In the series of simulated projects circulating on the internet, many prognosticators predict Seattle Seahawks to take a wide receiver with overall choice n ° 18 in the draft of NFL.
On the one hand, it makes sense.
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The Seahawks went from two of their three best receptors this offseason by exchanging DK Metcalf and by releasing the veteran Tyler Lockett. And while they replaced them with Cooper Kupp and Marquez Valdes-Scantling, the two have different degrees of question points. Kupp has missed at least five games due to injuries in each of the last three seasons, while Valdes-Scantling has only reached 450 reception yards once in the past four years.
By writing a large out in the first round, Seattle could considerably improve the position group.
But would a wide receiver really be the best use of the choice of first-round Seahawks-in particular with its flagrant problems along the inner offensive line and the desire of head coach Mike Macdonald to build a difficult and physical team in the trenches on both sides of the ball?
During his weekly appearance Wednesday on Brock and Salk of Seattle Sports, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network explained why he could be preferable for a team like the Seahawks to wait for the second or third round to take a receiver.
Jeremiah, a former NFL scout, thinks that Travis Hunter, a double sense, is the only receiver of “6.7” in this year’s class. This is a reference to the notation scale of the NFL Scout, which assesses 6.7 as a “starter of the year 1”. Jeremiah thinks that the next best wide in this class range from 6.1 (“good backup with possible starter potential”) to 6.3 (“more NFL starter”).
“I don’t think there are these level 6.7 receivers (in this project),” said Jeremiah. “… Travis Hunter is in its own category, but apart from that, I have a pile of 6.3, 6.2, 6.1, which are at this lower level.
“This is why I think that if you want a wide receiver, I think day 2 is an ideal place for you. Even while waiting for the third round, I think you get a good (receiver) that can help you – and you can (focus on the trenches) early.”
As Jeremiah pointed out, there was on average just over 5 1/2 receivers taken in the first round in the last five NFL projects. This does not seem likely to happen this year.
In NFL.com, the analyst of the Chad Reuter project, the remuneration, he had four receivers in the first round, four in the second round and five in the third round.
“I am convinced of the second round, we will see a race on these large outs,” said Jeremiah. “We will see a heap.”
Mike Salk of Seattle Sports clearly indicated that he did not want the Seahawks to write a receiver in the first round.
“If you say that you want to be a team that performs the ball and plays physically and all this … It seems that there is no way to justify the drafting of a wide receiver somewhere early in this project,” said Salk.
Listen to the complete conversation with Daniel Jeremiah from NFL Network on this link or in the audio player near the middle of this story. Connect on Brock and Salk during the week from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. or find the podcast on the Sports of Seattle application.
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