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But but Collier and Blair are great depth..
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I really like both of those Ohio State WRs that year and really hoped we would draft at least one of them. Of course, DK was the cream of the crop and I wouldn’t have taken him. I would have taken Campbell or McLaurin but I wouldn’t have been opposed to double-dipping either (with the Baldwin retirement). In retrospect, people would be calling me an idiot for taking Campbell.
The reason why I wouldn’t have taken DK (questions – like his neck; McDowell – character; Taylor – injury) is the exact same reason I wouldn’t have taken McDowell or Taylor though (I would have taken TJ Watt over McDowell and JK Dobbins over Taylor… though I never would have traded up for Dobbins, so that would have left me with the best available safety I liked – Jeremy Chinn [cause there’s no way I would have gone into the draft with Mayowa as my “best” pass rusher]. So much hindsight because my Seahawks draft would have been; 1. Jonathan Taylor, 2. Logan Wilson, 2. Jeremy Chinn, though I would have gone DaVon Hamilton over Chinn had the Seahawks DL really been that terrible as it was on draft day (which no sane person should ever have allowed).
Loved the cha piece earlier this week. It would be interesting to note how people would have done better/worse than the Seahawks in various stories at some point in the off-season. Like I said, I would have taken Campbell over DK and I would have tapped into that WR draft class (yes, I’d have taken Campbell over Blair in R2) but that draft class would have sucked for us because I would have taken the bust of the lot.
Kind of like a guest article of the best thing you wanted badly that would have made the Seahawks great if you’d been able to call the shots, and the dumbest thing you would have done that you would have screwed the team over. You know, it couldn’t be worse than drafting McDowell, Collier, or Darrell Taylor.
I wanted McLaurin over Blair so bad. Always thought Blair was more a R4 talent and they probably still could have got him there. Oh well…
I was keeping track of the draft on my break at work 2 years ago, and was pulling for us to somehow swing taking McLaurin in rd. 3, and was very disappointed when Washington took him. He was the class of the WRs at the Senior Bowl along with Deebo Samuel, and ran in the 4.3s at the combine.
Besides the need obvious even to Pete and JS, another reason we could and should have loaded up on good DL again this past FA period, as Rob has pointed out then we could have picked OT, RB, WR or anything with our top picks. Still very happy we got Lewis at G, but we could have taken for instance Chinn to go with Blair and saved our other 2nd rounder, not traded away the farm for Adams and gotten another RB or WR in the 2nd. Chinn is competing with Chase Young for defensive rookie of the year and was taken rd. 2 #64. “Chinn leads all rookies with 94 tackles. He’s further loaded the stat sheet with five pass breakups, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and a pair of return touchdowns. Chinn too has assumed significant responsibilities as part of Carolina’s defense, incredibly impressive for someone who was playing FBS football at Southern Illinois just a year ago.
He’s played 299 snaps in the box, 191 as a slot corner, 21 as an outside cornerback, 188 as a free safety, and 74(!) on the defensive line. Chinn has been ubiquitous. The 6-foot-3, 221-pound freak athlete has 10 pressures on 53 pass-rushing snaps. That 18.9% pressure-creation rate is third among all rookie safeties and linebackers with at least 20 attempts at rushing the passer to date.
There have been 32 receptions in Chinn’s target area, but those connections have only averaged 8.3 yards, that pedestrian figure is tied for the ninth-lowest among 94 qualifying safeties.”
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pete-priscos-week-15-nfl-picks-giants-cowboys-washington-all-deliver-upset-wins-in-tight-nfc-east-race/
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pete-priscos-week-15-nfl-picks-giants-cowboys-washington-all-deliver-upset-wins-in-tight-nfc-east-race/
This is totally off topic. Elmer had to have seriously surgery and I will be unable to participate in SDB for awhile. I will miss Rob’s well written and informative articles and the insightful comments of the SDB community. If it’s awhile before I can rejoin you Happy Holidays, be safe, go Hawks!
Get well soon 12
Get better, Elmer, we’ll be thinking of you! Check in with us if you can so we know you are doing ok.
Get well soon and please comment/come back when you’re ready. Best wishes and look forward to hearing from you!
Hope everything goes well and the surgery is 100% successful
Prayers for a speedy recovery, fellow SDB junkie.
Get well soon Elmer!
Stay safe & get well Elmer. 🙏
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I remember all the good defenses I’ve ever seen because of how terrible they were at different times. If only he coached for a team that has experienced historically good defenses.
I can confidently say that no one thinks Ken Norton is splitting the atom anytime soon….
Game plan should be similar/same like 2013 hawks. Protect the ball, win turn over battle, field position, run the ball, bootlegs and RPO. Don’t wait/plan for long pass this is true for rest of the remaining games. Wilson should take what given by defense instead of taking negative plays.
“…so they can put it in a spread sheet.”
Thank you for that Rob. Made my day.
https://komonews.com/news/local/one-person-killed-another-injured-in-accident-in-snohomish
Someone just posted this on reddit
Oh my goodness.
I don’t know what to say. Devastating news.
And he just became father 20 weeks ago..
terrible 🙁
This news has floored me to be honest. I’m sure you’re all the same.
Cannot believe it.
I don’t have an Instagram account, but my girlfriend does.
Tyler posted something 5 hours ago, so it wasn’t him I guess.
Terrible news either way, the woman also lost her life according to twitter…
Is it possible to time things to be posted on Instagram? I don’t have an account.
Obviously I feel for whoever this individual is but I also really hope it isn’t our Tyler Ott.
I just googled it and it appears to be possible to time Instagram posts and stories..
So it seems like we just have to wait and hope for the best :/
Now at the bottom of the story:
Editor’s Note: There is a player for the Seattle Seahawks named Tyler Ott of the same age but a WSP spokesperson confirmed the victim is not the same Ott.
Just saw it too.
Still a very very sad story, though I’m glad it’s not him.
2021 Senior Bowl participants
Note: Roster is subject to change based on announcements from the Senior Bowl.
QUARTERBACK
Ian Book, Notre Dame
Sam Ehlinger, Texas
Kellen Mond, Texas A&M
Jamie Newman, Wake Forest/Georgia
Kyle Trask, Florida
RUNNING BACK
Michael Carter, North Carolina
Khalil Herbert, Virginia Tech
Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana
Larry Rountree III, Missouri
Trey Sermon, Ohio State
WIDE RECEIVER
Nico Collins, Michigan
Frank Darby, Arizona State
D’Wayne Eskridge, Western Michigan
Demetric Felton, UCLA
Trevon Grimes, Florida
Cade Johnson, South Dakota State
Racey McMath, LSU
Josh Palmer, Tennessee
Amari Rodgers, Clemson
Ben Skowronek, Notre Dame
Shi Smith, South Carolina
Marquez Stevenson, Houston
Kadarius Toney, Florida
Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State
Austin Watkins Jr., UAB
TIGHT END
Kylen Granson, SMU
Tre’ McKitty, Georgia
Tony Poljan, Virginia
Kenny Yeboah, Mississippi
OFFENSIVE TACKLE
Spencer Brown, Northern Iowa
Liam Eichenberg, Notre Dame
Teven Jenkins, Oklahoma State
Thayer Munford, Ohio State
Dillon Radunz, North Dakota State
D’Ante Smith, East Carolina
INTERIOR O-LINE
Jack Anderson, Texas Tech
Deonte Brown, Alabama
Ben Cleveland, Georgia
Landon Dickerson, Alabama
Robert Hainsey, Notre Dame
Zion Johnson, Boston College
Michal Menet, Penn State
David Moore, Grambling State
Josh Myers, Ohio State
Royce Newman, Mississippi
Trey Smith, Tennessee
EDGE RUSHER
William Bradley-King, Baylor
Jonathon Cooper, Ohio State
Daelin Hayes, Notre Dame
Patrick Jones II, Pittsburgh
Malcolm Koonce, Buffalo
Jeremiah Moon, Florida
Dayo Odeyingbo, Vanderbilt
Hamilcar Rashed Jr., Oregon State
Quincy Roche, Miami
Elerson Smith, Northern Iowa
Shaka Toney, Penn State
DEFENSIVE LINE
Carlos Basham Jr., Wake Forest
Ta’Quon Graham, Texas
Malik Herring, Georgia
Tarron Jackson, Coastal Carolina
Osa Odighizuwa, UCLA
Adetokunbo Ogundeji, Notre Dame
Levi Onwuzurike, Washington
Cameron Sample, Tulane
Payton Turner, Houston
Rashad Weaver, Pittsburgh
Marvin Wilson, Florida State
LINEBACKER
Tuf Borland, Ohio State
K.J. Britt, Auburn
Baron Browning, Ohio State
Riley Cole, South Alabama
Jabril Cox, LSU
Tony Fields II, West Virginia
Monty Rice, Georgia
Charles Snowden, Virginia
Grant Stuard, Houston
CORNERBACK
Tariq Castro-Fields, Penn State
DJ Daniel, Georgia
Thomas Graham Jr., Oregon
Bryan Mills, North Carolina Central
Elijah Molden, Washington
Aaron Robinson, UCF
Robert Rochell, Central Arkansas
Keith Taylor, Washington
Ambry Thomas, Michigan
Kary Vincent Jr., LSU
Mark Webb, Georgia
Rodarius Williams, Oklahoma State
SAFETY
Joshuah Bledsoe, Missouri
Jaquan Brisker, Penn State
Shawn Davis, Florida
Divine Deablo, Virginia Tech
Tyree Gillespie, Missouri
Richie Grant, UCF
Damar Hamlin, Pittsburgh
Richard LeCounte III, Georgia
Hamsah Nasirildeen, Florida State
Christian Uphoff, Illinois State
James Wiggins, Cincinnati
SPECIALISTS
Jose Borregales, K, Miami
Riley Patterson, K, Memphis
https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-senior-bowl-roster-reveal-what-you-need-to-know
https://www.seniorbowl.com/the-game/accepted-invites/
Definitely some names on this list to keep an eye on. Man… My guy Hamilcar Rashed needs to have a good showing. People criticized his size last year and I think he got too big before the season. Lost some of what made him special.
For anyone who’s interested and has the NFL network, next Mon. night at 8:15 PM there’s a NFL Films Presents Then and Now half hour show, and it says that the first segment is Catching up with Seattle’s all-time leading rusher, Shaun Alexander.
Sick coincidence.
Thoughts?
I’m neither for nor against it, I guess just surprised that the same lot of names gets recycled over and over by the NFL teams. You could say it’s because they value experience, or because of a fear of the unknown, or some combination of both.
I don’t understand why Louis Riddick gets interviews.
Being on the TV shouldn’t make you a candidate for these jobs. Did he get GM interviews before joining ESPN???
Matt Millen says hi.
I could understand Mayock. He really put in the work for a draft. Did all the pro days. Clearly was respected by the coaches (Belichick etc) and would put his views out there for scrutiny.
These people who call games and just pop on to talk about the topic of the day? What justification is there to be put in charge of a whole operation??
The symmetry with Detroit having hired Millen and putting Riddick’s name in the hat is very interesting. We all saw the results of hiring Millen.
What’s also symmetrical from my viewpoint – I never cared for Millen’s color analysis, and I don’t care for Riddick’s either.
While I confess to not lean not one way or another on this, to be fair to the man.
Riddick has a bachelors in economics, several years as a pro scout for the Washington Football team, several years as director of pro personnel for the Washington Football Team, as well as holding the same positions for the eagles. Not to mention he has actually played in the league and extensively been involved in the draft and draft coverage.
Honestly, whether he gets the job or not, I can see why teams might kick the tires there looking for an outside the box solution.
I’d be more interested in Rick Smith personally. He got a raw deal in Houston and I’d love to see him get back into a GM role to see what he’s got. Definitely doing the due diligence on Riddick.
I thought Smith left the Texans because his wife had cancer and he wanted to be with her? Was there more to that? I mean- yeah in and of itself that is an incredibly raw deal, but was there more to that?
And just for arguments sake- Prior to Smith becoming the youngest GM ever, and heading up arguably the most successful run the texans have had, Smith had a Resume similar and less impressive than Riddick does now.
He was DB coach, turned director of pro personnel for the broncos.
But yeah- agreed that Smith would be the more qualified, less risky, experienced choice. He ran the ship in houston for what.. 12 years? I see him as a great fit with Atlanta.
I thought he wanted to come back to Houston after his wife passed away and instead, BOB became the GM if I recall correctly. I do like the Atlanta fit too.
Not a real fan of Riddick to be honest. I think Rob is right, mainly because he is at ESPN but who knows.
I don’t dispute any of that.
But there are plenty of other people who were once pro personnel directors. He was fired in Philly. The only reason he is getting an interview for a GM job is because he is on ESPN.
More experience in NFL front offices working in personnel than John Lynch and Jack Easterby prior to getting their high profile jobs.
So what?
Jack Easterby is not the GM. He is someone who was wormed his way into a nondescript job with Houston and has the owner wrapped around his finger.
Just because John Lynch was given a job as GM doesn’t mean Louis Riddick should get a job.
See from Lions standpoint.. what to lose? nothing changes worst case.
Probably doing their due diligence. Dimitroff wasn’t a horrible GM and probably has a lot to offer. It just got stale in ATL for him.
That’s one way to put it, I guess… 😂
https://twitter.com/LanceZierlein/status/1339402446397947905
I enjoyed the video. I think the Hawks’ Defense will be the key in winning this one. They will smother the Football Team’s run game, and then really heat up the pressure packages on their passing game.
>I could see the Football Team being held to just 2 or 3 Field Goals.
*The offense just needs to make sure to not give up turnovers by being overly aggressive. Take what is given. Start the game by only trying quick stuff…then if it looks like the O-Line can hang in there against this great D-Line, then consider trying an occasional shot. But Schotty and Russ can’t just come out trying big shots until they know if their O-Line can hold up.