Latest Seahawks offseason ranking is seriously flawed. Here’s why.

Seahawks made some great moves in the offseason

Look, maybe you agree with Barnwell. Maybe you believe with 100 percent of your College Navy, Wolf Gray, and Action Green heart that Seattle should have kept Wilson. Just remember keeping Wilson means no Noah Fant, no Shelby Harris, and no Drew Lock. Okay, you don’t need Lock if you kept Wilson, but Fant and Harris should both have a very big impact on the Hawks for the next few years.

That doesn’t even account for the draft picks the Seahawks nabbed in the trade. That’s another issue Barnwell sees as a Seattle gaffe, the compensation received for Wilson. Here’s exactly how Barnwell phrased his view:

"The Seahawks simply didn’t get enough for a superstar in the prime of his career, and while I held out some hope that they would then go after a viable replacement under center, they’re about to head into 2022 with Lock and Geno Smith as their two quarterbacks. They went from having a true superstar under center to having two replacement-level veterans and no clear path toward their next franchise passer. That’s a disaster."

Let’s look at the compensation first. As I wrote above, Fant is a clear win. No, he’s not the best tight end in the league, but he’s a better receiver than anyone the Hawks had on the roster. Harris will add much-needed stability to the defensive line as well as consistent pressure up the middle. Drew Lock may not be the league’s best QB – okay, he’s far from the league’s best – but with consistent coaching for once in his professional career, he can certainly pay dividends for Seattle.

As for those draft picks, the Hawks picked up Charles Cross, a selection Mr. Barnwell applauded. They also nabbed Boye Mafe, a pass-rushing fiend that Pete Carroll compared to Cliff Avril. That doesn’t sound inadequate, now does it? The Hawks sent the final 2022 pick to the Chiefs and turned that into linebacker Tyreke Smith and wide receiver Dareke Young.

Sure, the odds are against their success, but Seattle got two rolls of the dice with that move. It’s not like we haven’t seen late-round success before. David Moore, J.R. Sweezy, Chris Carson…you get the picture.

Again, far too many writers and talking heads have based their analysis of the Seahawks offseason moves as if the 2022 season is the league finale. If this was the final season, then sure, the Hawks should have kept Wilson. They would have kept Bobby Wagner, too. But Seattle looked past this season and made moves to create a team that can win for the next ten years.

Will those moves work? Time will tell, 12s. I know this much: renting a mediocre quarterback for one season makes absolutely zero sense. Replacing a great quarterback with, at best, a good one for the same money doesn’t make any sense, either. The Seahawks have two first-round picks in 2023, and the best QB class in a decade. Now that, 12s, that makes sense.