RiverDog wrote:Even before the accident, McDowell was considered a reach, which seems to describe most Seahawk draft picks. But you're right, the trades for active players has been the one thing that has kept this team from staying young.
However, although I had a problem with a couple of the trades, namely Harvin and Graham, I can't say that I disagreed with the philosophy. We had a window and at the time, were thought to be a player or two away from being a SB contender.
NorthHawk wrote:I don't recall any player they picked up either through trade or FA on Offense that has really worked out. The top 3 being Harvin, Graham, and Lacy, but maybe I'm wrong.
On Defense, it's another matter with the best examples being Bennett and Avril with Clemons right up there.
I said a few years ago that they don't "get" Offense, at least as well as they do Defense, but I suppose it's to be expected with a Defensive minded HC and a Defensive oriented team.
It's going to be interesting if in fact they are going to move towards a team led by Wilson and the Offense with less emphasis on Defense.
In the end, I just don't see it happening. The best we can really hope for is an above average Offense, not a great Offense.
NorthHawk wrote:Geez, how could I forget Lynch? Is he the only one who has worked out of the big names? Brown has a few years left, so he may also turn out to be a good pickup and he's valuable if they have the heir at LT on their roster or draft him this year as learning how to be a pro is a big step in a players development.
NorthHawk wrote:Geez, how could I forget Lynch? Is he the only one who has worked out of the big names? Brown has a few years left, so he may also turn out to be a good pickup and he's valuable if they have the heir at LT on their roster or draft him this year as learning how to be a pro is a big step in a players development.
Aseahawkfan wrote:Brown is an average guy at LT, but we've been so bad at that position that average looks good right now. Only real win in trades on offense is Beastmode. They overpaid for Harvin and Graham was just starting to do well when we didn't retain him. Graham was a bad idea for an offense like ours to begin with. Graham was a volume passing TE and we don't volume pass. Harvin was a big risk, big reward type of guy and we missed hard the other way, it's too bad they overpaid for the headcase.
I wish Pete and John had more confidence in their drafting and development ability. Just another way Bevell and Cable's ineptness forced Pete and John to reach on talent. Bevell and Cable weren't very good at talent evaluation. Pete needs a stronger offensive coaching staff. Not sure he picked coaches like he needs, but we shall see.
RiverDog wrote:I actually think it was the opposite, that Pete and John had too much confidence in their staff's ability to develop players, that they could take a consensus 2nd or 3rd round pick and develop them into first round talent.
NorthHawk wrote:Geez, how could I forget Lynch? Is he the only one who has worked out of the big names? Brown has a few years left, so he may also turn out to be a good pickup and he's valuable if they have the heir at LT on their roster or draft him this year as learning how to be a pro is a big step in a players development.
RiverDog wrote:
Lynch is the only one on offense, that's for sure.
There's also a couple of quarterbacks that we've aquired through trade or FA that didn't work out: Charlie Whitehurst and Matt Flynn.
idhawkman wrote:I would argue that Sydney Rice was a pretty good pick up for the first couple years. Too bad he was long in the tooth and closer to retirement than peak years. I wouldn't call him a huge success but he wasn't a bust for sure. I think the leadership he taught Baldwin and Tate was invaluable for our SB run. He displayed true leadership as a seasoned veteran.
NorthHawk wrote:Baldwin has turned out to be a stud and was a great UFA signing, but if you think about it, there have only been a few standout players on Offense for this team in 8 drafts and FA periods.
I hope the new assistant coaches can turn it around starting this year.
NorthHawk wrote:Okung was pretty good when he wasn't on IR.
Old but Slow wrote:My regular frustration with Tarvaris was that he would run out of bounds for a loss when he could just throw the ball out-of-bounds for no loss. It seemed a total lack of awareness. It reminds me of a comment I read when Tarvaris was going to start a game, and a commenter, can't remember the site (TNT?) pointed out that after the other team beat the tar out of him he will be known as Varis.
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