3rd Round, Pick #94 Nick Vannett, TE, Ohio State

[MontanaHawk05]

This is a hard draft to pick an Adopt-a-Rookie from, but I think this guy's gonna be it for me. He's needed.

 

[chris98251]

Every pick so far is physical and aggressive in some way, we are back to the Nasty.

 

[CPHawk]

We are slowly but surely rebuilding the 2013 team. Love the pick.

Thank God we are because until further notice we're second best in our own division with a chance to be third with a bullet.

Well it's pretty awesome that further notice has arrived and it looks like we're nailing this draft. Seriously, how the hell are we getting these guys?

Bull crap, no other team has a qb worth a damn in our conference. Palmer is done.

 

[Hasselbeck]

Didn't think we'd pull the trigger on a TE this year but SO happy we got this guy.

If you loved healthy Zach Miller, you'll love Nick Vannett.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

This is a hard draft to pick an Adopt-a-Rookie from, but I think this guy's gonna be it for me.

I'm with you. On topic a full spectrum TE? Those are rare so why did he drop so far? This smells like the Tyler Lockett drop but I don't get why.

 

[Hasselbeck]

We are slowly but surely rebuilding the 2013 team. Love the pick.

Thank God we are because until further notice we're second best in our own division with a chance to be third with a bullet.

By that logic, every contender in the league can go from first to worst in a heart beat. Injuries happen. Flukey things happen.

As long as #3 is healthy, this team is a contender. Period. The "chance to be third with a bullet" is a massive reach and applies to every team in the league.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

We are slowly but surely rebuilding the 2013 team. Love the pick.

Thank God we are because until further notice we're second best in our own division with a chance to be third with a bullet.

Well it's pretty awesome that further notice has arrived and it looks like we're nailing this draft. Seriously, how the hell are we getting these guys?

Bull crap, no other team has a qb worth a damn in our conference. Palmer is done.

Absolutely no evidence of that. He is elite if healthy, especially with weapons. He has weapons so just accept fact. On the other hand he doesn't have a history of durability and Arians runs an offense that usually kills quarterbacks....

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

We are slowly but surely rebuilding the 2013 team. Love the pick.

Thank God we are because until further notice we're second best in our own division with a chance to be third with a bullet.

By that logic, every contender in the league can go from first to worst in a heart beat. Injuries happen. Flukey things happen.

As long as #3 is healthy, this team is a contender. Period. The "chance to be third with a bullet" is a massive reach and applies to every team in the league.

No, it was fact three days ago. Luckily the draft started yesterday and we are nailing to the level of 2010 and 2012 with a shot to be historical like Pittsburgh in late 1960's. We're probably looking at 2 starters so far at least, potentially three.

 

[Crizilla]

We are slowly but surely rebuilding the 2013 team. Love the pick.

Thank God we are because until further notice we're second best in our own division with a chance to be third with a bullet.

Well it's pretty awesome that further notice has arrived and it looks like we're nailing this draft. Seriously, how the hell are we getting these guys?

Vannett can be a mix of Gronk and Zac Miller for us. I say use Graham as a receiver mainly and let Willson and Vannett battle it out. At first I was thinking to not keep 3 TE's on the roster but I'm starting to like the idea.

 

[Hawks46]

We are slowly but surely rebuilding the 2013 team. Love the pick.

Thank God we are because until further notice we're second best in our own division with a chance to be third with a bullet.

Well it's pretty awesome that further notice has arrived and it looks like we're nailing this draft. Seriously, how the hell are we getting these guys?

Bull crap, no other team has a qb worth a damn in our conference. Palmer is done.

Absolutely no evidence of that. He is elite if healthy, especially with weapons. He has weapons so just accept fact. On the other hand he doesn't have a history of durability and Arians runs an offense that usually kills quarterbacks....

Well Palmer does have durability concerns, but outside of that, Palmer hasn't proven he can do squat in the playoffs. And Arizona is becoming our home away from home. If we just hold serve at home against them, we'll get the division back.

So yea, Palmer is elite, during the regular season. We just took apart a QB like that in the SB a couple years back....

I'm liking this draft for the OL and it's not over yet either. If we shore up our interior OL, we're #1 with a bullet.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

We are slowly but surely rebuilding the 2013 team. Love the pick.

Thank God we are because until further notice we're second best in our own division with a chance to be third with a bullet.

Well it's pretty awesome that further notice has arrived and it looks like we're nailing this draft. Seriously, how the hell are we getting these guys?

Vannett can be a mix of Gronk and Zac Miller for us. I say use Graham as a receiver mainly and let Willson and Vannett battle it out. At first I was thinking to not keep 3 TE's on the roster but I'm starting to like the idea.

Yep. Luke Willson is fine and I bet money we go that way. We may do the Gronkowski/Hernandez thing. I don't think the guy is a gang member.

 

[Russ Willstrong]

This guy is underrated as a pass catcher and faired well at the combine. He displayed smooth catching motion and great catch radius. Knock on him was his hands but he was probably the best TE performer in 'the gauntlet'.

 

[McGruff]

We are slowly but surely rebuilding the 2013 team. Love the pick.

Thank God we are because until further notice we're second best in our own division with a chance to be third with a bullet.

Well it's pretty awesome that further notice has arrived and it looks like we're nailing this draft. Seriously, how the hell are we getting these guys?

Vannett can be a mix of Gronk and Zac Miller for us. I say use Graham as a receiver mainly and let Willson and Vannett battle it out. At first I was thinking to not keep 3 TE's on the roster but I'm starting to like the idea.

Single back with two TE's and Graham and Kearse split wide . . . yeah, I could go for that.

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

Nick vannett. Come on baby!

Boom! Kids a stud. All around tight end, blocking and catching.

Early favorite for my adopt a rookie.

Seriously J, buy a couple lotto tix. You're on fire.

 

[Boiler]

This is the pick that puts Helfet on the path to a full time modeling career.

 

[hawkfan68]

Hopefully this means the end of Cooper Helfet's days as a Seahawk. Can't block or catch anything unless its a cold.

 

[SeahawksFanForever]

Quick thoughts: Love this pick, reminds me of Zach Miller, not concerned about his speed as some are saying, and very few TE's in the league that can block & catch both. Love it!

 

[chris98251]

Hopefully this means the end of Cooper Helfet's days as a Seahawk. Can't block or catch anything unless its a cold.

Yeah I would rather they bring back McCoy anyway

 

[pehawk]

A beast blocking at the 2nd level.

Perfect.

 

[kearly]

So I watched a couple games on Vannett.

He is not a receiving threat. He doesn't separate with his routes and is slow. In four years at Ohio State, he had 55 catches for 585 yards. Combined. An average of 15.8 receiving yards per game.

He also plays almost all of his snaps from the slot or from H-back spots so it's basically impossible to judge his pass blocking.

I was wondering what Seattle was smoking that made them think this guy was worth a 3rd round pick, that was until I saw this guy run block. He's an elite level run blocker. If he packed on weight, he could play OL in the NFL. That's how good his technique is. Germain Ifedi should room up with Vannett to ask him for tips on proper hand placement and blocking technique. Seriously.

Vannett has soft hands, but given his inability to work himself open I highly doubt that he will ever break 200 receiving yards in a season in his NFL career. He's going to have to earn his keep as a run blocker and special teams guy. His ability to make blocks downfield, and stick to them, is special. If his inline pass blocking ends up being as technically sound as his run blocking, then Seattle just got an elite level blocking tight end. Seattle desperately needed a blocking TE last year so I get this pick, even if the 3rd round is a bit too early for a pure utility player.