The Seattle Seahawks went from totally missing the playoffs in 2024, to winning the Super Bowl in 2025. This team has made good move after good move, and based on how rock-solid the roster is and how much everything is still going to be in place for 2026, a repeat is on the table.
Thanks to an elite, explosive, and deep defense and a top-tier passing offense, Seattle raced through the regular season, won 14 games, and ended the year with a blowout in the Super Bowl. Where teams create Super Bowl-contending rosters is in the NFL draft.
In this year's draft, the Seahawks worked the board a bit and did end up with a total of eight selections, picking in every round but the fourth. While the front office, led by General Manager John Schneider, did seem to make the most of the limited capital they had, will they soon have regrets not making these two selections?
Seattle Seahawks could soon regret passing on Emmanuel Pregnon and Elijah Sarratt in the NFL Draft
Emmanuel Pregnon felt like a slam-dunk second-round pick, and he would have fit nicely with the Seahawks. Pregnon ended up falling all the way down to pick 88, about halfway through Round 3, heading to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Given that the Seahawks do still have a massive weakness along the interior of the offensive line with Anthony Bradford, selecting Pregnon, which the Seahawks could have done at pick 64, would have made sense. The roster is at a point where the team could have embraced a needs-based approach in a draft, putting less of an emphasis on drafting the best player available.
And it does seem like the front office did do that to an extent - selecting Jadarian Price in Round 1 was absolutely drafting for need, and it felt like Pregnon was a safe, high-floor risk worth taking in Round 2.
He excels as a run blocker, but would have also been a plug-and-play starter. Instead of Pregnon, Seattle took Iowa guard Beau Stephens at pick 148 in Round 5, so they did still address the offensive line.
Another player that would have made a lot of sense was Elijah Sarratt, a big-bodied wide receiver from Indiana who went at pick 115 to the Baltimore Ravens. Seattle had picked cornerback Julian Neal with the 99th selection, so Sarratt was very much still on the board.
Sarratt isn't a high-ceiling player. He doesn't profile as a legitimate No. 1 receiver, but the Seahawks have that in Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Where Sarratt does fit in nicely is as a solid No.2-caliber receiver and someone who can help even out this passing attack.
For perspective, Smith-Njigba led the Seahawks with 1,793 receiving yards in 2025. The next two closes pass-catchers, Cooper Kupp and AJ Barner, had 593 and 519 yards, respectively. It was clearly, for the most part, a one-man show last year.
The idea of adding a solid receiver prospect like Sarratt would have been a welcome addition. He's more of a possession receiver who could work the intermediate-middle parts of the field and become a strong third-down target.
And while Seattle might have that now with Kupp, he's on the wrong side of 30 and clearly an aging player who doesn't offer a ton of upside. Had the Seahawks landed Pregnon and Sarratt, this draft class might be looking a bit stronger.
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