Here it is — my final horizontal board…
(click to expand)
You’ll see I’m higher than most on the following players:
Bobby Brown (DT, Texas A&M)
Buddy Johnson (LB, Texas A&M)
Kellen Mond (QB, Texas A&M)
Dyami Brown (WR, North Carolina)
Cam McGrone (LB, Michigan)
Ben Cleveland (G, Georgia)
Javonte Williams (RB, North Carolina)
I think there could be real value to be had in days two and three. This is an offensive draft but there is reasonable depth across the board.
For example, at some point taking a chance on a Dayo Odeyingbo or Shaun Wade could pay real dividends. Players will fall for a variety of reasons — opting out, injuries, poor play in a weird 2020. It does feel like, more than usual, there could be opportunities to deliver value.
The Seahawks will probably trade down from #56 to add to their paltry tally of three picks. There’s plenty of offensive line depth to make a strong pick even in round three. That feels like a very viable option in what is the most explosive O-line draft in years.
Receiver is another possibility but with so many options, they might prefer to wait (as they did a year ago, selecting Freddie Swain in round six).
Darrell Taylor’s status plus Aldon Smith’s legal issues could make an EDGE more of an option than it otherwise would be. Tony Pauline paired Seattle with Jayson Oweh in his mock draft. It would be their type of pick.
Adding at running back, cornerback and linebacker also feels very possible.
Tomorrow we’ll post our ‘watch-list’ for day two.
I’ll be hosting a live blog later, reacting to each pick. I may do a live stream at the end of round one. I had a Covid-jab yesterday and it’s hit me like a ton of bricks, so I’ll play it by ear.
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AZ? It’s said a strong reaction is a sign of a robust immune system. Anyhow get well.
It’ll be a quiet day or two for us Seahawks fans. Day three however will be exciting. Crossing fingers for a memorable JS draft.
Both of my shots kicked my butt for about half a day. Not fun but I’ll take it compared to the alternative.
I’m not going to lie, even though this is very embarrassing.
I’m a bit needle-phobic. Usually with jabs I’m OK. I can’t do blood tests.
I had the jab. Walked to the end of the corridor. Felt my legs going. Then I collapsed in the reception area of the medical centre.
Completely blacked out. Couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t feel my legs.
Had a whole bunch of medical staff shouting about an ambulance because they thought I’d had an allergic reaction. Little did they know I’m just a massive 6-4 wuss.
Hang in there Rob. Hopefully you’re feeling better now.
Thanks for posting your horizontal board for us, much appreciated. I love that you rate my aggies higher than most and I hope we get 1 or 2 of them.
Congrats on getting the shot!
Tylenol really helped with my 2nd one. I was running about a 102 degree fever with the sweats and chills and that took it away. 2 extra strength every 6 hours for 2 days. About 48 hours after I got the shot, I was back to normal.
Well, at least there’s one person who is more scared of needles than me. I closed my eyes, head pointed in the opposite direction, and was singing a happy song in my head to get through it. My wife and the people giving out the shots spent the few minutes I was there laughing at my expense.
Hang in there wuss man LOL
I had a strong reaction to both doses of the Shingles vaccine, 102 fever, aches, etc. but Covid was a breeze both doses. As cha said, better than the alternative.
Rob is human ?
Good news is at least you’re vaccinated
Great news is clearly there has been no affect on your amazing draft coverage !
I’m right there with you, Rob. Had to lay down in the waiting room after my vaccine. Very embarrassing 🙂
Rob – 6-4 – can you catch? you can be TE. Can you put on some weight – guard?
Glad you are ready to help rest of the world by taking a shot.
I don’t like blood draws myself. Took me YEARS of mind games to get where I can tolerate them. I’ve nearly passed out and/or vomited before…
And the second covid jab kicked my ass for four days.
I’m not 6-4, but I work in the woods in rough country, and I didn’t even get dressed two days. Not fun.
Needles are not cool. I feel your pain.
“I had the jab. Walked to the end of the corridor. Felt my legs going. Then I collapsed in the reception area of the medical centre.”
You are too funny Rob! Did you have an anxiety attack!? When I had my first shot I turned to the nurse and said are you ready to give me the shot. He responded, I already did! I didn’t even feel it and I thought he was pulling my leg.
Sorry if this was already brought up on the blog, but Rodgers is hell bent to get out of GB. And the Niners are very interested and are considering offering the #3 pick, another #1 plus a player not named Bosa. Also include Jimmy G. 49ers with Rodgers will be scary good.
Niners don’t have the stock to make it happen
Thankfully
Don’t you think the #3 pick this year + another #1 pick + a solid starter + Jimmy G (on a redone contract) would be enough? How about adding a 2nd, etc. I’m thinking the #3 overall pick is worth at least to a couple of 1st if not more. The radio talk shows are day dreaming about the possibility.
The thought of Rodgers + the rest of that team will be freighting.
The only way they could offer another #1 pick is to wait until they’re on the clock and offer their 2024 first.
That aint getting it done.
We’ve got a player that GB would accept for Rodgers. Not this year but next…
Would he waive his ‘no-trade’ clause for GB though?
I would say so
Rob beat me to it. He wanted to go to an offensive minded coach and LaFleur checks the box. Although he will have less offensive weapons than he does at SEA.
Just gotta remember to tell them you might pass out so they don’t freak out, get a good night sleep, hydrate/eat lots before to get your blood sugar up and then sit for a few minutes don’t just run out the door.
Really interested to see how this all plays out.
They have a lot of needs but are putting together enough bodies through cheap signings that they’ll be able to limp through the year at whatever they don’t address.Despite their lack of controllable talent moving forward, they actually put themselves in a bit of a place to go BPA on their board with whatever picks they have.
Not terribly comforting for the future, but makes for a fun draft experience not know which direction they’ll go in.
Also – Admit it Rob. Texas A&M put you on their payroll. Don’t think we forgot about you also taking Dan Moore on the PFF simulator a couple days ago.
Congrats on getting the shot! The first jab laid me out for a day, but for some reason the second was nothing more than a sore arm. Hopefully you’ll be back to full strength before the Hawks make their first trade down!
https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1387829058122096642
49ers enquire about Rodgers
Packers immediately inform media there’s 0% chance of a trade
Life goes on
Seahawks could’ve done the same and chose not to, then practically boasted about how clever they were for not saying anything yesterday while both accusing the media of creating a story and admitting it was a story
And Aaron Rodgers not sending mixed messages the last 2 months as well.
Schefter just tweeted that Rodgers want out.
He probably does. Most good QBs likely do. If you win your division constantly, your team gets depleted of talent. They just saw Brady jump ship to a good roster (and coach) that only lacked a QB. He won a superbowl. It’s probably appealing as a way to jump around and win lombardis.
I look forward to the day (hopefully within 3 years) when new ownership calls Pete out for his BS.
Pack also picked a QB in the 1st round, setting up this ticking bomb scenario.
Please don’t let him go to the Niners…..
It’d be great if the Seahawks did this for every press conference.
https://www.seahawks.com/news/word-for-word-pete-carroll-john-schneider-s-2021-nfl-pre-draft-press-conference-
Sure would save us a lot of work!
The 1st round is live on the local ABC station here. The only reasons I will be paying attention are, A) to compare Robs picks to the real deal, and B) to watch the talking heads freak out on trades, reaches and falling prospects.
I hope you nail it this year, in particular, Rob. You’ve been vilified enough for speaking the truth.
Nkemidche Signed… classic move
Too bad we didn’t sign AB and retained Josh Gordon and Dunbar. We could’ve really competed for the ALL-Offield-Incident championship this season.
Joking aside, seems like a decent depth move. Gotta have a few 1st round failures on the roster each season.
If only…
https://www.fieldgulls.com/2021/4/29/22408426/george-kittle-in-2017-nfl-draft-49ers-tight-ends-seahawks-tried-drafting
Right? Usually the hindsight stuff is just whatever. But I believe Kittle is seriously one of the top 10 best players in the while league. Wish I didnt see that.
Used your board and came up with the following after trading down. Didn’t use any future picks. I would be happy if they did something like this. When I stay at 56 I am always disappointed in my draft even though I get two good players.
98.
Kendrick Green
OG Illinois
trade icon
SEA
112.
D’Ante Smith
OT East Carolina
trade icon
SEA
135.
Shi Smith
WR South Carolina
trade icon
SEA
138.
Cam Sample
EDGE Tulane
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SEA
162.
Darius Stills
DT West Virginia
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SEA
178.
Derrick Barnes
LB Purdue
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SEA
179.
Kylin Hill
RB Mississippi State
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SEA
192.
Jason Pinnock
CB Pittsburgh
Nice. I’d be content w that.
Thinking about that press conference. PC said they brought Smith back and listed one of the reasons as that he will tell him the things that no one else will. This is not the first time PC has made a comment like this and it has been reported several times that Pete Carroll needs someone to tell him with the rest won’t. Often times when we talk about the strength of current regime they talk about the culture that they have created in Seattle. But my question is, what does it say about the culture when the head coach is constantly having to bring in others and identify others who will tell him what the rest won’t?
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1387848942432489478
Looks like his future is in jeopardy…
*ba dum tiss
This is crazy man. They took Love for a reason. The reason is now here. Move him.
but how in the world do you move on from a guy who just went for 4299/48/5? Insanely high level QB play.
they do seem fully f’d now though…where was this rhetoric the past few months to drown out the RW drama?
Trevor quaking in his cleats… 😂
Welcome to the 2021 NFL draft. Lets hope the Seahawks make the most of their limited picks. If not, this may be the most inconsequential Seahawks draft since 1975.
4 hours and counting now. Also for you Mariners fans Kikuchi has a no-no going through 6 innings.
Oh wow I thought the franchise was sold to Oklahoma City in 2002..
I’m not gonna do the pick # so if it DQ’s me from the comp, ehh whatever. I’ll just list some guys. I personally want Asante Samuel, jr. That’s a dog.
Amari Rodgers, WR, Clemson
Tylan Wallace, WR, OK St.
Mike Strachan. WR, ?? (Dont remember lol)
Dax Milne, WR, BYU
Rondale Moore, WR, Purdue
Dwayne Eskridge, WR, W. Michigan
Nico Collins, WR, Michigan
Dyami Brown, WR, NC
Jaelon Darden, WR, N. Texas
Chris Evans, HB, Michigan
Gerrid Doaks, HB, Cincy
Chuba Hubbard, HB, OK St.
Spencer Brown, OT, ??
Drew Dalman, OL/C, Stanford
James Hudson, OT, Cincy
Kendrick Green, iOL, Illinois
Dan Moore, OL, Texas A&M
Wyatt Davis, iOL, Ohio St
D’Ante Smith, OT, E. Carolina
Aaron Banks, OIL, ND
Robert Hainsey, OL, ND
Trey Smith, OL, ND
Darrick Forrestt, S, Cincy
Tyree Gillespie, S, Mizzou
Jamien Sherwood, S, Auburn
Andre Cisco, S, ‘Cuse
James Wiggins. S, Cincy
Luke Farrell, TE, Ohio St
Landon Rice, TE, Jax St.
Brevin Jordan, TE, Miami
Matt Bushman, TE, BYU
Dayo Odeyingbo, DT, Vandy
Levi Onwuzurike, DT, Udub
Osa Odighizuwa, DT, UCLA
Bobby Brown, DT, Texas A&M
Darius Stills, DT, W. Virginia
Ta’Quon Graham, DT, Texas
Marquiss Spencer, DT, Miss St.
Carlos Basham, DE, Wake
Hamiclar Rashed, EDGE, Oregon St
Joseph Ossai, EDGE, Texas
Jayson Oweh, EDGE, Penn St.
Peyton Turner, DL, Houston
Gregory Rosseau, EDGE, Miami
William Bradley-King, Baylor
Chris Rumph, EDGE, Duke
Baron Browning, LB, Ohio St.
Derrick Barnes, LB, Purdue
Nick Niemann, LB, Iowa
Isaiah McDuffie, LB, BC
Divine Deablo, LB, VA-Tech
Jabril Cox, LB, LSU
Kelvin Joseph, CB, Kentucky
Tyson Campbell, CB, Georgia
Shaun Wade, CB, Ohio St.
Benjamin St-Juste, CB, Minnesota
Ifeatu Melifonwu, CB, ‘Cuse
Trill William’s, CB, ‘Cuse
Robert Rochelle, CB, C. Arksnsas
Olaijah Griffin, CB, USC
Brandon Stephens, CB, SMU
Bryan Mills, CB, NC A&T (??)
Keith Taylor, CB, Udub
DJ Daniels, CB, Georgia
* Alex Leatherwood, OL, ‘Bama
* Tamorrion Terry, WR, Florida St.
* Tim Jones, WR, So. Miss
* Josh Palmer, WR, Tennessee
And hoping Kadarius Toney slips 🙏
“I’m not gonna do the pick # so if it DQ’s me from the comp, ehh whatever.”
Haha. Well, 60+ picks might give you a bit of a running start.
I’m always using your lists for my mock drafts. I jumped the gun this year.
Thank you man. I appreciate that.
I’m pretty stumped this year so I figured I’d just do list of guys from each position I like.
This is such an offensive draft, that some of the defenders are gonna fall down the board. Gonna b interesting.
Or the good defenders might go early because teams will feel like they can use the offensive depth to their advantage
Good point
No worries, PC knows Russ is going to be on his best behavior next off-season… ’cause he knows the truth.
I can’t imagine the Pack told Rodgers they were goin to trade him. How would that info not get leaked out when they reached out to teams? A division rival would of heard something and at least covertly say something to someone to create a headache for GB. This is the agent feeding someone in the media some BS the day of the draft.
I guess I had might as well spit this out real quick:
80.
80.
80.
80.
80.
130.
130.
130.
130.
130.
252.
What does that even mean?
Just my draft competition entry setup fail. (somehow hit enter and it submitted)
Whoops, somehow that posted unintentionally. (Anyways, not too bad a representation of what our draft stock looks like… 😂)
Here goes for real this time: (I’ll post it on the previous thread too, just in case it has to be there)
80. Michael Carter
80. Brady Christenson
80. Quinn Meinerz
80. Creed Humphrey
80. Josh Myers
80. Kendrick Green
80. Tylan Wallace
80. D’Wayne Eskridge
130. D’Ante Smith
130. Amari Rodgers
252. Gerrid Doaks
252. Chris Evans
5 picks
So enlighten me…you have 8 players at 80, 2 at 130 and 2 at 252. I’m not getting it. I’ve seen multiple posts like this and am clueless…
Check last article at the bottom for draft competition entry rules.
Ahhh! Got it. I totally missed that!
Aaron Rodgers wants out, Tim Tebow as a TE, Drew Lock available! MAN I sure love draft day! Oh and we got Robert Nkemdiche! CHAMPIONSHIP LOL….
I’ll see myself out.
Florio on Wilson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1oiwKzD63w
Basically says it’s one more year and that’s it
Nope, nothing happened.
Exactly. Nothing to see here
Go get Kellen Mond.
Great, so we’ll need a QB next year in what’s expected to be a down year for rookie QBs. Cool cool.
Chris’ smirk coming out of the PC press conference snippets says volumes.
If the Seahawks go 10-6 and lose in the first round of the playoffs (which will probably happen), I wonder what the Seattle media will say about Wilson getting traded in retrospect? Will they look back on this off-season and continue to claim all is fine and clamor that the (future) Wilson trade came out of the blue?
Swap Rodgers & Wilson. They’re the only ‘available’ comps for each other. Just gotta convince Russ to sign off.
Why would Rodgers want to play for Pete Carroll? Remember, Rodgers likes to throw.
Pete did a full court press of Peyton Manning when he was a free agent & it wasn’t because of his exquisite handoffs.
And Peyton signed elsewhere :).
Aside from rodgers and wilson likely being unhappy with their destinations, rodgers is on the tail end of his career. Id rather either make it work with wilson or get a new rising rookie.
The 49s going after Rodgers is a bit puzzling. It seems to indicate that they aren’t sold on Lance/Jones/Fields and would rather prefer 38 year old Rodgers over the next 4-5 years. Its insane that they gave up so much to move up but aren’t completely sold on any player.
It’s Aaron Rodgers
and an angry Aaron Rodgers looking to make a point to boot….he’d kill it for them.
was thinking though – the #3, plus Jimmy G. (which you could argue is baggage), isn’t enough, and haven’t they traded away their picks for the next couple years already? Probably have to add a legit starting player too, no?
Why wouldn’t you want aaron rodgers? The only reason i can think of is because you already have Patrick Mahomes.
Even if say Trevor Lawrence drops to #3 magically.. He has a great potential, but until you put him on the field in the NFL, you dont really know how he’ll stack up and perform. You know how Rodgers is on the field.
Unlike Matt Ryan, you’d have a legitimate MVP QB in an offense suited for his skillset. Rodgers would finally have a good supporting cast on both sides of the ball.
The question is not whether you want Lawrence vs Rodgers. Its whether you want the next 5 years of Rodgers vs the next 5 years of Lance/Jones/Fields on rookie pay. And, if the answer is not Lance/Jones/Fields on rookie pay, it’s probably not worth giving up 3 firsts for them.
Aaron Rodgers just won NFL MVP
He’s a genius
I would take him every day and twice on Sunday
Through sheer boredom I’ve just done two seven-round simulations:
#71 Bobby Brown DT
#135 Shaun Wade CB
#152 Kylin Hill RB
#173 Trey Hill C
#175 Joshua Kaindoh DE
#250 Racey McMath WR
#61 Josh Myers C
#104 Trey Sermon RB
#129 Buddy Johnson LB
#250 Noah Gray TE
I am working on about my 10th mock of the day. I keep waiting for the Jamal Adams trade so I have more to work with.
Be still my heart
Are you good at holding your breath? Well don’t hold yr breath. Unfortunately Adams is with us for a few years.
All we can do is hope the contract isn’t too much north of 14 million per annum.
Good luck with that
Buddy of mine is a Packers shareholder and they get notes and updates from their FO. I asked him about Rodgers and this is what he said the team shared:
In some ways, the packers model sounds cool. To be owned by the fanbase. I imagine the Jets would happily sign that dotted line to oust their owner.
Then thinking about the internal turmoil that could cause as fans fight for who they think is right based upon whatever flavor of the week drama is going on..just sounds messy. Mark Rodgers would play the role of littlefinger all too well. I can only imagine if Seahawks twitter was running the show..scary.
I don’t understand why Green Bay doesn’t just pull the trigger. They set themselves up for it when they drafted Love. Aaron Rodgers value is never going to be higher than it is right now. I’d do the #3 and Garoppolo for their 39 year old qb. Take the trade down from #3 and reap the harvest of all of those extra picks and cheap contracts. Garoppolo is there as the lifeguard. I can’t believe they’d overthink this except for the comments from cha which give some insight into how political the whole situation must be
I wonder if the Packers could deal Love to any team in the first round or even early in the second? If so, they could draft Mac Jones (if that’s who they liked best) and then they’d still have a pair of late picks in the first round to improve the team. Really make Rodgers mad and draft both a pair of offensive weapons. They’d still have a couple picks in the second to improve that defense.
Or if they like Love, they could deal down a bunch of times from 3. You can’t tell me there aren’t some teams who’d like to have that pick.
Hope you feel better, I had the Moderna Jab on Tuesday. I didn’t even notice the needle go in, then I sat in reception, my face got flushed, my heart rate spiked to 130 and it was just a panic attack lol Sore arm yesterday, no other sides possibly a headache.
Ibuprofen/Tylenol, pedialyte and tums. If you have nausea, ask your doctor about zofran.
Pete’s out here giving away prizes lol.
https://twitter.com/PeteCarroll/status/1387898790372265985?s=19
A little over one hour left to get your Mock Draft Competition entries submitted on the previous thread if you want to play ball. The winner gets a piece of ABC gum from none other than Pete Carroll. *Ask your doctor if ABC gum is right for you.*
Honestly, the only thing that is going to be more exciting than mock drafts this year for Seahawks fans is BobbyK’s reaction to our initial selection. Get your popcorn ready!
Sorry man, couldn’t help it.
lol damn.
That gum sounds amazing. HUGE, if true! Selling it on Ebay.
Funny!
But I gotta admit my reaction is probably going to be disappointing. My reality is that we’re not one player away at #56. Therefore, I don’t care who they take because it won’t be enough. I know how the season is going to end even before it starts. They’re going to be about 10-6 and if they make the playoffs, they will be losing early and definitely won’t make it to the conference championship game.
I’m cool with a QB, RB, WR, OT, C, DT, or CB with their first pick. No matter who the pick is – the Seahawks still won’t be good enough to win the Super Bowl unless they get their hands on another DK Metcalf.
I did my first and only mock earlier today. I didn’t trade down from 56 because J. Williams was available. I took him. He’s probably the only player they could pass on at 56 where you’d get a post like what you’re looking for.
Is PC and JS going to blame the media for the whole Rodgers incident as well?
I’m actually mad at them for that comment because they’re so smug and think we’re all so stupid. If anything, their (local) media gives them more free reign to do anything unchallenged than almost anyone. No ownership situation in the NFL gives them more leeway either. They can do whatever they want and are smug and condescending to anyone who dares to have a different opinion (even with fact). Yeah, right, comPete – it’s completely normal for your starting QB to leak 4 teams he’d like to play for to the media through his agent. You’re right, nothing to see here. Derrr…
For contest
7 picks total:
78. Kendrick Green
78. D’Wayne Eskridge
78. Benjamin St-Just
119. D’Ante Smith
119. Shaun Wade
129. Shi Smith
129. Brady Christensen
143. Ambry Thomas
143. Trey Hill
173. Trevon Grimes
250. Kene Nwangwu
Contest
6 players
Dante smith – tackle
Sean wade – corner back
Kendrick green – center
Kaylin hill – running back
Josh kaindoh- defensive end
Tylan Wallace – wr
Lets hope Lance is a bust!
This!