Who will be the first 15 prospects picked in the NFL Draft?

How Brock Bowers could be the Seahawks' "Derwin James" pick of 2024: Seaside Joe 1853

The best thing we can do in our attempt to predict the first pick of the Seattle Seahawks is to make our job as easy as it can possibly be. The 2023 draft had a much wider margin for error because the Seahawks were picking fifth overall and we had a good idea of who could be the first four picks, meaning that in a sense we could pretend that Seattle was choosing first and that Young, Stroud, Anderson, and Richardson were not in consideration.

This year, the Seahawks are picking 16th overall. How close can we get them to the “first pick” by using deductive reasoning to assume which prospects will be gone by the time they’re on the clock?

Let’s try to reduce the number of prospects left on the board at 16 by as many as possible. Don’t worry if you don’t see a certain name like “J.J. McCarthy” right away, I’m going to start with the more definitive answers.