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Seahawks five best prospects at offensive tackle in the 2019 draft

By Todd Vandenberg

BOULDER, CO - NOVEMBER 19: Wide receiver Tavares Martin Jr. #8 of the Washington State Cougars runs with the ball after making a catch for a first down during the fourth quarter as offensive lineman Andre Dillard #60 blocks defensive back Nick Fisher #7 of the Colorado Buffaloes at Folsom Field on November 19, 2016 in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado defeated Washington State 38-24. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
BOULDER, CO - NOVEMBER 19: Wide receiver Tavares Martin Jr. #8 of the Washington State Cougars runs with the ball after making a catch for a first down during the fourth quarter as offensive lineman Andre Dillard #60 blocks defensive back Nick Fisher #7 of the Colorado Buffaloes at Folsom Field on November 19, 2016 in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado defeated Washington State 38-24. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /
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Cody Ford: could he fall to the Seahawks?
NORMAN, OK – OCTOBER 27: Offensive lineman Cody Ford #74 of the Oklahoma Sooners gestures to the crowd before the game against the Kansas State Wildcats at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on October 27, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Kansas State 51-14. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /

Seahawks will have a lot of players available

The smoke will clear to some extent after the NFL Combine, but right now it’s a wide-open field. The closest thing to a consensus we’ve seen so far is that Alabama’s Jonah Williams will be the first tackle taken. He’s ranked first by cbssports.com, espn.com, and drafttek.com, among others. Brad Weiss of FanSided has Williams going to Tampa Bay with the fifth overall pick. So let’s not worry about Williams. Then again, walterfootball.com ranks him as the fourth-best tackle and likely to wait until late in the first round, if not the second. Regardless, he’ll be gone when the Seahawks draft. As for everyone else here, you never know how the draft will play out.

After Williams, it’s pretty much anybody’s guess who’s next. FanSided’s Weiss has Florida’s three-year starter at right tackle Jawaan Taylor as the next to go. CBS Sports agrees and projects him to go in the middle of the first round. ESPN ranks Taylor as fourth-best at the position and likely to go late in the first round. However, they hedge their ranking by saying he may be better off moving inside to guard. Draft Tek ranks him as the sixth-best tackle and sees him as lasting until early in the third round. Did I mention walterfootball.com ranks him as the best tackle? Like I said, not much consensus.

Cody Ford of Oklahoma is ranked second by ESPN, while CBS Sports pegs him as the third-best tackle in the draft. Both expect him to be gone on the first night of the draft. Walterfootball.com agrees with the latter assessment and places him third, although as with Taylor, there appears to be talk of a need to move him inside to guard. Draft Tek appears to be more of a Chevy adherent, as they have Ford all the down as the 12th-best tackle and barely squeezing into the fourth round. Ford didn’t start at tackle until 2018, for what it’s worth.

Greg Little of Ole Miss is rated third or fourth by every group mentioned, with the exception of walterfootball.com, which ranks him second. One site said his fundamentals could be sloppy, while another quoted team sources as saying he was an underachiever. Mind you, I didn’t see him ranked lower than fourth by any site.

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit perturbed that two of the top three picks are mentioned as possible candidates to move inside to guard. Then again, the authors of these concerns aren’t named. For all I know, Tom Cable is the source for all of the negative comments, so he’d have an excuse when they fail for the Raiders.

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