by NorthHawk » Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:36 am
There's been a lot of chatter from the media about the Seahawks and Browns making a trade where we would end up with the 33rd pick (+ others).
It would depend on who is there at 18 that the Browns want for it to be completed, I'm assuming.
If we get both the 33rd and a 3rd round pick, I could see us taking either a good RB, or a good DL.
So someone like Nick Chubb if they go RB, but more likely they would go DT with Tim Settle or maybe Maurice Hurst providing our doctors think he's cleared to play.
The DT would replace Richardson and maybe Bennett. Settle is in my mind like Corey Luiget but bigger. He's very quick for a big guy and at times dominated double teams.
With a much younger and frankly less capable secondary, more pressure up front is a necessity.
The other option could be a DE/Edge, again for more pass rush. Someone like a Rasheem Green from USC (California, not South Carolina) or Marcus Davenport if he fell that far.
In reading other forums or commenters in the media, some think we go CB, but the highest Pete has ever selected a DB other than Thomas was last year in the 3rd round. Pete has a great system
to play and he thinks he can find value in mid to late rounds and coach them up. He's been right so far.
There is also talk mainly on the Seahawksdraftblog site that suggests we will take a WR as the first pick. The reason is they seem to think we are moving towards an 'Air Coryell' type of Offense.
I don't see it happening. They might open it up a little, but PC has never been a guy wants a high risk type of Offense which that was. All teams use some of the concepts that Coryell brought into
the game, but it's predicated on the first read being the deep routes and even expects the QB to throw into double and triple coverage. It's a vertical stretching of the Defense to open holes, unlike
the WCO which is more of a horizontal stretching of the Defense. Having given up on Graham who thrived in Payton's Offense which uses more of Coryell's concepts than most of the coaches, and trading
away Kearse who made big plays, it doesn't seem to be in the plans.
Maybe it will be OL again. We didn't re-sign Joeckel and there is a hole inside, so again, if a G they have rated as mid to late 1st round is there in the 2nd, they might go that route. Someone like Will Hernandez who
can bring the bully attitude, or Isaiah Wynn who is very technical with great balance and feet.
One player who I'd love to see us get is Jaylen Samuels. He's a decent RB, but also played H-Back, Lead blocker, TE, WR, and QB in a Wildcat formation.
He's the kind of guy that Schottenheimer could use anywhere on the field. In the Sr. Bowl practices, no LB could cover him as a RB out of the backfield, as a TE, or H-Back.
He has really good hands/catching radius and runs precise routes from any position he's placed in.
If used properly, he could be a matchup nightmare for other Defenses. A far more versatile Prosise, if you will.