The case for Seahawks to draft Defense in 1st round

3 reasons the Seahawks are more likely to use their first round pick on a defensive player than offensive: Seaside Joe 1861

The Seattle Seahawks probably need more than the seven draft picks, including only one of the first 80, if John Schneider wants to have the most competitive under-the-cap roster for training camp and Week 1 that he can possibly have. Whether there will be teams offering or accepting trades to give Schneider those picks is out of hands (his, ours, theirs), there are reasons to thinking trading down from 16 is not as likely as usual, but one opinion I’m forming about who Seattle’s first selection will be is that the odds of choosing a defensive prospect seem much higher than going with some of the needs and highest-rated players on offense.

This has also been reflected in the pre-draft meetings and visits that the Seahawks have had with prospects so far, as most of them in total have been defensive players and almost anyone in those meetings who is expected to go in the top-100 picks has either been a QB (unlikely to happen) or a defensive player with the exception of a couple interior line prospects who don’t seem likely to go in the top-25.

If there’s anything close to a giveaway as to what Schneider wants or thinks he has to do, it’s that the Seahawks seem to want at least two defensive prospects who could be drafted in the 16-100 range. I’ve got a few reasons to believe that a defensive player couldbe Seattle’s pick and I’ll start outlining them with these three signs: