Thursday, April 19, 2007

NFL Draft: Seahawks possibilities

First off, the Seahawks position of need are in order of necessity: TE, OL, DT, CB. Though we should obviously consider overall value over need sometimes.
If for some reason we trade D-Jack with either nothing or our 2nd or 3rd round pick, we might get a early second or a late first. In this case we could draft Greg Olsen if we somehow got a 22nd pick or so, and he fell that much. If we had the late 1st round or early 2nd round pick, picks that would make sense would be OT Joe Staley, OG Ben Grubb, DT Justin Harrell, TE, Zach Miller, DT Turk McBride, or OT Tony Ugoh. I would recommend Joe Staley or Zach Miller for this pick because I think both would play right away and do very well. I think Joe Staley could be a great guard, allowing Rob Sims to play RG, while I think that Zach Miller could be just as good a TE as Greg Olsen.
For the second round pick we currently have, if Zach Miller were to fall to us, I would definitely say get him at the 55th pick. Him and Olsen were neck and neck, but Olsen pulled ahead after doing well in a catching drill and running a 4.54 compared to 4.74 for Zach Miller. However, if Michael Bush were to still be available I'd also say he would definitely be a great pick. A big 6'2" 250 back who's fast and has great vision and movement. I think he's just a step below Peterson, but I think he'll be better than Peterson because he won't be injured as often. His injury was a freak accident, and Peterson has been injured several times over time. We don't need a RB, but this would be the perfect situation. Where he could get slowly situated in his rookie season, handle half the carries his next year, then take over his 3rd year. Other possibilities here are Ben Patrick a TE from Delaware, Demarcus "Tank" Tyler a DT from NC State, and Tony Ugoh, a OT from Arkansas, who Mel Kiper just moved to his top 25 overall talent. The last realistic options would be Manuel Ramirez and OG from Texas Tech and Brandon Mebane a DT from California. It'd be nice to have him just becuase his name is Manny Ramirez. I also wouldn't mind getting DE Quentin Moses who was a stud last year at Georgia, but had a relatively poor senior season, and has seen his stock drop because of it.
For the third round, Ben Patrick the TE from Delaware might fall to this pick which would be a nice pickup but TE Scott Chandler, a TE from Iowa would be an ok pick too. Josh Beekman, an OG from BC would be good here, and Chris Henry, a workout stud of a Running Back from Arizona would also be a decent pick. Other good picks would be Quin Pitock, a DT from Ohio State, Marshal Landa, an OL from Iowa, and Paul Solai, a NT from Utah. I like Solai despite his "character" problems, and I htink he would be a great DT because of his size and agility. Brandon Mebane might fall this low, and if he does, that would be great, and there are several good CBs at this spot too.

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