by SalmonBB » Sun Feb 07, 2016 11:58 am
I think it's time to shake the roster up a bit and get younger at some positions. Browner is attractive if we can get a bargain price for him, but I have a feeling he'd be coming in ready for a twilight tour with his favorite gang ... not what our defense needs. In general, the Seahawks excel at drafting. Our record in free agency is not nearly as good. I kind of hope we don't try to make any big splashes in free agency this year, except if some of those splashes might be in letting some of our own go.
2nd round CB who can fill across from Sherman would be great. Lane and Shead make good nickel and dime guys. I think its time to start thinking about bringing in a young safety, as well ... as Kam and ET, though good, are falling off. This last year they reminded me a bit of Lofa Tatupu in his last year with the Seahawks (still one of my all time favorites, and definitely my son's favorite all time player). At the time, it was inconceivable we'd part ways, and by many measures he may have deserved to stay without a contract re-structure - but injury and age take their tolls - and whether the decision to let him go was wrong or right, we didn't do bad by bringing in younger talent. From what I understand, we may end up seeing something similar play out with Kam Chancellor ... maybe even with ET in the next couple years.
I know ... "we need linemen." We need an RT, specifically IMO. But the line was looking better as the season progressed, and in the running game, they've done quite an admirable job. But yeah, our athletic guys got handled by the Carolina hosses, and it would be nice to shore up in one or two places. Personally, I'd like to see us move Gilliam over to TE for running situations.
Again, if the Seahawks can trade down their late first for a high second, picking up a CB/S and a RT with chips on their shoulders might be a great way to go.
GO SEAHAWKS!!!