Roundtable: The Best Draft In Seahawks History
Today and Sunday are the last two days I'm really strapped for time before the NFL Draft. It's been a hairy week, so sorry if the posts have been less substantial than usual. Unfortunately, today I'm very short on time. So, here's my idea. Let's have an open discussion on the best Seahawks draft of all time. The ancillary discussion could be this: with more and more teams attempting to trade down, might Seattle want to trade up? A player like Glenn Dorsey or Sedrick Ellis could be available at 7, New England's pick. New England is known to want to trade down. It might take this and next year's 1st round pick, but I think you'll see two of Seattle's best drafts involved trading down. Grabbing Walter Jones and Lofa Tatupu cost Seattle depth, but both have become irreplaceable fixtures on their respective units. It'll be a longtime before a Glenn Dorsey is available at the Hawks' natural pick. The pick will be expensive, something to the tune of 6 years, $40 million, 17 million guaranteed (last year's #7 Adrian Peterson's contract). But, in a position to make a title push, and not in need of depth, one could argue Seattle's in the perfect place to grab that elite talent, that final piece that makes a good unit great. Anyway, as Linda Richman would say "Discuss"--though I always thought that sketch represented the worst elements of SNL.
Greatest Hawks drafts off all time after the jump. Here's a list of every Seahawks draft of all time.

2005
1 26 Chris Spencer C Mississippi
2 45 Lofa Tatupu MLB USC
3 85 David Greene QB Georgia
3 98 Leroy Hill OLB Clemson
4 105 Ray Willis T Florida State
5 159 Jeb Huckeba DE Arkansas
6 196 Tony Jackson RB Iowa
7 235 Cornelius Wortham LB Alabama
7 254 Doug Nienhuis G Oregon State
1997
1 3 Shawn Springs CB Ohio State
1 6 Walter Jones T Florida State
5 142 Eric Stokes DB Nebraska
6 174 Itula Mili TE Brigham Young
7 211 Carlos Jones -- Miami (Fla.)
1994
1 8 Sam Adams DE Texas A&M
2 36 Kevin Mawae G Louisiana State (excelled with the Jets)
3 73 Lamar Smith RB Houston
4 110 Larry Whigham DB Louisiana-Monroe
7 202 Carlester Crumpler TE East Carolina
1990
1 3 Cortez Kennedy DT Miami (Fla.)
2 29 Terry Wooden LB Syracuse
2 34 Robert Blackmon DB Baylor
4 89 Chris Warren RB Ferrum
5 119 Eric Hayes DT Florida State
6 146 Ned Bolcar LB Notre Dame
7 175 Bob Kula -- Michigan State
8 202 Bill Hitchcock T Purdue
10 257 Robert Morris -- Valdosta State
11 286 Daryl Reed DB Oregon
12 312 John Gromos -- Vanderbilt
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2001 was a good draft.
by Coach Owens on Apr 18, 2008 12:38 PM PDT 0 recs
Good stuff
God, that 1999 draft was horrendous.
by jeager on Apr 18, 2008 12:39 PM PDT 0 recs
Did we get Hutch that year as well?
by MFAN on
Apr 18, 2008 12:46 PM PDT
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2003, as well.
by Coach Owens on Apr 18, 2008 12:44 PM PDT 0 recs
2005 was awesome
It's hard to go against 2005 since it brought us Hill and Lofa, but the draft that brought us Walter has to win.
by MFAN on Apr 18, 2008 12:46 PM PDT 0 recs
2006
I'm noticing that fewer draft picks tend to lead to better draft picks. Is this just a coincidence?
by Nate Dogg on Apr 18, 2008 12:55 PM PDT 0 recs
2002
by Punk In Drublic on Apr 18, 2008 2:04 PM PDT 0 recs
There is something positive about many of them
Definitely 1997 for obvious reasons.
1998's top three picks were all productive players. Great value in Green in the third round there.
2001 has to be mentioned since Hutch is likely a hall of famer. Koren had some solid years. Ken Lucas has put up some solid seasons. Heath Evans has had a nice career.
2003 definitely. Hamlin, Trufant, Josh Brown, and Seneca.
2004 has some great talent, it is just unforuntate it has not all been able to be utilized. Tubbs is great when he can get on the field, Boulware had so much potential, then Locklear, Koutouvides, Hackett and Carig Terrill. Great draft.
2005 was definitely great.
2006/2007 haven't reached that "3 year rule" yet, so it is tough to evaluate them.
by ASUBoyd on Apr 18, 2008 2:51 PM PDT 0 recs
Talking about the 1998 Draft got me thinking
Would anyone here risk losing Shaun early in his career -- and maybe the Seahawks not going to and losing in Super Bowl XL -- for an extra 1st round choice 5 years ago? Since Shaun was drafted #19 in 2000, here are a few notable names from the 2001 & 2002 drafts, between picks 20 and 30: Nate Clements, Deuce McAllister, Reggie Wayne, Todd Heap, Javon Walker (actually, we traded the #20 pick in 2002 to Green Bay, who drafted Walker), Daniel Graham, Lito Sheppard, and Ed Reed. The question is, would you have rather had Shaun over the last 6-7 years, or Green and one of the names listed (or someone who sucked, like Mike Rumph)? I'm not really sure, actually....
by JL White on Apr 18, 2008 10:02 PM PDT 0 recs
1990!
You got your top defensive player of all time (Sorry, Kenny, you didn't play long enough to be greater than the Tez) and long term contributors out of Wooden and Blackmon. And you got your all-decade running back IN THE FOURTH ROUND.
Maybe no one remembers how good Warren was because he played for some god-awful teams, but he was our most consistent long-term offensive player of the early nineties, just as Tez was our most consistent long-term defenisive player... in the same draft!
by nucleard on Apr 19, 2008 10:32 AM PDT 0 recs
Trading up...
- Compensation. I'm very hesitant to deal future #1's. To me that's like driving with no insurance. It would be our luck to deal next year's #1 and then Hass breaks his collarbone doing some god-awful commercial and has to sit this year. Now, I could see moving picks in this year's draft--a scaled down version of Ditka unloading all his picks for Senor Smoke--to move up.
- Whom to target? Suppose we are talking about moving up to #7. It'd just about have to be Dorsey or bust. He's the only player that's no-bout-a-doubt-it in the rotation from day one worth the cost of moving. I'm not a believer in Gholdston. Not sure Ellis is worth the cost.
by dcrockett17 on Apr 19, 2008 12:39 PM PDT 0 recs
Ellis
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Apr 19, 2008 1:33 PM PDT
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