Seahawks Position Battle: Wide Receiver

The Seahawks were ravaged by injuries in 2008, no group was hit harder then the WR corps.

With the expected lift from the ground game, look for this revamped aerial assault to  shine in 2009.

Aaron Curry: Draft’s Best Player Not A Top Ten Rookie?

I would not say I was surprised to see a very laughable report done by NFL.com senior writer Vic Carlucci. The report was his prediction of the rookies who will make the most impact in the upcoming 2009 season.

The No. 1 on his list was DE Robert Ayers, who was selected with the 18th pick by the Denver Broncos. If I were a Broncos fan, this guy would remind me of how the Broncos blew their chance at getting DE Brian Orakpo.

Fair, highly improbable, but fair. considering almost anything would be an upgrade over Denver’s defense last year.

Two second rounder’s also made the list, Miami QB Pat White, and Bengal’s LB Rey Maualuga. The Dolphins already have QB Chad Pennington, who led the turn-around from 1-15 in 2007 to an 11-5 record, and the AFC East title. The Bengal’s may not even start Maualuga, they already have LB’s Keith Rivers (former teammate), Dhani Jones, Rashad Jeanty, and Brandon Johnson who can all vie for a starting job.

Three WR’s made the list, now it is not impossible, but mostly improbable, that WR’s break out in their first seasons. It is a trend that has been reoccurring of late, WR’s usually hit their stride about two to four years in; we saw it with Arizona WR Larry Fitzgerald. He went from good WR, to best in the game, in a matter of a few years. I would say the only WR who can make a true impact in 2009 would be San Francisco 49ers WR Michael Crabtree.

As is common with a West Coast bias, I noticed a name that was missing, that I doubt would be missing if say, the Packers, or Patriots, had drafted him.

That would be new Seattle Seahawks LB Aaron Curry.

I hear all this ranting and raving about this guy for two months. He is heralded as the drafts top prospect, the “safest” pick in the Draft class of 2009. Draft pundits could see him plausibly going No. 1 overall.

When Kansas City picked DE Tyson Jackson, Seattle officials must have been doing back flips, locking up their future at LB, and forming the leagues best LB trio.

Getting the top prospect four picks in seems like it should be a steal, just from a common sense standpoint. On top of that, the Seahawks even managed to steal Denver’s 2010 first round pick (Sam Bradford anyone?)

Not only is Curry going into the best possible situation for him, he is taking over for former Seahawks LB Julian Peterson, who has racked up 25 sacks in three seasons. Even with an off year in 2008, Peterson still managed to average 8.3 sacks per game.

I think inheriting that sort of production would warrant some potential kudos for the drafts top rated prospect.

This is an all to common phenomenon I referred to earlier called the West Coast Bias.

Even though were more relaxed, friendly, and literate then some respective East Coast cities, we often get ignored by the media.

When Seattle goes on a five-year playoff run and at the time was the NFC’s most dominate team, and even after the 2008 season, still are. Most had us losing in the first round each year we made it, except in 2005.

When San Diego gets robbed by Denver, and still wins the division, and a playoff game, after almost getting to Pittsburgh this postseason, they get shrugged off.

Compare this to the New England Patriots, their QB gets hurt, and everyone is in absolute Hysteria. They miss the playoffs, hysteria. They only have three titles this decade, and also reside in the same town as the Red Sox, and Celtics, cry about it.

When Seattle misses the playoffs with a 4-12 record, due to 158 starters out due to injury, we are tossed among the leagues trash after being the NFC’s best team.

So, when the Seattle Seahawks select the top prospect in the 2009 NFL Draft. The drafts “safest” prospect, a player who is inheriting a gold mine of production, it is no wonder that two second round, potential backups, would make a Top Ten Impact list, instead of said player.

It’s ironic how the last six Defensive Rookie of the Years have been linebackers. A linebacker does not even appear until ninth on this list, and is the fourth defensive player listed (Rey Maualuga).

I’m going to let recent precedent speak for itself. Because Curry is playing in that small Alaskan town close to the bridge to nowhere, he will be an afterthought. Because the past six DROTY’s have been LB’s, Curry will easily be in contention, and when he wins, the achievement will go largely unnoticed.

For as forgotten as Seattle is, people seem to forget the phrases, Boeing, Starbucks, Grunge, Amazon, WAMU, Nordstrom, Costco, Nintendo, Weyhauser, T Mobile, Eddie Bauer, Oh Boy Oberto,  Windermere, Mikes Hard Lemonade, oh yeah, and Microsoft (how many of you are viewing this).

Most people could not carry out their weekly, maybe even daily functions, without using products that Seattle has created.

It’s no wonder that when Seattle grabs the Drafts best prospect, he would not even be 10th in a Top Ten Rookie list, the worthless city that we are.

Aaron Curry: 2009 NFL Draft’s Best Player Not A Top 10 Rookie?

I would not say I was surprised to see a very laughable report done by NFL.com senior writer Vic Carlucci. The report was his prediction of the rookies who will make the most impact in the upcoming 2009 season.

The No. 1 on his list was DE Robert Ayers, who was selected with the 18^th pick by the Denver Broncos. If I were a Broncos fan, this guy would remind me of how the Broncos blew their chance at getting DE Brian Orakpo.

Fair, highly improbable, but fair, considering almost anything would be an upgrade on Denver’s defense last year.

Two second rounder’s also made the list, Miami QB Pat White, and Bengal’s LB Rey Maualuga.

The Dolphins already have QB Chad Pennington, who led the turn-around from 1-15 in 2007 to an 11-5 record, and the AFC East title. The Bengal’s may not even start Maualuga, they already have LB’s Keith Rivers (former teammate), Dhani Jones, Rashad Jeanty, and Brandon Johnson who can all vie for a starting job.

Three WRs made the list. Now, it is not impossible, but mostly improbable, that WRs will break out in their first season.

It is a trend that has been reoccurring of late—WRs usually hit their stride about two to four years in.

We saw it with Arizona WR Larry Fitzgerald. He went from good WR to best in the game, in a matter of years. I would say the only WR who can make a true impact in 2009 would be San Francisco 49ers WR Michael Crabtree.

As is common with a West Coast bias, I noticed a name that was missing that wouldn’t have been if the Packers or Patriots had drafted him.

That would be new Seattle Seahawks LB Aaron Curry.

I hear all this ranting and raving about this guy for two months. He is heralded as the draft’s top prospect, the “safest” pick in the draft class of 2009. Draft pundits could see him plausibly going No. 1 overall.

When Kansas City picked DE Tyson Jackson, Seattle officials must have been doing back flips, locking up their future at LB, and forming the league’s best LB trio.

Getting the top prospect four picks in seems like it should be a steal, just from a common sense standpoint. On top of that, the Seahawks even managed to steal Denver’s 2010 first round pick (Sam Bradford anyone?).

Not only is Curry going into the best possible situation for him, he is taking over for former Seahawks LB Julian Peterson, who has racked up 25 sacks in three seasons. Even with an off year in 2008, Peterson still managed to average 8.3 sacks per game.

I think inheriting that sort of production would warrant some potential kudos for the draft’s top rated prospect.

This is an all-too-common phenomenon I referred to earlier, known as the “West Coast Bias.”

Even though we are more relaxed, friendly, and literate than some respective East Coast cities, we often get ignored by the media.

Seattle went on a five-year playoff run, becoming the NFC’s most dominant team, and even after the 2008 season, we still are. Yet, most had us losing in the first round each year we made it, except in 2005.

When San Diego got robbed by Denver, still won the division and a playoff game, after almost getting to Pittsburgh this postseason, they got shrugged off.

Compare this to the New England Patriots, their QB gets hurt, and everyone is in absolute hysteria. They miss the playoffs—hysteria. They only have three titles this decade, and also reside in the same town as the Red Sox, and Celtics—cry about it.

When Seattle misses the playoffs with a 4-12 record, due to 158 starters out with injury, we are tossed among the league’s trash after being the NFC’s best team.

So, when the Seattle Seahawks select the top prospect in the 2009 NFL Draft, the draft’s “safest” prospect, a player who is inheriting a gold mine of production, it is no wonder that two second round, potential backups, would make a top 10 impact list, instead of said player.

It’s ironic how the last six Defensive Rookie of the Year’s have been linebackers. A Linebacker does not even appear until ninth on this list, and is the fourth defensive player listed (Rey Maualuga).

I’m going to let recent precedent speak for itself. Because Curry is playing in that small Alaskan town close to the bridge to nowhere, he will be an afterthought. Because the past six DROTY’s have been LB’s, Curry will easily be in contention, and when he wins, the achievement will go largely unnoticed.

For as forgotten as Seattle is, people seem to forget the phrases, Boeing, Starbucks, Grunge, Amazon, WAMU, Nordstrom, Costco, Nintendo, Weyhauser, T Mobile, Eddie Bauer, Oh Boy Oberto,  Windermere, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, oh yeah, and Microsoft (helping many of you to read this).

Most people could not carry out their weekly, maybe even daily functions, without using products that Seattle has created.

It’s no wonder that when Seattle grabs the draft’s best prospect, he would not even be 10^th in a top 10 rookie list, the worthless city that we are.

An Edge In Seattle?

I was intrigued by an ESPN blog report that has the Seattle Seahawks possibly being interested in the league’s current leading rusher.

That man would be former Arizona RB Edgerrin James. 

Arizona recently got a steal at the bottom of the draft, nabbing former Ohio State star RB Chris “Beanie” Wells with the 31st pick. He was talked about as being drafted as high as Denver at No. 12.

With Wells and RB Tim Hightower, the Cardinals believe they have a good one-two punch, even though both are the same type of back. They granted James his release request after benching him for a good portion of 2008 before he ran them into Superbowl XLlll.

I would doubt the Edge would be the Seahawks’ feature back. Julius Jones carries that title now. It would be interesting how Seattle would use a back like James. 

He is not a short yardage guy, and the Seahawks already are paying $3 million a year to TJ Duckett to do that job (and he is very good at it).

James does offer a psychical presence, experience, and is a very similar back to former Seahawks great RB Shaun Alexander. By that, I mean he is a shifty guy who runs well between the tackles and can make people miss, at least in this part of his career.

He would be a cost-effective option if the team is looking to add some depth at the RB position, which it is clear the Seahawks should be. He will not command anything near the $7.5 million per year he got in Arizona. 

A move seems somewhat unlikely, not even on an interest basis, but a financial basis. The Seahawks recently rescinded the franchise tag on LB Leroy Hill, and then allocated $3 million to sign new starting CB and former Seahawk Ken Lucas, and FB Justin Griffith.

They then turned around and got a six-year, $38 million deal done with Hill. The deal’s average salary is $6.3 million per year, but I am assuming they probably made the first year worth less to squeeze everything in.

The point is, there’s not a lot of money left, maybe somewhere in the neighborhood of $1-3 million, if that.

James shouldn’t cost more then that, but for a team with problems at S and some depth concern at OT, they may choose to allocate the money there.

It will be interesting to see if the Seahawks can land an all-time great, future HOFer. However implausible it may seem, the possibility still remains.

With the Second Pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Seattle Seahawks Select:

Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma,

Now, I don’t for a second think that the Seahawks will finish with the leagues second worse record.

Thanks to a recent robbery, courtesy of the Denver Broncos and their 2010 first round pick, in exchange for Seattle’s second round pick, they have the ability to trade up as they please.

They probably would have to go very high to get a guy like Bradford.

If Denver’s defense is a 2008 clone, if new QB Kyle Orton does not pan out, a pandemic, or in today’s case, swine flu, could wipe out the RB corps. Any number of things could happen that could yield the Seahawks a top ten pick.

It is not out of the question, and certainly can give the bright green donners’ something additional to look forward to in the upcoming season.

In a draft loaded with star power QBs such as the aforementioned Bradford, Florida’s Tim Tebow, and Texas’ Colt McCoy, the Seahawks could have their pick of Tebow or McCoy, and the ability to trade up and draft a true Franchise QB type like Bradford if they desire.

Homemade O’Dea Product S Taylor Mays could be had as well; it’s awfully early for too much speculation, but the recent trade gives the Seahawks a lot of options at literally choosing whomever they want in 2010.

Not to mention they land three starters: LB Aaron Curry, C Max Unger, and WR Deon Butler in this draft.

The latter can be a dynamic force in the offense, and in kick return, giving Nate Burleson more reason to stay healthy.

If the Seahawks can lock up CB Ken Lucas and get a deal done with now FA LB Leroy Hill, they could be poised to add some true star power to the QB, RB, and S position having addressed virtually everything else in 2009.

The future all of a sudden looks bright; the shadow of the 2005 Year of the Yellow Hankie has not quite passed.

The team has a chance to make a seamless transition at LB and CB with Curry and the imminent signing of former Seahawk Ken Lucas this year.

In 2010, we can pair Deon Grant with a very bright young stud and begin to look for our QB of the future—still having a luxury like QB’s Matt Hasselbeck and Seneca Wallace on the roster.

As soon as the draft sinks in, we will all begin to focus on other things.

When we get near draft day 2010, the buzz around Seattle for Sam Bradford will be even greater then the intrigue of Mark Sanchez.

Sam Bradford for Seattle 2010!

I’m Calling Out Mel Kiper Jr

I don’t care if you read this, or even hear about it, im hoping someone on the NFL’s inside catches this though.

You have your own shows, commercials, ads, and your bad hair all over TV.

You probably live a very comfy lifestyle, you come out of your shell for three months to cover the draft, battle it out with Todd McShay, and offer us your precious insight on ESPN.

You even dupe some people into buying an ESPN insider subscription just so people can view your opinion further! Brilliant!

Now don’t get me wrong, you get a good portion of picks right, or at least can differentiate between whos going to go in the first round and who is not

I think a 10 year old could with all of the leaks and inside information you receive, but that’s beside the point

I recently came across a posting by NFC West blogger Mike Sando, who writes for ESPN. He was looking for 2009 NFL Mock Drafts who got the most first round picks guessed right, not necessarily who went where. I will dive deeper into those stats at a later time.

It stated you had gotten five wrong, getting 27/32 correct first rounders predicted.

I got 28/32.

I did better then you, without the inside information, without the fancy equipment, without the detailed scouting reports, without any of the advantages you are given.

A 17 year old who lives up in the forgotten corner of the most beautiful city in the nation, did better then the draft’s “top expert.”

The guy who only really covers the draft, that’s all he has to do, he cannot even best a 17 year old who doesn’t even have the worthless ESPN insider subscription!

If you could, I would love to hear you explain to your fellow analysts how a high school student could possibly do better then a millionaire.

I made sure I published my mock draft, and since it has been picked up by external sources, would be un-changed by my hand on those sites.

I would have a small dose of sympathy, but you had Mark Sanchez going to my Seahawks, until you changed your mind two minutes before the draft started, smart choice

Mel Kiper Jr, the millionaire who cannot even outdo a teenager, I’m loving it.

Here’s the mock by the way, any of you who can count can dig a little deeper yourselves.

Sam Bradford Seattle 2010!

Derrick Brooks: A Seahawk

With Seattle releasing LB Leroy Hill, allowing him to walk for no compensation, one would assume they have something up their sleeve to get him back, or replace him.

Maybe we will see a Ray Lewis/Ravens deal go down; Lewis balked at the Raven’s three year $24 million dollar offer thinking he could get more money. The market was frozen for him, so he returned.

That was awhile ago.

Since then a lot of free agent dollars have been allocated elsewhere. The draft has been concluded; many teams have filled out their rosters with their fill of the FA’s they desired, and the draft picks they coveted.

The Seahawks current offer is for 6 years and $36 million, probably somewhere in the neighborhood of a third in guarantees.

Leroy, if you don’t like it, fine, go elsewhere, and you will see they are offering you a good deal, unless you would take less.

They now have 8.3 million dollars off our books; none has to go to signing top draft pick LB Aaron Curry because of the rookie pool.

They would not have let him walk if they did not need to use the money, in other words, Ken Lucas, welcome back, finally.

I don’t expect them to use even half the amount to snag Lucas, and with WR, OL, and a QB drafted, it appears they are fairly solid across the board except at Hill’s now vacant spot.

There should be one name that is blatantly obvious that would be a perfect fit.

That would be former Bucs’ LB and future HOF Derrick Brooks.

The Tim Ruskell tie, the Casey Bradley tie, the mentoring possibilities of Curry, even Lofa Tatupu, all make it a tempting proposition. Who better to learn from then a Super Bowl winning future HOF LB?

Heck, in the short time, he would be more useful then Hill, he has the experience and leadership qualities you cannot teach, and that Hill does not even possess.

He fits the style of the Seahawks defense; obviously, it’s going to be the Tampa Cover Two.

He has three to four years left in the tank, and paired with a Ken Lucas signing, makes this defense solid on all fronts.

Ruskell, bring back one of the ones you hand molded to Seattle, sign Derrick Brooks.

Seattle Seahawks: Sign Ken Lucas

The Seahawks recently rescinded the franchise tag on LB Leroy Hill. I have been critical of the move, but it does open up 8.3 million dollars in cap room.

They have already met with former Seahawks CB Ken Lucas, who was cut by the Carolina Panthers in a cost cutting move earlier this offseason

The Seahawks currently have Pro Bowl CB Marcus Trufant. Besides that, they have CBs Kelly Jennings, who in three seasons has had only one interception, and Josh Wilson, who is incredibly inconsistent, but showed brief flashes of being a playmaker.

Wilson had four INTs last season, but two came in a 13-3 defensive beatdown of the playoff hopeful New York Bretts.

The Seahawks ranked dead last in pass defense in 2008, giving up 259.3 yards per game. While injuries plagued the secondary as well as the entire team, that is (and should not be) the sole blame for a dismal season of coverage and tackling.

The Seahawks did not add any CB’s in the draft, and added one S, Courtney Green, out of Rutgers.

Lucas has plenty left to offer and could pick up right where he left off starting opposite of Marcus Trufant. That would allow the Seahawks to slide Wilson and Jennings to the nickel and dime slots, it’s a toss up between those two and those two spots.

Lucas has also visited the Chicago Bears, whom he met with before his trip to Seattle, but said a contract was not even brought up: “To be honest, we never spoke contract at all, it was me really just coming to Chicago just to get a feel for the coaches, the personnel department. Contract was not even spoken or talked about.”

The Bears also just recently gave up a bunch of assets by trading for whinging QB Jay Cutler, sending two first-round picks, (2009, 2010), a third-round pick, and starting QB Kyle Orton, while also receiving a fifth-round pick along with Cutler.

(And one of those 2010 picks belongs to Seattle, thanks McDaniels, Bowlen, Xanders!)

On an interesting side note, Orton has a record of 21-12 in games he’s started, Cutler has a 17-20 record.

They also signed one of the other players who was present when Lucas was visiting, Pro Bowler T Orlando Pace, to a three year $15 million deal. That signing gives the Bears a good offensive line to block for their new franchise QB.

With what the Bears have given up, and the money put forward for Pace, it seems less likely the Bears will pursue Lucas anymore.

The Bears already have Charles Tillman and Nathan Vasher; if Lucas was brought in, he would most likely have to fight for Vashers’ spot.

If he went to Seattle, he would be a virtual lock for a starting CB spot. Wilson and Jennings are not at his level, and I think anyone could agree with that.

Lucas also has the familiarity factor in Seattle since he had previously played their. Seattle would also be able to offer more then the Bears could probably.

With the 2010 first round pick we got in a steal of a trade with Denver, we could be looking at drafting S Taylor Mays out of USC, a secondary of Trufant, Lucas, Mays, and a healthy Deon Grant would be formidable

It’s looking as if a deal will get done, they would not release Hill if they were not going to use the money.

They addressed LB, OL, WR, in the draft, leaving only DB to fix up in free agency.

Bring back a familiar face Ruskell, sign Ken Lucas.

 

Tim Ruskell: On Drugs

Sure, April 25th was a good day for the city of Seattle.  Not even close to best ever, but it was good…well, sort of.

We got our man, Aaron Curry, the stud Wake Forest LB, expected to complete the league’s best young LB trio.

The Sounders moved to 4-2 by beating San Jose (those two losses could even be held in question because we did not have our goalkeeper due to thinking outside the box, literally).

The Mariners almost gave it away, but hung on for a one-run win over a team who has plenty of W’s over them in recent memory.

But another event occurred on April 25th that just puts a very unpleasant taste in your mouth if you’re a supporter of the Seattle Seahawks.

Seeing the headline “Seahawks remove franchise tag from Leroy Hill”

What the f*#k were they thinking?  Honestly?

You just draft Curry, form the top trio of LB’s in the entirety of the league, then you get rid of your second stud LB from said top trio; just mind boggling

I have been very positive about the JP trade because in the long run it yielded us Curry, and a starting DE, Cory Redding, who should provide us a huge upgrade. The trade made us younger and better.

We did literally just release Hill, getting rid of a second LB from a group that was the strength of the defense, and one of the league’s best.

Sure, you have a lot of money tied up there, but that’s why it was going to be the league’s best, you don’t have the league’s best for cheap.

All for what, $8 million? Sure it’s a good chunk of money, but for the money you are saving, you just tore apart the league’s best trio of LB’s.

We also just traded our 2010 third-rounder for another tiny receiver. Seahawks, you sure do know how to go from brilliance to dud in 24 hours.

We get a rookie pool so signing Curry, Unger, Deon, and Teel is not the issue.

We have been interested in signing Ken Lucas, which would be great.  I can guarantee we could have made a less significant cut to free up the money to sign him.

Matt Hasselbeck would probably redo his contract if it meant helping to keep Leroy and sign Ken.

I would absolutely love to see Ken Lucas signed here; in fact, I have lobbied for it. At the price of Hill, and the desecration of what could be the league’s top trio of LB’s for ten or more years, no stank you.

If they sign Derrick Brooks or Freddie Keiahlo, then the move could make more sense.  Sure they’re not as good as Hill, but they’re on the same level at least.

Knowing Ruskell, the following are most likely what will happen:  He won’t sign Lucas, then sign Derrick Brooks, he will sign Lucas and not re-sign Hill, or he might re-sign Hill and then not sign Lucas.  In other words, he just won’t finish the defense.

He has to leave one hole open, of course.  Sure D.D. Lewis can start; he started in 2005.  But who would you rather have, Hill or Lewis? All of a sudden you have a liability where a strength once was.

The last time the Seahawks pulled a stunt like this, they ended up making it brilliant.  So hopefully I’m wrong, but only time will tell.

Timmy, get it right. You made my favorite coach walk, but don’t tear apart the best thing this team has going.

Introducing the NFL’s Best Linebacker Trio

I would like to introduce the newest addition to the best linebacking trio in the entirety of the league:

Here comes former Wake Forest star Aaron Curry, added today to the Seahawks’ trifecta of young stud linebackers.

You could see the enthusiasm on his face as he was selected. The raw emotion of the tears streaming out of his eyes was a display not shown by any of the other top ten picks.

Curry could not ever be thankful enough to be landing in his current situation, the tears were not for nothing.

He is now paired with two of the league’s bright rising defensive stars: Leroy Hill and three-time Pro Bowler Lofa Tatupu. The trinity has now been completed.

Curry was a No. 1 pick, Tatupu No. 2, and Hill No. 3; coincidence, or providence?

Instead of being a savior in a Kansas City, Cleveland, or even a Cincinnati, Curry will serve to complete the Seattle’s linebacking puzzle.

The Julian Peterson trade now looks brilliant, as they got 10 years younger at one ‘backer spot and picked the draft’s top-rated player for another. To boot, the ‘Hawks added a new starting DE in Cory Redding, sufficiently filling the void that was Lawrence Jackson and those two sacks last season.

As long as Curry does not bust as big as Rick Mirer did, this will be the first time in recent memory I’ve thrown my support towards Tim Ruskell and his offseason moves.

He filled the WR problem with the top available free agent at the position, T.J. Houshyourmama

He got bigger on the DL with Colin Cole, who gives the Seahawks a 3-4 NT-type to play alongside rising star DT Brandon Mebane

He retained T Ray Willis, who could have been a starter elsewhere.

Plus, he did not draft Mark Sanchez, that should speak for itself.

Yes, the trade for Redding was a bit questionable, as he let go a guy who “simply” went to the Pro Bowl three times in his three years as a Seahawk.

But the payoff came today when Seattle got a guy who could be Julian Peterson for the next 15 years if he plays to his potential.

Ruskell also has paired Kerney with a reliable DE, so look for the Seahawks to be huge on QB pressure to help out that secondary.

Tim also got a future first-round pick for a No. 37 pick today, and although some of the avaiable prospects were tempting, nothing as good as a potential top-10 or 15 pick. Let’s hope the Denver defense can repeat last season’s performance, or lack thereof (cross your fingers).

We could be looking at Colt McCoy, Sam Bradford, or Tim Tebow, wearing the Seahawks green and blue, certainly more appealing then a Dirty Sanchez.

All are in the Seahawks’ grasp now, as they have two first-round picks as ammunition to move up. And all they had to sacrifice was a second-rounder this year

Brilliant draft, and a brilliant day for the Most Depressed Sports City in the Nation.

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