What the hell do you think this is John, Comcast!?

Mostly because you’ve convinced me that we have the talent to make it work already.

I’m assuming you meant trading up so that we had two top 10 picks? Because a great talent should still be available for our first pick, since we’ll be ~7 or so, and I think we even have the possibility of moving into the top 5. It is interesting how the value of top 10 picks will probably be at an all time low because teams simply won’t want to pay the contracts. A team might look very favorably towards trading their 1st rounder this year for a 1st rounder next year (though there would of course have to be additional compensation, just probably not as much as usual).

It continues to amaze me what GMZ has done. For our football analysis, or at least mine. There’s no reason the basic way he operates would not work in the NFL. We don’t have the stats baseball does, scouting is more important. But football knowledge, game planning, and roster management are decades behind what the rules allow. Zduriencik, the Seahawks need a clone of you. Someone to distance himself from the team, to identify cheap commodities and use them to gain a better team. The closer analogy was perfect. There are tons of people like Peerman, who are fast and could be effective in the return game. It’s a cheap position to fill, with clear benefits. Why would we stick with Rankin, who clearly has no future? Get a guy who can take it home a couple times a year. A guy who can get us to the 40 periodically, setting up easy points. It would cost almost no resources.

It’s not that its a position that would make us a contender. Its that we could sink almost no resources into it, and get a large upgrade. Because the position is undervalued (like defense currently is in baseball. For now).

hilarious.

I promise this will be good before game time.

I most strongly agreed regarding Hasselbeck and his future. I also agree about the pass setting up the run but not vice-versa, and that tailoring the team to run the ball and stop the run at the expense of the pass is maddening.

I agree that there is some talent on the OL. Agree about keeping Spencer. The interior is a Spencer extension and Iupati (maybe the best OL in the draft when ignoring positional value) draft pick away from being elite, but where does that leave Unger?

I’m worried about Unger. He doesn’t look well suited for guard, (just not strong enough), and he’s inferior at C than Spencer. He’s looked pathetic in pass protection at times, particularly the “punch” he delivers, which is probably about as much of a body blow as mine was in high school. I know he’s a rookie, but I’m worried about him. Saying that he’s on a Chris Gray path- medium/low upside a long time from now- puts me in saddened agreement. That kind of outlook is not enough to send Spencer packing nor enough to pass on an elite prospect (especially if that prospect is a guard).

Other than Unger, the two weakest links on the OL are the tackles. Not only that, but depth is lacking too. Lock’s contract makes him a good target for release. And I hate to say it, but I don’t even know if Lock is an average pass protector anymore. Willis is a below average RT who has really struggled at times. He’s not garbage, but a good ZBS OL would probably not start him, at least not very often. So unfortunately, this puts Seattle very much in a buyers position at tackle this offseason, which sucks because this is a pretty horrible year for tackles. The position is overvalued to begin with, combined with a poor class, means its a really bad time to be a buyer. Free agency is pretty barren as well, especially considering all the newly minted RFA’s. I’m a big believer in not drafting by position, but by the player. And so far, only Charles Brown has modestly impressed me in the footage I’ve seen, and he’s 285 pounds at the moment.
 
Regarding Cirron Black, its funny that you mentioned him. Kyle Rota and Rob Stanton at Seahawks draft blog, who are very bright talent evaluators, are not fans of his. Here’s Rota’s write up: Cirron Black: Cajun for “stay away.”

Very pointed. WR is typically a position that takes a long time to reach NFL speed and we haven’t seen much of Butler this year. That’s why I find it fascinating you would be willing to ship him out after only 15 games. I’m not disagreeing- Butler wasn’t my choice either- just find it very interesting since normally you are very patient with young players.

I heard you talk about Suh, McCoy, and Berry. You make a good case for trading up. But failing that, specifically, which players besides those 3 are on your radar with the #7 overall? Or with Denver’s (currently 19th)? What would an ideal (but at least somewhat realistic) John Morgan “stay put” draft look like in round 1?

On coaching- if Jim Mora is fired and the entire staff dismissed, what kind of coach type would you prefer to bring in? One with an offense background or one with a defense background?

I’m pretty sure I’m not one of the 99% you referred to at the end, but I still appreciate your perspective on the Seahawks and I usually take away something from visiting this site every day. Thanks.

Outstanding analysis.

but, isn’t it very unlikely to happen with the current regime as both Mora and Bradley ran 4-3 for their entire NFL careers?

I agree with 95% of your vision. I especially like the fact that you are able to find correctly find value in certain current seahawks.

And I have already recently been won over by the 3-4 transition idea for this team because of what we already have. I just wanted to add, that I hadn’t thought of what Red Bryant’s role would be. And thinking of him as a 3-4 end, all I can say is, holy shit.

But didn’t you mean Robert Mathis and not Rashean Mathis when mentioning Tapp/Cole? Rashean Mathis is a safety.

Nice job JM. Thanks.