Welcome to the live blog for the 2021 NFL draft. I’ll be giving reaction to every pick as they’re made. Feel free to use this as an open thread but please no tipping picks.
At the end of round three I’ll be hosting a live stream offering reaction to Seattle’s move(s).
Here’s a watch-list for Seahawks fans…
#33 Jacksonville — Tyson Campbell (CB, Georgia)
This was rumoured. I have no idea why the Jaguars have taken another corner. For me Campbell doesn’t contest enough passes and his agility testing bothers me.
#34 New York Jets — Elijah Moore (WR, Ole Miss)
This is an outstanding pick. The Jets are having a tremendous draft. AVT and Moore to pair with their new pick, not to mention Mekhi Becton a year ago? What a start for Joe Douglas.
#35 Denver (v/ATL) — Javonte Williams (RB, North Carolina)
Outstanding player. In a couple of mocks I had Denver moving up for a running back. Their GM came from Minnesota. Williams is tough, physical and will run you over.
#36 Miami — Jevon Holland (S, Oregon)
He was receiving a lot of late buzz but I’m still a bit surprised he went this high. There’s not a lot of tape to get into.
#37 Philadelphia — Landon Dickerson (C, Alabama)
The Eagles take a shot on Dickerson’s health. There’s no doubting his personality and his character. Yet there’s no getting away from the fact he’s had an injury every year of his college career.
#38 New England (v/CIN) — Christian Barmore (DT, Alabama)
The Patriots trade up for a player I thought was pretty overrated. I’m not convinced he’s the dominating, disruptive DT many think he is.
#39 Chicago (v/CAR) — Teven Jenkins (T, Oklahoma State)
The Bears move up for the second time in the draft. Jenkins fell for health and character concerns. He’s explosive but I think some of the chatter about him has been OTT. He’s not as good as some will have you believe.
#40 Atlanta — Richie Grant (S, UCF)
He made a big impression at the Senior Bowl but his testing was mediocre and it feels like a forced need here.
#41 Detroit — Levi Onwuzurike (DT, Washington)
The Lions are rebuilding through the trenches and good for them. He has great agility and movement for an interior player. He has power and motor. There’s a lot of potential here.
#42 Miami (v/NYG) — Liam Eichenburg (T, Notre Dame)
He was getting a lot of talk late in the process. He has short arms, his kick-slide isn’t much to write home about. He’s a solid player who I’d prefer inside at guard.
#43 Las Vegas (v/SF) — Trevon Moehrig (S, TCU)
Another trade. There’s a lot of movement early in round two. He’s a solid safety. Nothing blows you away but he’s consistent and does a bit of everything. A calming influence in the secondary.
#44 Dallas — Kelvin Joseph (CB, Kentucky)
He really came on in 2020. He’s a top athlete with the LSU pedigree and profile. They needed a corner and they get a good one here.
#45 Jacksonville — Walker Little (T, Stanford)
This is very interesting. He was once considered a top-20 talent. An ACL injury and an opt-out later, nobody had a real grasp of where he would land. He holds in the top-50. He has all the tools to be a starting tackle.
#46 Cincinnati — Jackson Carman (T, Clemson)
I didn’t have him on my board. I didn’t see anything. I thought he looked heavy and sluggish. He has short arms. There were no testing numbers. Not sold.
#47 LA Chargers — Asante Samuel Jr (CB, Florida State)
They had a need and he has a pedigree. I think the name recognition helped him but the tape was pretty good. I preferred other CB’s in this class though.
#48 San Francisco — Aaron Banks (G, Notre Dame)
I liked Banks’ tape but was completely put off by his pro-day and dropped him two rounds. He ran a 4.92 short shuttle and he’s not explosive. His split was a 1.91.
#49 Arizona — Rondale Moore (WR, Purdue)
It’s an interesting pick. He’s a gadget player for me. He had some injury issues. Bit boom or bust really. Doesn’t really offer any downfield threat despite his size and athleticism.
#50 New York Giants — Azeez Olujari (DE, Georgia)
Obviously the injury issues have dropped him significantly and that has to be taken into account. However, he was excellent at Georgia and he has top-level potential.
#51 Washington — Sam Cosmi (T, Texas)
He’s very explosive and he has starting potential. However, he needs to learn how to finish and he has technique issues.
#52 Cleveland (v/CAR) — Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (LB, Notre Dame)
His lack of size was seen as a concern but there’s no doubting what he does well. It’s a surprise he lasted this far.
#53 Tennessee — Dillon Radunz (T, North Dakota State)
I think he’s a guard, although admittedly he looked decent at tackle at the Senior Bowl. He’s just not very big or long.
#54 Indianapolis — Dayo Odeyingbo (DE, Vanderbilt)
I love this pick. Odeyingbo was a top-15 player for me before he tore his achilles. He’s well worth taking a chance on.
#55 Pittsburgh — Pat Freiermuth (TE, Penn State)
I love the value here and the Steelers added two excellent weapons with their first two picks.
#56 Seattle — Dee Eskridge (WR, Western Michigan)
I’m stunned they didn’t trade down. They really do appear to be punting on the draft overall. Eskridge is a dynamic, exciting player. For me he’s a poor man’s Tyreek Hill. He can get downfield, he competes for the ball in the air, he can move the chains. He’s an excellent kick returner. He’s an older player but he has speed and talent.
When I interviewed Jim Nagy before the Senior Bowl, we spoke about Eskridge:
In January I interviewed @JimNagy_SB before the Senior Bowl and he brought up D'Wayne Eskridge. If you want to know why the #Seahawks drafted him, just watch this… pic.twitter.com/iYMLNJoJyD
— Rob Staton (@robstaton) May 1, 2021
The Seahawks get a terrific wide out in Eskridge, someone who can stretch the field, return kicks and even line up in the secondary. Eskridge was unstoppable during Senior Bowl practices. https://t.co/JNQVj89IBm
— Tony Pauline (@TonyPauline) May 1, 2021
I don’t have an issue with this pick. I like Eskridge. I just wish they had more picks. There’s so much talent left on the board. They have future holes that need to be filled.
#57 LA Rams — Tutu Atwell (WR, Louisville)
I think this is an odd selection, given his size and testing. It suggests they might’ve been targeting Eskridge. They surely had far bigger needs?
#58 Kansas City — Nick Bolton (LB, Missouri)
He’s an old-fashioned thumper. This isn’t a typical Chiefs pick — they usually go for upside and freaky athleticism. He is a physical tone-setter.
#59 Carolina — Terrace Marshall Jr (WR, LSU)
He played well in a disaster zone season for LSU last season. They have some weapons in Carolina but do they have the chops up front?
#60 New Orleans — Pete Werner (LB, Ohio State)
He’s explosive, athletic and he’s just always around the ball.
#61 Buffalo — Carlos Basham Jr (DE, Wake Forest)
He’s athletic but his tape is underwhelming and he blows hot and cold.
#62 Green Bay — Josh Myers (C, Ohio State)
This is a terrific value pick. The Packers smash it out of the park, landing a potential 10-year starter at center. He is legit.
#63 Kansas City — Creed Humphrey (C, Oklahoma)
I’m surprised the centers lasted this far. He’s explosive and tough and the Chiefs have prioritised their trenches yet again.
#64 Tampa Bay — Kyle Trask (QB, Florida)
I wouldn’t have taken him ahead of Kellen Mond or Davis Mills.
I’m going to end the live blog now and jump on a live stream reacting to the Eskridge pick. I’ll start a new blog post for that.
I wonder the chances we might get to pick twice today. Im guessing its very slim to none.
Well unless they swap 56 for two extremely late thirds, none.
Hey Rob, those infographics are awesome. Well done. As always the content is killer as well. I have been following since reading about your picks for who Seattle might pickup at QB back in the Wilson, Osweiler, Cousins era. I like that you can always tell us like it is even if it isn’t popular.
Thanks for the hard work. Love the content!!
It’s all thanks to Sea Mode
He designed that, he is awesome
Simi Fehoko! Freak athlete
Go w/ 2 huge WRs on the outside, use Lockett all over the formation? Sounds like a PC WR core to me
Interesting. Hadn’t paid attention to him.
Guys like that are the ones I was looking for a while back. Would have had well over 1,000 yds in a full season.
Wait, that name was from Charles Davis? Hope that doesn’t mean something. If Schrager had Seattle’s pick last year…
Hahahaha see! Even Davis knows. Like Rob said, I’d b fine w/ it round 4. Round 2? Ehhhh
Apparently Davis said at 56… š³
Sure, why not take a 24-year-old receiver with four career starts and six drops on 43 catchable targets…
Sounds like something they’d do
I will happily roll the dice there at #129
Not today, please
Does age matter THAT much in this situation? Big bodied possession receiver. No idea if youāll resign him.
But yeah, heās slow and pac 12 DBs are soft.
Wow. He ran 4.37 at a touch under 6ā4 and ~222 pounds. Iāll take that at the end of round 2. Heās got hands. But he didnāt look fast on tape.
If this is the pick Iād be pumped up.
Interesting, heās one of the guys who dominated the Husky secondary last season…
My gut says they roll with Pocic at center and target a WR3 after a trade down or two. I think that’s what they were planning on at least.
Also wondering if they might feel pushed to try and replace Reed with their top pick, just because they werenāt planning on losing him.
Gonna be interesting!
Damn. U did those graphics man? It’s a good look
Thx. Wolf grey dropping tomorrow, Rob willing.
You better believe it!
I hope we trade out of #56 to the 70’s-80’s, and pick up 2-3 other picks in the 100-160 range.
Whether we use our picks well of course remains TBD.
I am down with that
If every single guy on the watchlist were available at #56, who ya taking Rob?
I couldn’t single one guy out. There’s about 10
That’s when you trade down!
Wow, Tony saying heads might roll in Vegas. Does he mean Mayock, cause Gruden is locked in?
I think that’s what he’s saying.
Mike — please — come back to the NFL Network
Save us
Amen.
Funny because when Leatherwood came in as a freshman at Bama fans thought he was going to be a top five pick.
I just want one legit starter out of this draft. If he’s there at 56, don’t get cute, take him. UDFA’s could be as good as 6th and 7th round picks this year. Even 5th rounders.
Darrell Taylor was a 2nd rd pick, and George Kittle was a 5th. I would rather roll the dice, be cute, and go for quantity. There’s no saying that a UDFA is going to be willing to sign with Seattle if he’s getting calls from other teams.
I think a bunch of UDFA’s are already worked out. We’ll see.
There’s about 4-5 players that from my perspective you take at #56 if they’re there. I don’t know if PC/JS have such a select group of players like that or not.
Aging veteran starters are the new Seahawks way
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/04/30/49ers-waive-obi-melifonwu/
Soft player.
I am here for this living room…
https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/status/1388270364753633287/photo/1
Haha, nice!
Thatās probably the ugliest couch Iāve ever seen
It’s obviously still early, but the Jets and the Dolphins have had the best drafts so far.
Hereās the damn pick:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4s9PN6NhERY
Thereās Chase Claypool. Go get him.
He had potential but he is not the athlete Claypool is and people forget how good Claypool was production wise at ND.
Would like him on day 3 though.
Man Fehoko would have had unreal production if he had played more than five games. F covid.
Draft him so he can stand next to Parkinson on the sideline.
Wouldn’t mind that if they just want an outside guy! Hands/speed are good combo…
Good for the Jets. Also have Corey Davis. Disney Channel Wilson has a chance.
Moore was the best value pick in this draft so far. He is prodigy
Heās not as good as Toney though.
I don’t know if what the *#@& you have seen to say that
Yeah that was a good bit of drafting
I think CB is as big a need as any on this team. DJ Reed is the only known quantity. Everyone else is a question mark. And even though Reed is decent, if he’s your best corner (and he is by far), you have problems.
I’m plugging for Shaun Wade early. Too rare an opportunity to land a top flight corner.
FWIW I think Ojulari is the pick for Denver here.
And there goes Williams…… Good for Denver though, he’s gonna be good.
Moore and Williams were both first round talents and go early. Makes sense.
Denver gets J. Williams. SIGH
Hmmm, really worth it for the Falcons to move down 5 spots just to swap a R6 for a R4? I say well played, Broncos, to get ahead of Miami and snag Williams.
Must be more difficult to trade back than we expected. Not good…
The bold type must insinuate top choice, no?
Nevermind all but the first pick in this round are bold type and Holland is a late 3rd at best
First Canadian kid off the board. Seems early for Holland but I do like him.
Wow, Holland the first safety taken. Thought Moehrig was the consensus #1.
Yes GO DUCKS Holland has pro bloodlines and is a DB savant
First draft bust.. jk
The 9ers literally took a QB
Hey, Kenny! Good to see you around. Missed ya this draft season!
I am probably the only OSU fan on this blog so take shots when I can. It’s all in fair love
Biggest reach of the draft. Trash player. š
Pats give up two R4s to move up from 46 to 38.
That’s more like it
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Someone draft a husky now. Too many ducks drafted.
There ya go
Lot of teams has moved up already in 2nd round. Hope this is good news and Hawks get better offer. As always other know we are looking to move down and give low ball offers, hope JS does better job
Wow, that’s two more trade downs. Hope they don’t dry up by our pick.
All these top of round 2 trades, just make the Adams trade more painful
Another safety off the board… keep taking them, less temptation for John and Pete
What about Moehrig?
Husky #2. Love it.
You can see SEA on the upcoming bar now…!
Lets GOOOOOOOOO Levi!!!!
SO so pumped for you man. Go be great.
Lions making solid picks in the trenches.
A lot of people said WR and weapons for Detroit. With the bite you in the kneecaps HC, I figured it would be all trenches and LB.
Damn. Miami stays building a contender. Looking forward to the rivalry between them & Buffalo
They’ll be good when they get a QB
Ouch. Unfortunately this is accurate.
Is this JOK?
lol nope
Just undersized?
Not sure man. I like him quite a bit.
I haven’t studied him but he really has the build of a safety or corner. That might be the problem.
Shut up Drew
Oh that makes perfect sense
these special guest readers for each pick are cringe.
They drag it out too much. No need.
We’re just here for the picks and the reax.
Lol…you’re not going to fool me this year Seahawks. I know the Hawks are going to trade down 5 times and pick a player from BIOLA* University.
*Bible Institute of Los Angeles
I hear they have a really promising Long Snapper down there. And he’s only 34!
Ohh myy godd
Meh
If this ain’t OL Cincy is trying to kill Burrows
Wow! He may end up dead again anyways
lol..
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Was wondering what Rob thinks of him. Coming off Jan 2021 back surgery. 32.5″ arms is short for even RT.
Oh man, if Ojulari is available at 56, my rational brain might be completely overwhelmed. Could be Derrell Taylor 2.0, or DK 2.0…
Jackson Carmen for the bengals. He was very hyped coming out of high school.
Why do you think JOK is sliding rob?
Wondering the same thing. Medicals didn’t check out perhaps?
With 10 picks left, who you all hoping for?
3 very good centers still available and D’Ante Smith, so anyone of them
Hoping there will still be a good value trade down, honestly.
There are a lot of guys still on the board that would be steals.
Rob how do you feel things are playing out for the hawks in round 2? There are a lot of players we really like left. Good possibility of trade with the options left.
God I love that pick.
I have a bad feeling the hawks are gonna have a w.t.f moment when we pick.
pls no Creed Humphrey to sf (at G)
We’re nearing Elijah Molden territory, the #3 Husky. I’m telling you, this guy has smarts, leadership, dedication, and passion in spades. Someone is going to be happy they picked him.
Things are breaking really well for the Hawks right now, all the WRs and all three Cs still on the board. Great for a trade down scenario, but if Ojulari is still there, don’t you have to take a chance?
Yes……
seems unlikely he’ll be there.
What about Ronnie Perkins? He athletic enough?
Creed and Quinn Meinerz still available? Rondale Moore still available? Ojulari still available? Hmmm.
JOK still available
Good, better Banks than Cleveland
Major bullet dodged
That… could be tough
Man, I love that move by Arizona. They had to get faster on that side of the ball
Great pick.
All Midget team: Murray, Isabella, Moore…
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My #1 boi in Arizona, sad about that but not worried about how much it changes their offence.
Great pick by the Cardinals. That offense could be scary.
This draft is shaping up so well for us right now
Screw it letās take davis mills
Mond by a mile if we’re going that direction. Something inside of me wants to see them slight RW ala Rodgers too…
Yeah Iām fine with that too, Iām just here for some chaos lol
Kellen Mond
That would be crazy.
Boy has USC fallen from grace. Once upon a time, they littered the early rounds with talent.
Anybody be surprised if they select Mond at QB if heās still there?
Why are billionaires so damn weird like they always take forever to finish a sentence, like damn Lex Luthor spit it out you sociopath
Lol
Rondale Moore to arizona. Their wide receiver room is pretty crowded. Hopkins, AJ Green, Kirk, Isabella, Keesean Johnson… even if Fitzgerald is about to retire. I don’t see room for Moore, even though he’s only 5’7.
Alas, the dream is dead. At least trading down is obvious now…
Schrager, we get it, you can text people in the league. Nobody thinks you’re any smarter or anything, just annoying…
I know… ruining the picks… well done Peter you know how to text
I was not aware that Sam Cosmi was the “dream” selection.
If you’re talking about me I was yearning for Ojulari haha
Got it.
Wonder if Tampa Bay would be a potential trade partner for us, moving up for Mills ahead of other teams looking for QBs to groom for the future (New Orleans, Steelers, Carolina).
Imagine not being able to hug your friends for months and the biggest night of your life first person you allowed to touch is that pasty robot Goodell
I highly doubt this scenario played out for literally anybody
Ok
Damn thatās who I wanted
If Creed Humphries is in the Board hope the Hawks just take him and have their quality C for the next 7-8 years.
Does he have the length they like? He is a great player
With him Myers and mienerz available a trade down seems inevitable
Like they could’ve done with Ryan Kelley?
Or could’ve done with Joel Bitonio at G?
I actually cant believe him and Meinerz are still available, its looking so good we might as well trade down regardless.
Gotta love how CLE has been building their team over the past few years. Fantastic pick
Have to agree.
Jealous of what they’re building there.
After the Osweiler trade where they paid for a 2nd round pick, I talked about how the Browns won with that move on an ESPN website. I said in a few years they will be really good. Took a lot of crap for that, but it’s nice to see them now.
Meinerz is so close I can taste him. Seriously if he is there just draft him, Iāll take a center of the future who could play for us for 10 years over extra picks. PC/JS please
The question of questions now: Is there a player PC/JS will not trade down for on the board?
Not for me. You can’t pick three times.
Does make the most sense.
Come all without! Come all within!
Youāve not seen nothing…
Elijah Molden at 56? Iād be stoked tbh.
Man that would b against the grain, but so f***n’ awesome
Football is coming home!!!!
17 2nd round players from Rob’s horizontal board still there.
I am surprised to see so many folks wanting to pick at 56. Although they may get stuck with it, I don’t think they have a choice but to move if the right trade offer is there.
I’m all in for Kellen Mond, but I worry Pittsburgh might draft him. Might be possible to move back and get him if they don’t.
I fear we’ll take any offer to trade down, and wont get value.
Mills, Mond and Trask still out there. If ever there’s a reason to overpay for a trade-up by someone, it’s for a QB.
Might be a huge opportunity for Seattle to trade to bottom of rd 2 with Tampa?
Please just trade down. No one on the board right now is “cant miss”
Can they find a trade partner who will give em what they want?
Colts loading up on pass rush
Damn Dayo gone
Damn. Hoping Dayo would have lasted longer.
Crud. Colts draft so smart too.
Can afford a stash like that when your roster is complete because you consistently draft well. If they figure out qb the sky is the limit
Kwity Paye and a healthy Odeyingbo could be a fantastic duo for years to come, great double-dip by Chris Ballard.
hmm after the darrell taylor experience I’m glad we won’t be drafting Dayo, player not projected to play until late september/october
I think the counter argument is Dayo had more consistent production and a less severe injury. Can’t let last year’s mistake scare you off from an opportunity.
Let’s gooooo!
How you gonna boo Franco like that?!
Imagine if we added friermuth and Harris for russ
Probably stuck with pick
Be prepared to make the pick!
Donāt get caught ādeer in the headlightsā
Cut to commercial as is tradition
lol…so true
Here we go, We taking a RB baby
TE wasn’t going to be the pick.
So many good options on the board it would be a disappointment if we donāt trade back
Thanks for going to commercial during the Hawks pick :/
Seamode wants his RB
They’re going for it at #56. OLman most likely…right??
Here we go time for our new Safety for when Diggs leaves
Never too many Safeties
Did they find a partner or…??
Pick is in!!! Wow!!??
OL please
The countdown clock on ESPN got to :05 before the pick is in logo came up. Yikes.
My guess is that they couldnāt find a decent partner to move back because everyone knew they were desperate.
gotta be the line
We need more assets. Trade down a must!!
Shocked they are picking.
Couldn’t get a trade partner
Yeah, that’s my guess. It takes 2 to make a deal and if no one’s biting it’s not like there’s a whole lot you can do about it.
This is crazy
PICK IS IN BABY!! WR BABY!
Who needs picks when we have each other š¤
What a pick
Good pick! Nice young weapon for Russ
Um, well, he’s actually older than Metcalf fwiw…
Rob had him in one of his mocks going to the seahawks
It’s Paul Richardson
Kidding, it’s D’wayne Eskridge
Please no
Woo WR3!!! Weapon for Wilson!
um… someone help me out here. 5’9 wideout from Western Michigan?
We definitely missing the playoffs letās gooooo Iām hype
Have you been following the blog? But you thought Penei Sewell was over rated, so I guess it doesn’t matter who we drafted tbh.
He was the standout WR at the Senior Bowl, and we know the Hawks value that a lot. Don’t hate the pick in isolation, but didn’t think he was so great they would punt on the rest of the draft…
Great summary. Stunned and a bit deflated atm. How do you pick here and miss all the other options in the later rounds? Seems short-sighted. So you trade almost every year but the year you needed to most? Crazy dayz. . .
Lets goooooo!!! My guy!
Cant believe they didn’t take one of those Centers at this spot.
I was ready to feel a great deflated feeling, but I’m feeling good about Eskridge
Right now, I hate the pick. But that’s ok.
Hw was a favorite on this blog and was a player everyone thought was a seahawks receiver. When your 5-9, 190 lb is like 220 lb for someone 6-3
Yes! Hell yeah
Love it.
Lightening in a bottle.
Ok… now how can we get a 3rd rounder?
Really hoped weād trade back but still love the pick.
Like the player a lot but wish we would have grabbed a starting Center.
Really like the pick but with no trade down as Rob said the Hawks are basically taking a punt on this draft? How can a front office justify this? Hope some of the media ask that question. How do you build for the future when you punt on a draft?
We saw last night how important 3 WRs. Ya’ll think we’re the ugly girl at the dance, they dont find dance aka trade partners
I do think that
Would have preferred whun of the centres because of having to deal with Aaron Donald 2 games per year
Can get a quality center in the 4th round. We needed a 3rd wideout. Especially one like DE.
Iām happy, big need.
Would have preferred a trade down. Would have preferred taking a Centre. But it’s still a decent pick.
Hawks could have been low balled hella from teams for trades…. Happy they got a WR and player who can contribute this year to the team.
I agree everyone knows we want to trade down. Good that we choose better player over draft picks.
Thatās what Iām thinking.
For me itās simple. With what he can do on special teams, there wasnāt a player who could help win more this year than Eskridge that was left.
At least a 3rd WR was a need.
This guy is a playmaker, and should fit in well.
If we could somehow get one of the Centers as well, I’d be happy.
don’t see how, tho
Pray Kendrick Green slips.
Love this pick. Really love it.
Eskridge, along with Meinerz, was the star of the Senior Bowl. I’m just glad that I don’t I have that empty feeling in the pit of my stomach as I’ve had with each of their past four first picks…
Ha
Agreed
https://twitter.com/evansilva/status/1388296896423284738?s=21
They only played 6 games this past season, and he averaged 130 YPG —- that’s a nonsense take.
Terrible tweet. He was playing at CB last year and had 768 yds and 8 TD in just 6 games this year.
Meinerz was there, better option, agree with Rob they are punting this draft.
Meinerz should have been the pick.
A Center with All Pro potential.
He’s never even played centre.
Ah… nevermind, I take it back.
Maybe the right position. It was a pick at a position of need, and we needed a returner. Lockett is small. This guy is smaller. Yeah he’s fast but I was hoping for someone with more size who came from a higher competition level.
Think of DeShawn Jackson
This guy plays bigger than his size. Thicker lower body, good balance and aggressive.
And Rob’s got some clout having interviewed Jim Nagy himself who raved to us Seahawks fans about Eskridge even before the Senior Bowl.
I love Nagy… but he raves about a lot of guys.
…like L.J. Collier.
LJ Collier is the singular reason I will never listen to Brian Baldinger again
Bet we blocked the rams with are pick.
Wow a 24 year old WR
I’m sure we tried to trade down. We took the ti.e all the way down. Can’t trade if the right offer isn’t there. If we run the mcvay offense he should fit well .
No way to be sure
I would have preferred a trade back an an OL as many would, but given how PCJS have tried to get too cute with their picks the past few years, this could have been MUCH, MUCH worse. Solid player, there will still be R4 options for OL. I’m happy with this
They actually drafted a 155 lbs player in R2! Ha!
HAHAHA. I thought Atwell was supposed to go undrafted. Maybe we took LA’s guy?
On top of that, the rams really needed a center.
I can’t believe you stay there with that many receivers on on the board.
Must have been no trade partners.
Then the Rams go tutu with the next pick.
Scottie Miller/Brandon Cooks?
There will still be a center available in round 4 if they go that route.
While we all wish hawks traded back, the Rams picking a WR next must have meant the Hawks had to pick their guy @ 56
Could be right
I suspect they just couldn’t find the value they wanted for a trade back.
Well, Hawks are done for the day unless they mortgage the future (a choice next year) to get into round 3.
:(9
This is the best pick for the Seahawks in 2021.
Iām cool with it, even though they donāt care about having a long term vision.
What is this “long term vision ” you speak of?
Oh wait, that’s Jamal Adams for the next 5 years at 18-20 per. We have vision.
Sincerely, PCJS
I am shocked. Can’t believe they couldn’t trade back. Any options to get more picks besides trading future?
I love the pick! He’ll make a great 3rd wr and he’s considered one of the best special teamers in the draft. Great return man and great gunner.
Love the Eskridge pick. Russell Wilson/Shane Waldron both have to love this pick. But I have to admit I am disappointed the Hawks couldn’t trade down.
Has Russ tweeted a response yet?
Just say thank you, Russ. That pick should help the offense.
He’s exciting. I’ll give them that. At his age and *probable* maturity level, he’ll probably play right away at least as a returner if not a starting receiver.
No third hurts more than ever now
Don’t worry, Pete and John will be celebrating Jamal Adams during the 3rd round.
Age doesn’t matter at WR. Don’t sweat that he’s 24.
You should care about prospect age when it comes to OL or DL where physical strength/maturity actually makes a massive difference.
Whilst I overall like the pick (and I do, he is fun, and explosive) the problem I now have, like probably a lot of people on here here, is the process. I nearly wrote f**king process, that is how frustrated I feel.
The clock ran down to a silly level, like 10 secs or something. Unless the NFL network has latency that suggests just chaos inside the war room. Wanted a trade but couldn’t secure it. Frustrated looks inside the room. That cogent long term plan doesnt quite seem there.
Feels like moth to flame every year whereby we get low ball offers to move down because it is so expected and formulaic that it is now deemed standard? Chancing.
Seems spot on to me
yes, expected… and even more so this year with so few picks.
And if it’s true about being lowballed because everyone knows we are trading down, it means it’s even more important to hold on to our native pics in my opinion.
“Long term vision”
Absolutely Mike, I agree. But we are putting ourselves in this situation year in and year out.
You take your guys over taking a shitty offer to move down, sure.
But that said, it is difficult for a few reasons;
A) If it is stopping teams who want to trade from bidding asking price then it is a strategy that is holding us back. Case in point – if I am bidding on a house and know I can get it cheaper, then I will chill on the price of my bid, and wait. In the nfl the clock stops at zero, like it nearly bloody did today.
B) The war room speaks volumes. There is no poker face. Same again next year. At least mail the pick in with 3 mins on the clock and celebrate in the war room…. or SOMETHING.
I dont know, I dont do this for a living but feels chaotic to me. I am seeing other teams executing plans before my very eyes but dont see it with us.
With three picks we have zero leverage to make a move down. Teams will try to make the cheapest offer possible. Eventually, time ran out.
Star Centers still available. Plug and play centers.
Mond and Mills available.
And we take a 24 year old WR… with other polished and talented Wrs still available…
Not saying I donāt like Eskridge. I do. Had we traded down and picked up a 4th or 5th even and grabbed him, okay. But dang, thoroughly disappointed.
Im betting they tried to trade down and couldnt get it done.
Why did we take Eskridge over Marshall and Fehoko?
Cause we wanted speed, excellent hands, and kick return value.
Fair enough. Kick returns probably the biggest factor.
We needed a starter at WR3 it was a giant gaping hole on the roster lol.
Pocic>Swain
I think we are all shocked or disappointed that Seattle didn’t trade down for more picks. I think they really like Eskridge and most likely the Rams were going to nab him. Maybe they thought that Eskridge was THE player with the most impact this season. So much to like with D.E. He looks like he can play inside/outside and if he can make a Tyler Lockett type impact on ST his rookie season, that’s already win. We got better at WR and PR/KR. Like the pick. I don’t know how I feel about it just yet but maybe for once, they didn’t try to get cute and picked good players.
Yeah, when so often our first pick is completely confounding, at least this is a player that Rob pinpointed as a potential target.
Imagine if it had been a safety or linebacker.
Agree that for a change they didn’t try to get cute
Im happy with the pick. Wilson can make this guy a Star if they can find a way to keep him around.
Mini Run on the WR position. So if he was their top receiver on the board I’m good with it. I liked the player alot, who looks like a perfect fit.
Yes I wanted a trade down like most, but maybe none available.
Now we wait to see who drops to pick 129.
Trade next years R2 to get into R3
Absolutely not! We already have no 1st rounder next year
Weāll get it back when we trade Russ
Lockett/DK/Everett, Carson/Penny, and now what looks like a speedy and immediate contributor type at WR3 – this is the best set of weapons Russell has had. And a new OC to make it go.
Hope the O-line can hang in just enough.
If nothing else, it’s a fun pick.
Not just the oline hanging in, I’m also worried about the running back position because of health
Gotta say though, my favorite part about this pick is that somewhat predicted it to a college at work. He’s a Niners fan, and we talk football quite a bit, and he always asks me about potential picks for the Niners and Hawks. I told him to expect Mac Jones, so I was wrong about that, but I also made a guess at 6 players who might be SEA’s choice: OT: D’Ante Smith or Brady Christiansen. C: Quinn Meinerz or Landon Dickerson. WR: Dee Eskridge or Dazz Newsome.
Feeling pretty good about that at least, but I’m still happy with the pick itself.
https://twitter.com/allaroundplays/status/1388298893197201410?s=19
Looks like he wanted to be in Seattle
Wait, who is this cousin?
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Umm…I question that Lockett runs a 4.3
He runs low 4.4s on a good day.
Here is a fun Eskridge fact. Had a faster time in the high school 100M than Devonta Smith, Rondale Moore, Jaylen Waddle, Chase and Toney as well.
Rob got me all hot-and-bothered over Meinerz and I am bummed we’ve (so far) missed out on him or other top lineman. Still, Eskridge looks the part of Lockett-esque with maybe better top end speed but likely worse hands (because Lockett’s hands are incredible). Happy that we got a player who has a chance to be an instant contributor to special teams and potentially be a dynamic WR3 in his first year.
Aside: I like Swain, but if Swain edges out Eskridge for WR3 then I will be thoroughly less enthused about this pick.
Swain isn’t an NFL level player. at all.
Swain is a really solid WR4/5. Not somebody you actually want to rely on or ask to catch 50 balls.
@ Captain Jack: I like Swain as our 4th behind Eskridge. I believe saying he’s not an NFL player at all is a bit harsh. Only 22. 13 catches for 159 & 2 TD’s. I view him as excellent value for a 7th round pick.
Let me revise that comment. NFL starter*
Remember how Joey Galloway used to meet the kickoff returner at the 10 yd line? … This kid looks quicker — a 100 and 200 meter champion. … I can’t wait to see him streaking downfield.
Chiefs almost got rd 1 value twice ā°ļø
Yeah, KC gets Humphrey. They had a problem in the SB. They fixed it. Fancy that.
In a lot of ways this pick makes sense to me. Dee is everything they were hoping Philip Dorsett was going to be last year.
Fun pick in isolation, but an egregious waste of the meagre draft capital we had. The list management has been atrocious for years now.
So painful not to have a 3rd round pick.
TB…you can have Trask.
Russell Wilson got sacked 47 times last year. He is well on his way to break the all-time record for getting sacked. If Russell Wilson keeps getting sacked at this pace, he will break Brett Favre record of being sacked 525 times in three years. Brett Favre played for 20 years. Russell Wilson could break the record in his twelve year in the league. Wilson taking this kind of beating is unsubstantiable.
Rams have killed us with their pass rush. Have the Seahawks addressed this enormous issue? No..
They came into the 2021 NFL Draft only 3 picks. Now after picking WR D’Wayne Eskridge they currently don’t have a pick until the 3rd day of the draft.
The Seahawks front office performance has been depressing as a fan.
. . . i knew they’d pick WR at 56 . . . really wish they would have gone OL, or at least CB . . . whatever the scouting report is on eskridge, experience tells me he will have zero impact next year, just like darboh, jennings, and ursua before him . . . beside metcalf, pete won’t give a rookie WR any snaps . . . i think we could have got more impact drafting OL . . .
I like the pick and had thought theyād go WR all along here. Yes we need all kinds of help/future talent but if you think heās a top talent at his position – and – it happens to help the team a ton in the here and now then iām all for it. We really needed a third WR and to get one with his skillset is great.
I wonder too if this also is to help Russ feel better about things and hopefully (Pete and Johnās hopes) help keep him here by having a solid outlet/move the chains third WR and just getting the offense to perform more consistently in the upcoming season.
Gregg bell is a puke.
Would you trade next year’s 2 to get back in the draft right now and take Meinerz?
As painful as it would be in next year’s draft, I think I’d do it.
And that’s what you can do when you have so many extra picks. Plan for the future and draft BPA.
(Referring to the Vikings picking Mond)
So, I see three paths (among many more, I know)
1) They wanted to trade back, couldnāt and now will try to get more late picks moving back from #129. Maybe Atlanta or Minnesota for a three picks in the 5th and 6th rounds.
2) They donāt really have faith in this draft and will stick with #129 and #250. Iād hope for Shaun Wade and Chris Evans at this point.
3) Use 2022 draft stock to get back in and grab someone who falls (Meinerz?) with the idea that trading Russ and/or others will restock the pick cabinet.
Possibility #1-
Pete and John are just sucking the teat of Paul Allen’s legacy
Any thoughts on which pick is most likely to be found with a dead hooker so far?