Seattle Seahawks Mock Draft: Now with compensatory picks!

By Keith Myers | Mar 27, 2015

It hasn’t been very long since we’ve posted a Seattle Seahawks mock draft, but there are a couple of things that have happened that have warranted an update. First, the NFL has announced the compensatory picks for the 2015 draft. The Seahawks were given four additional picks. These picks definitely changed the overall draft strategy.

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The second big change came from my conversation with Zach Whitman on the NFL Northwest podcast. I found myself looking at certain athletes and knowing that I wanted to get them as a part of this draft. That led to a couple of “reaches,” but I’m ok with that. Better to get the players I wanted and not get “value” then to miss out on them.

Xavier Cooper is the No. 2 athlete at DT in this draft class. Davis Tull is the top athlete at DE, and Chris Conely is the best athlete at WR. MyCole Pruitt is one of the only TEs in this draft that is reasonably above average as a athlete in this draft class.

Getting these types of athlete is something that the Seahawks have done consistently since Pete Carroll and John Schneider came to Seattle. I thought it was important to have the mock draft reflect this.

As before, the Fanspeak mock draft simulator was used. This time, the composite draft board was unavailable, so Matter Miller’s (from Bleacher Report) was used instead.

If there was one thing I’d like to have seen end up differently, it is the Seahawks getting a high ceiling nose tackle at some point in the draft. Xavier Cooper is a three tech candidate in Seattle’s defense. He is a versatile defensive tackle, but I don’t see him succeeding regularly at 1-tech.

Davis Tull in the third round adds the element of making Bruce Irving expendable in a year. Tull is a bit an Irvin clone. He’s a super-athletic edge rusher who profiles well as a strong side linebacker as well. So Tull gives the team a great improvement to the pass rush in 2015, and a low-cost Irvin replacement in 2016.

All three fourth round selections went to the offense. Shaq Mason is an idea zone blocking guard/center. Mitch Morris is a highly athletic offensive tackle similar to Garrett Scott who the team picked a year ago. Chris Conely is a taller and more athletic Golden Tate.

South Alabama quarterback Brandon Bridge is a pick that will likely raise some eyebrows. He’s a much better player than you’d expect from such a small school. Seattle’s needs to find an answer at backup quarterback that doesn’t include bringing back Tarvaris Jackson every year.

Take a look at the full draft below, and let me know what you think.

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