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Seahawks Mock Draft Monday 3.0: Pre-combine edition

By Colby Patnode

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: A video board displays an image as the Seattle Seahawks take the #29 overall pick during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: A video board displays an image as the Seattle Seahawks take the #29 overall pick during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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Pick 27: Seahawks select Mehki Becton, RT Louisville

LOUISVILLE, KY – NOVEMBER 17: Mekhi Becton #73 of the Louisville Cardinals blocks against the North Carolina State Wolfpack during the game at Cardinal Stadium on November 17, 2018, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KY – NOVEMBER 17: Mekhi Becton #73 of the Louisville Cardinals blocks against the North Carolina State Wolfpack during the game at Cardinal Stadium on November 17, 2018, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

Well, this is the first time I’ve desperately wanted to trade down. No impact edge rushers were available. None of the wide receivers I have a first-round grade on slipped to 27. And Jordan Love sat on the board. A QB needy team would surely give a small fortune to take Love in the late-first. But I couldn’t trade down and had to make a pick.

The best two players on the board were both linebackers. I like Patrick Queen and Kenneth Murray quite a bit, but Seattle already has Bobby Wagner locked in, and while K.J. Wright may be a cap casualty, Cody Barton and Ben Burr-Kirven are second-year players with starter upside.

I wouldn’t hate either player donning a Seahawks uniform, but it just doesn’t seem realistic. Without the ability to trade down, no obvious fits, and my self imposed rule against drafting a player in back to back mock drafts (Xavier McKinney), I had to make a choice.

I settled on Mekhi Becton, a monster of a man who has a rare ability to make D.J. Fluker look small. At 6’7″, 370 lbs, Becton is a massive human being with a 7-foot wingspan and surprising athleticism. He is a work in progress but posses raw skills that can’t be taught.

He would be a nice replacement for Germaine Ifedi and significantly cheaper than signing Jack Conklin to big money. The obvious concern is that Becton will eat himself out of the league. If he lacks the discipline to stay on a program and work hard to keep his weight down, he has a bigger chance to bust than most.

Again, I didn’t love the options available to me and trading down into the low 30’s or mid-’40s would have been ideal. But Becton has a unique skill set that the Seahawks love and does fill a need. His testing at the combine will give us a better idea of what kind of athlete he is and the interviews with teams will be important as well.

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