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Draft Selections
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (SEA)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (SEA)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (SEA)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (SEA)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (SEA)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (SEA)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (SEA)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (SEA)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BAL)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BAL)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Draft Picks Traded
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (TB)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (TB)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Draft Grade — Seahawks
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedB TradesC FutureB-
The jury is out on the Seahawks. For now, C+.

Some picks age like wine; Elijah Jones at Round 4, Pick 19 will need to, sitting 74 spots clear of his grade. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. However the rest shakes out, Paul at that price is a win they earned.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Edgerrin Cooper
The board had cheaper options than Edgerrin Cooper at pick 30, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick57 Rnd2 Braden Fiske
They did well to land Braden Fiske in No. 57, just ahead of his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick81 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 81, where Patrick Paul graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick119 Rnd4 Elijah Jones
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Elijah Jones well ahead of where he belonged. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick131 Rnd4 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson in the 131st overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick151 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
They took Kitan Oladapo at par in the 151st pick, which is nothing to complain about. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick194 Rnd6 Daequan Hardy
A straight-up fair deal on Daequan Hardy at Round 6, Pick 19, value and slot in agreement. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick233 Rnd7 Trevin Wallace
Trevin Wallace at pick No. 233 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.