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Recapping our list of Top 25 Best Seahawk Players

By Dan Viens

Jun 15, 2016; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll talks with wide receiver Kevin Smith (17) during warmup drills before minicamp at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 15, 2016; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll talks with wide receiver Kevin Smith (17) during warmup drills before minicamp at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports /
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We ranked the best 25 players on the Seahawks roster in order. How did we do?

Well that was fun, wasn’t it?

Ever get halfway into a cleaning project, or a reorganization of your home of office, or perhaps a home improvement task and about halfway through you think….. what in the hell did I get myself into? 

If I learned one thing from this year’s series counting down the Top 25 Best Seahawks Players it is this; delegate! 

Beware 2017, 12thmanrising.com staff. You’ve been warned.

Still, it was a worthwhile undertaking, ranking the best 25 players on the current roster in order. As I mentioned in the intro to each piece, the top ten was relatively easy. Parsing out spots 15-25 were particularly daunting. The biggest challenge was in trying to figure out where the rookies fit in. When in doubt, I went with the simple equation of talent+projected role. Perhaps we’ll look back in a couple of years and say someone like WR Kenny Lawler belonged on this list, but for now it appears the 7th round pick is going to have an uphill battle just to make the team let alone find a consistent role, regardless of how talented he may be.

Here’s a full recap of how the list shook out:

  1. Russell Wilson, QB
  2. Michael Bennett, DT/DE
  3. Richard Sherman, CB
  4. Earl Thomas, FS
  5. Doug Baldwin, WR
  6. Jimmy Graham, TE
  7. Bobby Wagner, LB
  8. Kam Chancellor, SS
  9. Thomas Rawls, RB
  10. Tyler Lockett, WR
  11. K. J. Wright, LB
  12. Cliff Avril, DE
  13. Steven Hauschka, K
  14. Jon Ryan, P
  15. Frank Clark, DE/OLB
  16. Jordan Hill, DT
  17. Jarran Reed, DT
  18. Alex Collins, RB
  19. Garry Gilliam, LT
  20. Nick Vannett, TE
  21. Jeremy Lane, CB
  22. Jermaine Kearse, WR
  23. Ahtyba Rubin, DT
  24. C.J. Prosise, RB
  25. Mark Glowinski, G

A few notes:

  • Are there a couple rankings I’m questioning now? Sure. Four rookies might seem a little steep, but that’s how good I feel about this draft class.
  • I know I’m higher on Glowinski and Vannett than some, but I’m hoping their performance over time will validate my assessment of them.
  • Jordan Hill was the biggest enigma. He’s got a ton of talent, and we were all teased by his sack production at the end of the 2014 season, but his production hasn’t matched his talent since then. Is it fair to have a guy at #16 who might not even make the roster this year? We shall see. I can easily make a case for bumping him down this list, if not off of it all together.
  • Who were some of the players who just missed the cut? The list includes Luke WIllson, DeShawn Shead, and first round draft pick Germain Ifedi.

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