Why the Seahawks and Russell Wilson finally split. Hint, it’s the drafts.

2013 and 2014

The years that followed appeared to see the magic of Carroll and Schneider dissipate. The 2013 and 2014 draft classes were the two weakest classes in terms of talent in Pete’s tenure with the team to that point.

The 2013 draft was so bad that the best player, by far, to come out of it for Seattle is tight end Luke Willson who was great in the locker room and a backup on the field.

The largest head-scratcher in 2014 would be the selection of receiver Paul Richardson. Not only did he play against lesser competition than the others drafted after him but they put up better numbers and look significantly more explosive.

Let me name the players drafted after Paul Richardson in 2014: Davante Adams, Allen Robinson and Jarvis Landry.

You can imagine how much more explosive Seattle would’ve been if they would’ve drafted properly in just one of those two years. No one’s perfect and it’s very difficult to determine in the draft who will be good and who won’t be, however, Paul Richardson had a 3rd-to-4th round projection on him from many sites. Adams and Landry were both projected higher, both had stronger household names, both looked more explosive on film, and had better collegiate careers.