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    Seahawks
Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (SEA)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (SEA)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (SEA)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (SEA)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (SEA)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (SEA)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (SEA)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (SEA)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (SEA)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (SEA)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (SEA)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (SEA)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (SEA)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (SEA)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (SEA)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Jaden Crumedy Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (SEA)
Jaden Crumedy
DT-EDGE Mississippi State
Jayson Jones Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (SEA)
Jayson Jones
DL Auburn
Draft Picks Received
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NYG)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (CHI)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (TB)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (NO)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NO)
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Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Demario Davis
LB
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Yaya Diaby
LB
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Justin Fields
QB
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Cade Otton
TE
Players traded away
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Abraham Lucas
OT
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Bobby Wagner
LB
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Damien Lewis
OG
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Devon Witherspoon
CB
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR
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Zach Charbonnet
RB
Draft Grade — Seahawks
Overall F
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureD-
A weekend the Seahawks spent fighting the board, and losing. F.

The rest of the league had time to spare on Jayson Jones; the Seahawks did not wait, grabbing him 61 spots ahead at the Round 7 slot. A weekend to file away and forget, and an F to match.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. The Stover pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher and quarterback still on the board. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

There is no soft landing here; this class has to massively overperform just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
Rome Odunze in No. 14 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick16 Rnd1 JC Latham
In slot 16 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick39 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A wild overpay on T'Vondre Sweat in Round 2, Pick 7, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
Pick45 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
They jumped the gun on Ja'Tavion Sanders, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick58 Rnd2 D.J. James
No edge and no loss on D.J. James in the 58th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick70 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at the 70th pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick78 Rnd3 Junior Colson
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Junior Colson. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick81 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
The board had cheaper options than Sedrick Van Pran at Round 3, Pick 17, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick89 Rnd3 Cade Stover
They bypassed pressing needs at edge rusher and quarterback to take Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE that was not the priority.
Pick107 Rnd4 Ainias Smith
A reach on Ainias Smith in pick No. 107; the board had better options right there. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick118 Rnd4 James Williams
A conviction pick on James Williams at the 118th pick that the board grades a round light. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick122 Rnd4 Javon Foster
Javon Foster at pick 122 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick126 Rnd4 Javion Cohen
Value said wait; Javion Cohen in the 126th overall pick says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick154 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick192 Rnd6 Christian Jones
No drama and no debate, Christian Jones went about where he belonged in slot 192. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick194 Rnd6 Jaden Crumedy
Jaden Crumedy at pick No. 194 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Where it fits the depth chart is the real question.
Pick236 Rnd7 Jayson Jones
They reached a country mile for Jayson Jones at the 236th pick, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.