The Seahawks and the College Draft

It has been a while since I have written anything about the Seahawks or football for that matter. There are those who are interested in football all year around however though I do keep an eye on it I am not into as much as others. I am one that watches baseball this time of the year.

The Seahawks did sign a few players including bring back a couple veteran players that used to play for them in defensive end Chris Clemons and cornerback Brandon Browner.  For some this is a big deal which I am not one of them. If they do make the team the reason is that younger players on the roster will not be ready to play their part. Both of them likely will be playing part time as specialists. Browner could be a better choice sticking around on the roster than Clemons because of depth at the cornerback position. A lot of that depends on the health of the players and whether someone like Tharold Simon or DeShawn Shead can make the next step.

There is thought the Seahawks will take a defensive tackle for their first selection in the draft and go after several offensive linemen. Though the Seahawks have a lot of draft picks they could move down or up depending on how the draft is going on the first day. One thing we know that the Seahawks will surprise us like every year.

Besides going for offensive linemen the Seahawks should go after a quarterback in the middle to late rounds. Also they should go for a running back, a cornerback and a receiver to add depth. Even if they don’t draft one of those expect to sign a free agent out of college. We could see another running back like Thomas Rawls the Seahawks signed as a free agent last year.

Any case the draft should be interesting on the part of the Seahawks. The only other interesting part of the draft is the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles both moving up making big time trades to be the first and second overall picks in this draft. They are both expected to take quarterbacks in the draft. The other interesting deal is what the Titans and the Browns will do with the extra picks they received in the two trades. I am sure the Titans choices will be more interesting than the Browns though since the Browns have so much work to do. At least this time the Browns decided not to go after another quarterback since they have failed the last two attempts they made for one in the draft.  It made sense that the Titans moved down since they do not need a quarterback.

Anyway Seahawks we look forward to next weekend when Schneider and Carroll make their choices. Go Seahawks!