Yxes1122
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Is anyone else confused? Because I’m confused.
Let me take a step back. To quote Sigmund Bloom of FootballGuys, Free Agency and the Draft are moments where a team can’t lie anymore. For example, if Pete says over and over again that they like their depth at OL and believe continuity is most important... and then go sign 4 OL and have 2 new pieces (at minimum) on the OL... that shows you what they really felt about their OL.
When they say pass rush is the most important issue to fix this offseason—and only sign Bruce Irvin? What does that tell you?
Now FA has barely started. We are barely starting to get into the 2nd wave. Clowney, Griffen, Clay Matthews, Golden are all still available and you still have Judon and Yannick available for trade. I’m not panicking, but I do wonder what their moves say, and how it will impact the draft.
Specifically, are they higher on this EDGE class than the rest of the world? And are they less high on the OL class?
The draft and FA work in conjunction, what you can’t get in the draft you get in FA. So what have the Seahawks got? OL, Pass Catchers, and a corner.
I think the Dunbar move is a no brainer regardless of the draft, but I’d imagine the lack of length at CB this year played into the move. But it’s a good class of centers... and we have 4 on the roster (Pocic, Hunt, Britt, Finney). It’s a good tackle class and we signed Shell and Ogbuehi (granted the latter is probably our big TE). It’s a good WR class and we tendered Moore and signed Dorsett.
I keep coming back to how these moves will affect draft strategy. We know Seattle drafts against the current roster, and the current roster is extremely thin at DL... and I wonder what a draft of Uche and Okwara would look like. Or Gross Matos and Anae.
I wonder if our draft will look more EDGE, DT, RB? And if so... I feel like that goes against the strengths of the draft (minus RB. I like several options). But I wonder if we see an aggressive haul of EDGE players in the vein of our 2019 WR haul following the retirement of Doug.
I know that was a vomit of thoughts, but anyone else feel similar? Different? I’m not trying to complain about the off-season, but it has somewhat cut against the grain of expectations and I’m trying to piece the strategy together in my head.
Let me take a step back. To quote Sigmund Bloom of FootballGuys, Free Agency and the Draft are moments where a team can’t lie anymore. For example, if Pete says over and over again that they like their depth at OL and believe continuity is most important... and then go sign 4 OL and have 2 new pieces (at minimum) on the OL... that shows you what they really felt about their OL.
When they say pass rush is the most important issue to fix this offseason—and only sign Bruce Irvin? What does that tell you?
Now FA has barely started. We are barely starting to get into the 2nd wave. Clowney, Griffen, Clay Matthews, Golden are all still available and you still have Judon and Yannick available for trade. I’m not panicking, but I do wonder what their moves say, and how it will impact the draft.
Specifically, are they higher on this EDGE class than the rest of the world? And are they less high on the OL class?
The draft and FA work in conjunction, what you can’t get in the draft you get in FA. So what have the Seahawks got? OL, Pass Catchers, and a corner.
I think the Dunbar move is a no brainer regardless of the draft, but I’d imagine the lack of length at CB this year played into the move. But it’s a good class of centers... and we have 4 on the roster (Pocic, Hunt, Britt, Finney). It’s a good tackle class and we signed Shell and Ogbuehi (granted the latter is probably our big TE). It’s a good WR class and we tendered Moore and signed Dorsett.
I keep coming back to how these moves will affect draft strategy. We know Seattle drafts against the current roster, and the current roster is extremely thin at DL... and I wonder what a draft of Uche and Okwara would look like. Or Gross Matos and Anae.
I wonder if our draft will look more EDGE, DT, RB? And if so... I feel like that goes against the strengths of the draft (minus RB. I like several options). But I wonder if we see an aggressive haul of EDGE players in the vein of our 2019 WR haul following the retirement of Doug.
I know that was a vomit of thoughts, but anyone else feel similar? Different? I’m not trying to complain about the off-season, but it has somewhat cut against the grain of expectations and I’m trying to piece the strategy together in my head.