Erebus
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I compiled a list of all week 1 starters, plus projected starters for TB and Miami, and swapped Duane Brown into the Texans lineup despite his holdout. I then looked up each player's overall draft position. For undrafted players, they were assigned 255, although there was actually a player drafted 255, but most drafts end by then. I then averaged them all out. Only the Redskins and Browns have higher average draft position among their five o-line starters, and they both have pretty damn good o-lines.
This is more fuel for the fire that Cable sucks at developing linemen, although Joeckel wasn't drafted and developed by the Seahawks and is skewing the numbers. An interesting thing about this list is the only o-line comparable to the Seahawks last year was the Vikings, and they are dead last in average draft position. This is an indictment on both their ability to identify talent in the draft and their ability to develop it.
Team - Average
WAS - 49
CLE - 52.6
SEA - 65.6
NYG - 74
BUF - 78.8
DAL - 80.4
LAR - 80.8
HOU - 81.6
NO - 82.4
MIA - 85.4
DET - 90
ARI - 92.8
CAR - 102.4
ATL - 105.6
CIN - 108.2
KC - 108.4
CHI - 113.8
PHI - 121
IND - 121.8
PIT - 123
TB - 123.4
NE - 123.8
OAK - 124
TEN - 125.6
DEN - 128.6
SF - 130.4
GB - 131.2
NYJ - 135.2
JAX - 140.8
LAC - 160.2
BAL - 161
MIN - 162
This is more fuel for the fire that Cable sucks at developing linemen, although Joeckel wasn't drafted and developed by the Seahawks and is skewing the numbers. An interesting thing about this list is the only o-line comparable to the Seahawks last year was the Vikings, and they are dead last in average draft position. This is an indictment on both their ability to identify talent in the draft and their ability to develop it.
Team - Average
WAS - 49
CLE - 52.6
SEA - 65.6
NYG - 74
BUF - 78.8
DAL - 80.4
LAR - 80.8
HOU - 81.6
NO - 82.4
MIA - 85.4
DET - 90
ARI - 92.8
CAR - 102.4
ATL - 105.6
CIN - 108.2
KC - 108.4
CHI - 113.8
PHI - 121
IND - 121.8
PIT - 123
TB - 123.4
NE - 123.8
OAK - 124
TEN - 125.6
DEN - 128.6
SF - 130.4
GB - 131.2
NYJ - 135.2
JAX - 140.8
LAC - 160.2
BAL - 161
MIN - 162