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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.

Star-divide

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.
Although not necessarily for the 'Hawks.
"I think we know who the 'Hawks true rival is"-John Morgan

by Coach Owens on Apr 18, 2008 12:38 PM PDT   0 recs

Good stuff
I agree with those you list, John.  Another one in contention might be the year the Hawks got both Shaun and D-Jack.

God, that 1999 draft was horrendous.

by jeager on Apr 18, 2008 12:39 PM PDT   0 recs

2003, as well.
Tru, Hamlin, Wallace, Dreamboat.
"I think we know who the 'Hawks true rival is"-John Morgan

by Coach Owens on Apr 18, 2008 12:44 PM PDT   0 recs

2005 was awesome
But I'm gonna go with 1997.  Walter Jones is arguably one of the best players in NFL history, Shawn Springs was outstanding corner for the Hawks and Mili was a pretty solid TE.

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
Not the best draft, but every player in that draft is still with the team, and every player except Kirtman has made a significant impact.  Thats pretty impressive, even if it doesn't rank among the all time best.

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
Wow.  Clinton Portis was off the board 2 picks before we took Mo Morris, and Brian Westbrook was still available.  You can really punish yourself looking back and playing 'what if'...

by Punk In Drublic on Apr 18, 2008 2:04 PM PDT   0 recs

There is something positive about many of them
It is hard to say one draft trumps them all when looking at the Seahawk's draft history.  Maybe if you break it down into GMs it would be easier to do that, but on the whole a few stand out.

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
about one of the most thought-provoking "what ifs?" in Seahawk history: What if the Seahawks had kept Ahman Green?  When we drafted Shaun in 2000, the same year we traded Green to Green Bay, so if we didn't trade him I'd assume the Seahawks still would have drafted Shaun.  After that, however, I think Green would have gotten a chance a replace Ricky Watters before Alexander, and being the more natural fit in the WCO.....if we didn't trade Green to Green Bay in 2000, we might have ended up keeping him and trading Shaun in 2001 or 2002.  Green was one of the top backs in the NFL until he got hurt in 2005, but who knows what quality player (or bust) we could have received for Shaun?

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!
That 1990 draft has got to be the best.

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...
Seattle is the perfect team to consider such a move. But, there are two issues.
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on Apr 19, 2008 12:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Ellis
I'd much rather see them grab Sedrick Ellis than Dorsey.  Dorsey's health issues really worry me.  If there was ever a year to trade up for 7, usually a tough place to pick, this would be a good one.  I couldn't imagine this team coming away with an Ellis or a Gholsten (who I'm not sure about as a LB, but the Hawks would keep him at DE).

by Nate Dogg on Apr 19, 2008 1:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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