Apr 26, 2022·edited Apr 26, 2022Liked by Seaside Joe
"As I write this, we’re only 72 hours away from ending all the speculation on the 2022 NFL Draft and beginning our journey to miscalculating the 2023 NFL Draft..."
Truthfully, this is the most accurate sentence I've scanned in regard to the draft and the crazy quilt of poorly-informed knee-jerk hot takes, competing narratives and calculated misdirection that is sports media's "mock draft" machine.
"What is the Seahawks biggest need this year? Damn good players... If they draft eight damn good players, they will have fewer needs for damn good players in 2023..."
It may not hijack many eyeballs or foment a furious flurry of media mindf**kery, but once again you've mercilessly sliced straight to the bone. The rest is wheel-spinning and hot air designed to attract attention, when a simple reality remains; the draft is basically a glorified playground process.
"The Seahawks can do little more to improve their play at quarterback next season because first and foremost, they need to find the quarterback. He’s not in this draft..."
FILE UNDER : Famous Last Words // Remember when the other Peter (Schrager) handed the 'Hawks and "F" grade for the draft containing Russ & Bobby, among others...? What if the same minds that acquired RW3 are confident their next "guy" could well be one of this year's QBs...?
All said and done, your "Seahawk 'Stack" is worthy of genuine praise, not the faint or damning variety. Having been both a fan (since the Patera Era) and a player in my youth, with friends & relations who reached Div. I and the NFL, I tuned out the army of armchair athletes who feed the media spin cycle decades ago.
It's hard to overstate the value of thoughts emanating from the few former players who've earned enough scratch -- and have enough individual backbone -- to speak their minds in the supremely sycophantic world of sports media. You're not one of them (as far as I know), but your work to the present has elevated you to the short list of game analysts I choose to follow, incl. Chris Simms, Kurt Warner and a handful of others.
If our first three picks were defense I am fine, and assuming we have pick 41 take Sam Howell. He could sit for the year, or if we resign Dwaune Brown, start him if he wins the competition. Seattle has been out of the QB business to long, so long that Geno Smith could start this season. After our 3rd pick I wouldn't be disappointed if they had to pick good defensive players from there in.
We all know Russell Wilson was a great QB and did his part to win a Super Bowl and go to another. It was the defense that lead the way to all the success. Russell was a great deep ball thrower from day one. He minimized his mistakes and we had Beast mode running the rock. Russell was very mobile something the NFL was not used to. I can make an argument we could do the same with Sam Howell. The only glaring difference is getting to the playoffs in year one. The Seahawk foundation had been set in the drafts 2010 through 2012, we may need one more year.
Wyatt, Chenal, and Bonitto. As for QB's no one knows if the Hawks have found "their guy" and they know that "their guy" might not pan out, so they draft QB's every chance they get. Meaning, take at least one every year until we find one that pans out. Matt Corral or Howell at 41 would suit me.
I wouldn't be opposed to using the whole draft on Defense and OL. This is not the draft for a QB. Sign Baker for whatever is left of the cap after the Browns cut him and try to do Peteball with a QB that will not try to undermine you because of his "Legacy"
"As I write this, we’re only 72 hours away from ending all the speculation on the 2022 NFL Draft and beginning our journey to miscalculating the 2023 NFL Draft..."
Truthfully, this is the most accurate sentence I've scanned in regard to the draft and the crazy quilt of poorly-informed knee-jerk hot takes, competing narratives and calculated misdirection that is sports media's "mock draft" machine.
"What is the Seahawks biggest need this year? Damn good players... If they draft eight damn good players, they will have fewer needs for damn good players in 2023..."
It may not hijack many eyeballs or foment a furious flurry of media mindf**kery, but once again you've mercilessly sliced straight to the bone. The rest is wheel-spinning and hot air designed to attract attention, when a simple reality remains; the draft is basically a glorified playground process.
"The Seahawks can do little more to improve their play at quarterback next season because first and foremost, they need to find the quarterback. He’s not in this draft..."
FILE UNDER : Famous Last Words // Remember when the other Peter (Schrager) handed the 'Hawks and "F" grade for the draft containing Russ & Bobby, among others...? What if the same minds that acquired RW3 are confident their next "guy" could well be one of this year's QBs...?
All said and done, your "Seahawk 'Stack" is worthy of genuine praise, not the faint or damning variety. Having been both a fan (since the Patera Era) and a player in my youth, with friends & relations who reached Div. I and the NFL, I tuned out the army of armchair athletes who feed the media spin cycle decades ago.
It's hard to overstate the value of thoughts emanating from the few former players who've earned enough scratch -- and have enough individual backbone -- to speak their minds in the supremely sycophantic world of sports media. You're not one of them (as far as I know), but your work to the present has elevated you to the short list of game analysts I choose to follow, incl. Chris Simms, Kurt Warner and a handful of others.
Kyle Hamilton, Boye Mafe, Perrion Winfrey (Jamal Adams adds 10lbs and moves to outside linebacker)
If our first three picks were defense I am fine, and assuming we have pick 41 take Sam Howell. He could sit for the year, or if we resign Dwaune Brown, start him if he wins the competition. Seattle has been out of the QB business to long, so long that Geno Smith could start this season. After our 3rd pick I wouldn't be disappointed if they had to pick good defensive players from there in.
We all know Russell Wilson was a great QB and did his part to win a Super Bowl and go to another. It was the defense that lead the way to all the success. Russell was a great deep ball thrower from day one. He minimized his mistakes and we had Beast mode running the rock. Russell was very mobile something the NFL was not used to. I can make an argument we could do the same with Sam Howell. The only glaring difference is getting to the playoffs in year one. The Seahawk foundation had been set in the drafts 2010 through 2012, we may need one more year.
I sure do like Pennings' tape...Beast!
Wyatt, Chenal, and Bonitto. As for QB's no one knows if the Hawks have found "their guy" and they know that "their guy" might not pan out, so they draft QB's every chance they get. Meaning, take at least one every year until we find one that pans out. Matt Corral or Howell at 41 would suit me.
I wouldn't be opposed to using the whole draft on Defense and OL. This is not the draft for a QB. Sign Baker for whatever is left of the cap after the Browns cut him and try to do Peteball with a QB that will not try to undermine you because of his "Legacy"