts expire. I think the high-ups are just hedging here. No way these rookies will see much time this year given the current positional talent.
If the corner was better than the safety, you pick the corner. To draft a safety just to draft one would be a bad move. The two corners have speed (above average). Speed kills. Speed can cover mistakes. Burns is not the answer, Brown shows you he'll give up more than he takes. Jackson is fine but he's at his ceiling. He'll be fine but not a game changer. These two corners if they grow into the traits could be game changers because of speed which most of Seattle secondary doesn't have.
Why don’t more guys try to learn left guard? Seems it would help their draft chances.
I love going big and nasty in the draft and i think getting the corners where they did could be real value steals. I also think im the only one not as high on haynes. He wasnt exactly playing the top competition in college football. Im not saying he cant be good either but he only played tennesee that was it. I like my beef grade A going up against the other Grade A comp( I know there are exceptions and anomolies). Knight felt like a reach also. Maybe a bobby in the rough? I thought it was a solid draft still.
Trading down from the top of the fourth, when several highly rated players had fallen there, and then Drafting Knight is likely a big mistake, other than that it was a good overall draft
Yeah major head scratcher
Hopefully the draft is not determined by the phone calls because holy smokes haha most uninspiring calls ever heard. Aside from the last dude who probably was as shocked as all of us
Yeah i agree are these guys even human?
It's literally the best day in their entire lives and alot of them sound like they just wanna go back to sleep lol
It's like the equivalent of winning the lotto!!!
If a draft choice does really well for you, in the fourth year they will want a huge pay increase and you might not be to afford to keep them.
So draft a 24-year-old rookie who is ready to go, because they are going to leave in year 4 if you do your job well drafting them.
So was he the best linebacker on the board at the time ?Seems like they got a bunch of projects!
He's the kind of guy who you wait on and draft a round or two later. His tape doesn't scream downhill baller impact guy, he seems much more of a wait and catch guy. I just don't see it
@@kenjohnston1257i think he’s going to be good he’s not coming in to start immediately he will learn and U can’t really say anything yet because he hasn’t played a Single Snap In the NFL yet
It’s funny that in college a LB having high tackle numbers is great but in the NFL, a high tackle count for an LB means the defense is bad. Bobby led the league in tackles the last two years yet it was always followed with a comment like “he shouldn’t be tackling that much”
Its where the tackles are that count.....TFLs, sacks, tackles 5 yards or less......if its a lot of tackles 6 plus yards after the line of scrimmage or after a first down, that's when its a lot of tackles that are kinda worthless
I think we know the first.
The third.
And the fourth round we nailed it but for there to be that, many good quarterbacks at the end of the draft and I feel like we did not get our hands-on one of them to me this was disappointing Honestly, but overall still believe in ours seattle seahawks
Hey Corbin. Love your content. Did anyone ask Mike and John who they would have picked if Murphy was taken at 15? Thx!
Probably Laiutu Latu. Troy Fautanu. Jared Verse my top 3 at 16
Their choices tell me they see our offense only need better line play to win on that side. We probably better than what we think.
I’m not so sold on this draft. The 1st 2 picks was great but overall a ho hum of a draft.
How can u know if it’s a good draft or not if none of them have played a Snap in the NFL 😂
Solid A for the players drafted, also pretty excited about a couple UDFAs. I'm curious about The QB, couldnt find much meaningful footage.
Oh wow i didn't know they got a qb
The only pick I have an issue was our last pick Michael Jerrell. If you read his draft profile he’s more of a depth piece that needs to be refined. Even according to nfl draft profile he was never a consideration to be drafted. Hes more of a practice squad piece and a wasted pick. He could’ve been a udfa
“Jerrell is nowhere near ready to take an NFL snap, but his traits and athleticism might be worth a developmental plan. To be sure, Jerrell is a project. However, he should be able to improve as both a run and pass blocker with a year of technique work. He’s limber enough with good range to climb to linebackers or set out to edge rushers. Jerrell is unlikely to be drafted, but his tools might entice a team to bring him in for a longer look in camp.”
As a UDFA you choose where you go if you're invited. The hawks likely knew he would be invited to camp somewhere else and wouldn't sign with the hawks. When you want a developmental guy and you don't think he'll sign a UDFA deal, you gotta draft him.
One guys opinion….trust the staff……
It would be nice to see 4 starters out of this draft but might only be 2. Now comes the hurry up and wait period. Cool to hear your connection with jerrel
Would you say a good comp for aj is Anthony Mccoy GO HAWKS!!!
only quarterbacks are overpaid. cap qb's at 13% of total salary cap, and all the other budget troubles pretty much go away.
Offensive line has definitely been Schneider’s biggest weakness in the draft. Has a lot to do with risk taking on guys with character and injury flags early in his tenure here. So it’s understandable that he’s put off but also frustrating to hear him whine about Lewis’ contract which just looks like his current fair value to me. Really Schneider’s only proven draft success story in that phase though Cross will likely prove to be another.
Carrol also was in schneiders way too
Without carrol around on draft days schneider would have done better
He doesn't value OL. It shows. He thinks you can get anyone, and it works. It doesn't. People forget when they won the SB Seattle had the highest paid OL. The next year when they lost it was near the bottom. Funny their struggles on offense started at that time through the present. You get what you pay for more times than not. He pays nothing and gets nothing. No shocker there. Teams that win the SB more times than now don't have trash for OLs. Since Seattle won theirs, it's been trash and it shows in struggling offenses year after year. If they get a somewhat good the GM never resigns them. "I'll just get anyone and its fine." It's his only weakness as a GM. But it's killing them.
Hahahaha
Two guys that shouldn't have been there when Seattle picked.
Forsythe and Curhan are so gone.
Curhan already is gone. He signed with Chicago in March.
Extremely disappointed with Day 3 picks. I'd give Schneider a D for that day's selections.
First two pics good. Day three picks terrible. Schneider is a bad drunk. The end