Seattle turned four picks into eight and addressed every major need without a single reach. Daniel Jeremiah noticed and called it exactly what it was. Boringly good.
The Seattle Seahawks entered last week's NFL Draft with four picks, the fewest of any team in the league. They left with eight. NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah appeared on Seattle Sports' Brock and Salk on Tuesday and summed up what the Seahawks accomplished in three words.
"Boringly good draft."
"I thought they did well, man," Jeremiah said. "I thought almost it was like a boringly good draft for the Seahawks. Just hitting it just one after another after another. It just all kind of made sense, it all kind of flowed. They took what was there. I don't think they reached at all and I thought they got a bunch of guys that can come help."
For a defending Super Bowl champion working with limited draft capital, boring is exactly what you want. John Schneider entered Thursday night with picks at 32 and 64 and walked out of the three-day event with eight total selections after maneuvering through four trades in the middle rounds. The Seahawks addressed their most glaring needs without overdrafting and added depth across the roster in the process.
Seattle's first-round pick was Notre Dame running back Jadarian Price, filling the hole left by Kenneth Walker III's departure to Kansas City in free agency. Price gives the Seahawks an explosive, versatile back who fits their offensive system immediately. Their second-round pick was TCU safety Bud Clark, and Jeremiah was particularly emphatic about that selection.
"They're going to love Bud Clark, man," he said. "Bud Clark is going to be outstanding in Seattle."
The work Schneider did in the later rounds also drew praise. Seattle traded into the fifth round to select Iowa guard Beau Stephens, who Jeremiah believes gives the Seahawks a legitimate competition at right guard against incumbent Anthony Bradford.
"I'd be curious to see if Beau Stephens ends up cracking the lineup there," Jeremiah said. "I think he's better right now, so I would feel comfortable about him versus Bradford. I think that would be an interesting thing to monitor going forward."
Being called boring by Daniel Jeremiah is not an insult. It means no reaches, no head-scratchers, no panic moves driven by need. Every pick made sense. Every pick flowed. For a defending Super Bowl champion that had few picks, a boringly good draft from one of the most respected analysts in the business might be the best compliment John Schneider has ever received.