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Seattle Seahawks

SS Darnell Bing (S2, 12th)
DT Haloti Ngata (S3, 4th)
HB Lynell Hamilton (S4, 16th)
WR DeSean Jackson (S5, 11th)
CB Derek Cox (S6, 18th)
CB Captain Munnerlyn (S7, 20th)
QB Kirk Cousins (S9, 4th)
OT Riley Reiff (S10, 8th)
FS Byron Jones (S11, 22th)
OT Taylor Decker (S12, 30th)
C Cameron Erving (S13, 31st)
WR Amari Cooper (S14, 6th)

I was cute on behalf of Shad in the first draft. I held a Top 5 pick, but I kept trading down for Day 2 and Day 3 picks and trade ups elsewhere. I explicitly told people that imported draft classes were talented and deep, so a lot of Day 2 and 3 picks would stick around the league for a while, and some of those picks, which included MLB Aaron Harris, G Grayling Love, and OT Jabari Levy did have long and productive careers in the league, with Love still active. I ultimately landed on Bing who just retired. He spent his entire career in Seattle. He never lived up his potential, though he did provide a decent amount of INTs.

Ngata began his career as a two-way DT, but he ultimately lost his pass rushing chops (15 sacks in the past five seasons), giving way to him being a great run-stuffing DT. He has started 189 of a possible 192 games in his career, and at 36, he might be playing his final season.

Hamilton was a co-Offensive Rookie of the Year and has generally been a good HB. He had a fantastic stretch in S10-S12 where he had a combined 4.7 YPC, but he has struggled with health his entire career, though miraculously only missing one game in the past three seasons. After 11 seasons and over 10k rushing yards with the team, he was not re-signed in the offseason as he looks to spend his final season elsewhere.

The five-time Pro Bowler has been among the best WRs in the past six seasons averaging over 1000 yards on nearly 14.0 YPC. If not for only grabbing 2 TDs last season, his TD averages would be around 10 during that span. At just 31 and playing in what should be an improved offense, he should certainly be on his way to the Hall of Fame.

Cox spent only one season as a starter in Seattle while spending the rest as typically the #4 but sometimes slot corner. He went to Tampa Bay where he has spent the past four seasons, and well, yeah. He has 84 tackles, 5 INTs, and 4 FFs+FRs in 87 games and 48 starts in nine seasons.

Munnerlyn only started in two seasons with Seattle but one did include 4 INTs with the other seeing him recover 2 fumbles, so he did stuff statistically. He played a few games here and there but didn't appear in a game the past two seasons and just hit the free agent market.

Backing up Carson Palmer, Cousins replaced him during his rookie season when Palmer went down with injury and has mightily improved as a passer with three straight seasons of 82+ passer ratings. Health has been an issue with him only playing a full 16 game season twice in his five seasons as the starter, including a career low 4 games last season. If he can stay healthy, it will be exciting to see how the offense fares this season with all those new faces on what should be their best unit on paper for a team that has largely been elite on that side of the ball over the past several seasons.

Reiff lost his entire rookie season to injury, and he was a backup for most of his second season, but he's been excellent in his three seasons as a starter providing the Seahawks with 192 blocks against 18 sacks allowed.

Jones came out swinging and was named a DB of the Year candidate in addition to being a co-Defensive Rookie of the Year winner. While the Seahawks being under AI and a largely absent user control has kept him under the radar, you won't find many FSs as productive as him. In four seasons, he has 235 tackles, 11 sacks, 10 INTs, 9 FFs, and 8 FRs while presumably leading the league in pass deflections since he's entered the league because I am not seeing anyone else with three seasons of double digit PDs, let alone the four that Jones has.

Decker backed up Levi Jones to begin his career before having a good first season starting last year before being traded to the Bears less than a week ago.

Erving exclusively played at G his first two seasons. Playing outside of his natural position might have hurt his production, but he does have a respectable 60 blocks vs 13 sacks allowed in his first two years.

Cooper had that one brilliant game with Andrew Luck where he caught 4 TDs, but overall, he had a simply good year as a rookie WR hauling in 53 passes for 684 yards and 7 TDs while catching passes from at least five QBs. With a hopefully healthier and more stable team this season, maybe he has room for statistical improvement.
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