Seahawks 1st Round History of Heaven & Hell

[Seahawker]

With the Seahawks having the 5th & 20th overall picks in the draft, a retrospective.
First the phenomenal.

#4 Kenny Easley
#3 Cortez Kennedy
#6 Walter Jones
#17 Steve Hutchinson
#19 Shaun Alexander
#8 Joey Galloway

Honorable mentions: Jacob Green #10, Jeff Bryant #6, John L Williams #15, Shawn Springs #3, Russell Okung #6, Earl Thomas #14.

Now the HELL...
We began our NFL existence with #2 overall DT Steve Niehaus in 76' and #14 OT Steve August in 77', not a great start.

19' #29 LJ Collier
17' DT Malik McDowell (#35) I know a 2nd rounder but I'm including it... damn it!
09' #4 Aaron Curry
01' #9 Koren Robinson
99' #22 Lamar King
93' #2 Rick Mirer
91' #16 Dan McGwire

The Combine is almost here and 60 days until the draft, almost time to break out the luck charms.

 

[EverydayImRusselin]

If Alexander and Galloway are in the first list, Earl should be too.

Collier should definitely be in the 2nd list as well.

 

[hawkfan68]

No Sam Adams or Curt Warner on the heaven side? Where's Kelly Jennings for "hell" side?

 

[Seahawker]

No Sam Adams or Curt Warner on the heaven side? Where's Kelly Jennings for "hell" side?

Sam Adams was solid to great, but not elite IMHO. I think you could include Warner but sadly he never really was the same after his injury. As far as Earl, its a personal judgement call. I see ET as a great player who looked elite playing in the LOB. His injury & subsequent middle finger are a big knock for me. Besides, he's only the 3rd best safety to play for the Hawks & not a HOFer IMHO.

 

[Maulbert]

No doubt Mirer was a terrible pick, but one in the long run which cost the team less than it should've. How Randy Mueller got Chicago to give up a #1 for him in '97 I'll never know.

 

[NoGain]

I think ET belongs on the top list, probably more than Joey Galloway and Shaun Alexander. I mean 3x 1st team All-Pro, 2x 2nd team All-Pro, 7x Pro-Bowler, 2010's all decade team. He was one of the very best at his position for several years. And I remember reading once that he only got beat over-the-top like 2x in like 6-7 years. His highlight reel is pretty amazing, too.

I thought he was an almost certain HOFer till he started crapping his rep after his move to Baltimore. Now I just don't know, though I personally think he should get in compared to others who have.

 

[WarHawks]

Earl is like the forgotten Hawk. He was amazing, and then he just went full dark mode. Never go full dark mode.

 

[ivotuk]

Russell Okung, despite getting rolled up on, and having that Eagles player flip him and tear his pectoral muscle, was a good player and deserves to be in the 1st list.

And while I would have preferred Fletcher Cox, Bruce Irvin was a very good round 1 pick.

 

[hawkfan68]

Sam Adams was solid to great, but not elite IMHO. I think you could include Warner but sadly he never really was the same after his injury. As far as Earl, it’s a personal judgement call. I see ET as a great player who looked elite playing in the LOB. His injury & subsequent middle finger are a big knock for me. Besides, he's only the 3rd best safety to play for the Hawks & not a HOFer IMHO.

Adams was still the #8 pick overall in the 1994 NFL draft. He also left a big void in the middle once he left. The only reason he’s only looked great and not elite is because he had a HOF in Kennedy overshadowing him. He put up stellar numbers after he left the Seahawks too.

 

[getnasty]

ET was so important to the success of that defense, definitely more deserving them SA and Gallaway IMO.