The funny thing with need is every position is a position of need. 85% of NFL rosters turn over every 3 years.
The Seahawks should draft to the strength of the draft. Not fill needs, that can be done in the summer with Vet FAs for pennies on the dollar compared to what they go for earlier in FA.
Outside of Franchise QB you could always use another young WR, OL, DL, DB, RB, TE, or LBer.
Seattle loves to overspend on JAGs early in Free Agency to cover their perceived needs. This is stupid, and a waste of money. If you're going to spend early you have to go after the highly prized Free Agents or stay out entirely.
JS then grades the draft against his own roster and picks players based on supply per position.
So they will take a guy like Collier with their 1st pick not because they believe he is the best player on the board, but because there is an internal belief that there is a dropoff after him at his position, while the other positions still have depth to pick from.
WR was deep that year, so they felt they could wait it out and still get a great WR. They were right in a sense trading up for DK in the 2nd after taking Blair & Collier. But Blair & Collier were forced picks to fill needs at the time and ruined their draft class.
If they had just went with loading up on the strength of that draft when they picked, they would have Deebo, AJ Brown, AND DK Metcalf. :shock:
It was also a very strong pass rusher draft as well, but JS foolishly traded down too much, and compounded the mistake by taking Collier anyway when something like 10 pass rushers had already come off the board, while ignoring all of that WR talent still available. A lot of sleepless nights for John after that debacle.
Draft talent, not position.
The flaws of the horizontal draft board vs. the vertical draft board.
