Seattle Seahawks Mock Draft: All 7 rounds!
By Keith Myers
Round 2: Vernon Butler, DT, Louisiana Tech
Both of Seattle’s starting DTs are currently free agents. Getting one back is pretty much a necessity, but the team will still be looking for another starter.
Vernon Butler would be a great fit for Seattle’s scheme. He’s a powerful run stuffer that is impossible to move off of his spot. He played all over the line in college, and can succeed at either the NT or 3T spots in Seattle’s defense.
Butler lacks pass rush moves at this point in his development. He also doesn’t use his hands well to help fight off blocks. Both of these should be fixed once he gets into Seattle’s MMA-inspired defensive line drills.
Round 3: Joe Dahl, OG/OT, Washington State
The Seahawks double-dip on the offensive line by taking another player here in the third round. Dahl is a tremendous athlete, and his technique is polished and NFL-ready.
The problem with Dahl is that he doesn’t necessarily have a position. He doesn’t have the ideal height and length to play tackle. He doesn’t have the ideal bulk teams want in a guard.
Instead, Dahl would bring positional flexibility to an offensive line in flux. He can play four positions on the line. Tom Cable likes guys that he can plug in anywhere, so he’ll love what they get from Dahl.
Round 3c: Jayron Kearse, SS, Clemson
Jayron Kearse is a 6ft 4in, 22o lb. strong safety that’ll likely add 10-15 pounds in the NFL as he continues to fills out his fame. Physically, he projects as a faster Kam Chancellor.
What Kearse lacks is polish. He wastes steps in coverage and is prone to taking questionable angles in pursuit. These are things that are correctable with coaching, but it’ll take time before he’s ready to be an every-down contributor.
While that lack of polish is why he should drop this far in the draft, it shouldn’t be a deterrent for Seattle. The Seahawks spent a year developing Chancellor before he was ready. They also have done well with other unpolished athletes in the secondary like Richard Sherman, Byron Maxwell and Deshawn Shead.
The Seahawks also need to figure out a long-term solution at SS. Chancellor’s holdout at the beginning of 2015 isn’t an issue that will go away. There is a reasonable chance he’ll be playing elsewhere next season.
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