Loved the Michael pick. Huge Williams fan. Thinking he could Shermanize this draft.
Harper .... I think a lot of us missed on this one, even though I thought he was a legit 4th round guy. We left both Patton and Swope on the board to take Harper. There was considerable quality that we didn't take -- so Harper can't just really be some practice squad guy.
Hill falls in the same category with me. Although there wasn't a lot of talent I think we missed on at that spot for that role. It really felt like a 'forced' pick to me. Hill looks like a guy drafted for a role that we will be talking about in 2014 as our #1 need. Did we HAVE to take an NFL average replacement guy at #3? Because there were a LOT of other guys that weren't average on the board elsewhere.
I'm hoping I'm wrong. But this pick felt Ruskellian.
This was an odd draft to be sure. The Michael pick: Yep I see that. Passing on Swope and John Simon -- in particular who we took instead of them (Hill, Harper, Willson, Th. Simon) obviously meant I liked those picks WAY more than Seattle did. Quite obviously, they didn't like those 2 prospects at all except maybe in the 7th. These were 2 guys I thought would be high on Seattle's board and I couldn't have been more wrong.
Ultimately, I think a lot of people went digging for obscure seahawk type prospects. And it looks like the Seahawks just dug deeper than ever before. I can't really give a grade at all, since so many of these guys I never heard of or they are going to position switch. Regardless if I consider the Harvin trade, to get 3 players (Michael, Harper, Williams) who are likely to contribute this year -- on a team this loaded and picking at #25 in the order -- that has to be considered a good B- draft on it's own merit. But like every Seahawk draft, you are obliged to give it an INC. Because our drafts are so heavily dependent on development they are simply not possible to really give an accurate grade.
Liked: Michael, Williams, Harper
Shrug: Hill, Simon, Ware, Powell
Bewildered: Willson, Seymour, Smith
Does he play baseball or football?: Bowie
I'm almost left to wonder, if Seattle wasn't planning for when they have to cut these draftees and stash them on a practice squad. Because plenty of these guys aren't going to have a problem going unnoticed on the final cut day.