Seahawks have rarely found their stars in the first round of the NFL draft
Seahawks find the fifth fantastic
As for 2018, yeah, it’s still a little early to talk about stars. Or is it? Rashaad Penny certainly wasn’t a star, but he was far from a bust. As he missed so much of the preseason last year, I think he could still find a much bigger role for the Hawks in 2019, both in the return game and as Carson’s sidekick. Not the best outcome for a first-round pick, granted, but that’s my point. Pete Carroll’s Seahawks have always found their stars in later rounds.
Lee Vowell (again with this guy!) wrote Seattle may have truly hit the jackpot in the fifth round last year. He’s right. All the Seahawks got was the league’s most inspirational story (and a special teams player that could lay people out); their starting right cornerback; the NFL’s best punter for the next decade; and a guy who looked like the future at right tackle until an injury ended his season before it started. When you pick up Shaquem Griffin, Tre Flowers, Michael Dickson, and Jamarco Jones in the fifth round, you’ve had yourself a draft.
That doesn’t even include fourth-round pick Will Dissly, who proved to be a dangerous offensive weapon in Russell Wilson’s arsenal of receivers. As long as he recovers from his nasty patellar injury, the rugged run-blocking Dissly will likely be the Hawks starting tight end for years to come. From 2018 alone, the Seahawks found two starters in the fourth and fifth rounds, and likely would have had a third had Jones not been injured. Plus Dickson, although typically punters are never drafted early unless they’re the God of Hangtime. And no, I am most definitely not talking about Todd Sauerbrun.
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Since Carroll and Schneider have been running the show, they’ve found twelve starters in the third round and below. That doesn’t include the players that weren’t even drafted, like DeShawn Shead, Ricardo Lockette, Thomas Rawls, Mike Morgan, and Jermaine Kearse. Oh, and there’s that guy who’s apparently angry pretty often. Angry, articulate, and one of the best wide receivers in the game. When the Seahawks can find players like Doug Baldwin after the draft, I don’t get too concerned about them moving out of the first round. You shouldn’t either.