It seems like in the past for both offense and defense, the Seahawks went for guys who were good in the running game on the assumption that they could be coached up in the pass game. This year, it’s the opposite on both sides of the ball.
It's still hard for me how Bryant can win the Jim Thorpe award and be a 4th round pick. He must have seen a lot of play on the other side of Sauce Gardner. My question is what is the criteria to win the Thorpe award ??
Seattle finally had a high round pick where all of the LT live each year in the draft. Abe was a local with Mike Leach connection (Cross to). Solari might have had a hand in the Seattle's prior draft style of lineman (large not necessarily athletic). The Seahawks missed a lot of local talent Kupp, Baker and the list goes on. I think Seattle signing Jones was a good move defensively the former Husky. King is still out there as a F/A from the same backfield and class I think this year is the first year in awhile that Seattle didn't play the long shot and picked more conservative which was overdue. Seattle has done well in UDFA and late round picks when you think of Baldwin, Kearse, Ford, Carson in the 7th. I think I heard Joe Thomas mentioned that pass blocking was harder to coach up in the NFL than run blocking. Sometimes instincts play a larger role in pass protection, as well as technique. It will be interesting to see how this year plays out with Seattle's picks and contributions. Thanks for the quotes Kenneth.
It seems like in the past for both offense and defense, the Seahawks went for guys who were good in the running game on the assumption that they could be coached up in the pass game. This year, it’s the opposite on both sides of the ball.
It's still hard for me how Bryant can win the Jim Thorpe award and be a 4th round pick. He must have seen a lot of play on the other side of Sauce Gardner. My question is what is the criteria to win the Thorpe award ??
Seattle finally had a high round pick where all of the LT live each year in the draft. Abe was a local with Mike Leach connection (Cross to). Solari might have had a hand in the Seattle's prior draft style of lineman (large not necessarily athletic). The Seahawks missed a lot of local talent Kupp, Baker and the list goes on. I think Seattle signing Jones was a good move defensively the former Husky. King is still out there as a F/A from the same backfield and class I think this year is the first year in awhile that Seattle didn't play the long shot and picked more conservative which was overdue. Seattle has done well in UDFA and late round picks when you think of Baldwin, Kearse, Ford, Carson in the 7th. I think I heard Joe Thomas mentioned that pass blocking was harder to coach up in the NFL than run blocking. Sometimes instincts play a larger role in pass protection, as well as technique. It will be interesting to see how this year plays out with Seattle's picks and contributions. Thanks for the quotes Kenneth.