Seahawks get defensive with limited picks in 2021 NFL Mock Draft
By Darral Nail
The Seattle Seahawks have been a model of consistency in the Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson era. With the franchise now well removed from the back-to-back Super Bowl appearances of 2013 and 2014 (the latter for which they would claim a championship with their victory in Super Bowl XLVIII), the Seahawks have compiled a regular season record of 62-33-1 in their 6 post-Super Bowl seasons, with two division titles and two playoff victories out of seven total postseason appearances over that same stretch.
While Seattle’s relative success is something that a majority of the league’s fanbases likely covet, the bifurcated nature of the team’s 2020 campaign has almost certainly left many among Seattle’s legendary Twelfth Man with the bitter taste of promise unfulfilled.
The Seahawks began last season with a blistering 5-0 start that had quarterback Russell Wilson alone atop the early season MVP discussion. Despite the great start, there was trouble looming in plain sight, by way of the team’s once-vaunted defensive unit.
While Wilson and his offensive teammates were averaging 34 points per contest during their early-season streak, Seattle’s defensive performance would plunge to depths previously unseen in their time under Carroll and would enter the second half of the season allowing over 30 points a game. In something of a reversal of fortunes, the Seahawk defense improved in the second half of the season, even as the team’s offense began to struggle.
What might Seahawks have in mind with their limited slate of draft picks?
In the wake of a 2020 season that ended in a home playoff upset at the hands of their NFC West rival L.A. Rams, the Seahawks emerge from early free agency with their sights trained on the 2021 NFL Draft. While the team possesses a mere three selections in this year’s event, owing to the multi-pick Jamal Adams trade as well as a pick used to secure guard Gabe Jackson, among other moves, they could stand to benefit from a relative depth of prospects among the team’s positions of need.
Follow along as we take a look at potential fits for the Seahawks with each of their three scheduled draft picks.