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Draft day used to be a boring bundle of randomness, but then Pete Carroll and John Schneider came along and made it interesting. More specifically, reading Fieldgulls and Seahawksdraftblog educated me on the trends and evident criteria that Pete and John were using to build their draft board.
No longer was the draft a cacophony of names that could be chosen at any time. Now I had a way to narrow down the chaos and focus on specific players that seemed to be possible targets. I’m not saying any one of my drafts will be close or even have more than one correct player, but I knew that if I did enough drafts and enough players, that I probably would have gotten to know multiple players that we end up drafting.
Speaking of which, here is my last mock draft and who I would take.
And here’s my last one based on who I think the Seahawks would take.
Draft crushes are also formed along the way, which makes draft days so much more enjoyable as I root for my guys and cry when some asshat team drafts them. Either way, since I am done with mocks and we are ready to get this started, I thought I would share the resources that I enjoy following on draft day. They allow me to do instant research and root for and understand what is going on.
I shouldn’t have to say it, but the live blogging on Fieldgulls and Seahawksdraftblog are an excellent place to start and will really help you keep up with what is happening.
I also enjoy following:
http://www.espn.com/nfl/draft/live
www.draftscout.com/members/index.php
https://www.nfl.com/draft/tracker/prospects
They each have different takes on players and what is happening but can help fill in the big picture of what is going on.
Our own Alistair Corp also has this excellent big board based on measurements and what Seattle typically looks for under Pete and John:
Excited to share this with you all: Based off the Seahawks' athletic thresholds at each position (with some subjectivity at certain positions) I've created a draft board/database for the team: https://t.co/c4APZzwGll
— Alistair Corp (@alistaircorp) March 6, 2018
Lastly, I thought I would consolidate all of the players I have looked at over the last couple of months into one page. I have them broken up into theoretical target rounds, but prognosticators are wrong way more than right, so think plus or minus two rounds for all the guys.
1st
DL TAVEN BRYAN, FLORIDA
LB LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH, BOISE STATE
TE DALLAS GOEDERT, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
2nd
DE DUKE EJIOFOR WAKE FOREST
DE JOSH SWEAT, FSU
DL RASHEEM GREEN
LB LORENZO CARTER GEORGIA
G AUSTIN CORBETT NEVADA
G BILLY PRICE OHIO STATE
OT KOLTON MILLER
RB SONY MICHEL, GEORGIA
3rd
DL JALYN HOLMES OHIO STATE
G WYATT TELLER, VIRGINIA TECH
S TERRELL EDMUNDS
LB FRED WARNER BRIGHAM YOUNG
WR DANTE PETTIS WASHINGTON
RB NICK CHUBB, GEORGIA
TE HAYDEN HURST, SOUTH CAROLINA
TE MARK ANDREWS OKLAHOMA
4th
EDGE JALYN HOLMES
EDGE TYQUAN LEWIS OHIO STATE
DL B.J. HILL NC STATE
DL TIM SETTLE, VIRGINIA TECH
CB RASHAAN GAULDEN TENNESSEE
CB TARVARUS MCFADDEN FLORIDA STATE
CB ISAAC YIADOM BOSTON COLLEGE
CB QUENTON MEEKS, STANFORD
S JORDAN WHITEHEAD PITTSBURGH
S JESSIE BATES III, WAKE FOREST
S KAMERON KELLY, SAN DIEGO STATE
LB SHAQUEM GRIFFIN, UCF
G WYATT TELLER, VIRGINIA TECH
C SCOTT QUESSENBERRY, UCLA
RB BO SCARBOROUGH, ALABAMA
RB ROYCE FREEMAN OREGON
TE JAYLEN SAMUELS NC STATE
5th
LEO DORANCE ARMSTRONG JR., KANSAS
DT ANDREW BROWN, VIRGINIA
DL KENTAVIUS STREET NC STATE
DL POONA FORD, TEXAS
DL FOLORUNSO FATUKASI CONNECTICUT
CB HOLTON HILL, TEXAS
CB TARVARUS MCFADDEN FLORIDA STATE
CB LEVI WALLACE, ALABAMA
CB JORDAN THOMAS, OKLAHOMA
CB BRANDON FACYSON VIRGINIA TECH
LB DARIUS LEONARD SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
LB LEON JACOBS WISCONSIN
G COLBY GOSSETT, APPALACHIAN STATE
C BRADLEY BOZEMAN ALABAMA
C WILL CLAPP LSU
WR TRE’QUAN SMITH CENTRAL FLORIDA
WR BYRON PRINGLE, KANSAS STATE
RB KALEN BALLAGE
RB AKRUM WADLEY IOWA
RB JUSTIN JACKSON, NORTHWESTERN
RB JOHN KELLY TENNESSEE
TE WILL DISSLY, WASHINGTON
TE RYAN IZZO
TE TYLER CONKLIN, CENTRAL MICHIGAN
6th
WR EQUANIMEOUS ST. BROWN
RB DARREL WILLIAMS, LSU
RB ITO SMITH, SOUTHERN MISS
7th
EDGE PETER KALAMBAYI STANFORD
CB JAMARCUS KING
CB CHRIS CAMPBELL PENN STATE
DB NATRELL JAMERSON, WISCONSIN
S TRE FLOWERS OKLAHOMA STATE
LB JOEL IYIEGBUNIWE
LB TEGRAY SCALES INDIANA
LB MATTHEW THOMAS, FLORIDA STATE
LB DORIAN O’DANIEL CLEMSON
WR MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING SOUTH FLORIDA
WR KEITH KIRKWOOD, TEMPLE
RB LAVON COLEMAN, WASHINGTON
RB RYAN NALL, OREGON STATE
RB CHRIS WARREN, TEXAS
FB NICK BAWDEN SAN DIEGO STATE
QB CHASE LITTON, MARSHALL
Who would you be targeting?