The 2024 NFL Draft is April 25-27 in Detroit. Right here is the first-round order, per Tankathon.
The Seattle Seahawks have been very the definition of mediocrity the previous two years, posting back-to-back 9-8 information with just one playoff look to point out for them. That resulted ultimately of the Pete Carroll period and started the Mike Macdonald period. He has some work to do in enhancing the workforce’s protection and will look to try this early within the 2024 NFL Draft.
2023 report: 9-8 | First-round choose: No. 16 | Group wants: EDGE, DL, ILB, QB
Potential first-round picks | J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan; Michael Penix, QB, Washington; Jared Verse, Edge, Florida State; Chop Robinson, Edge, Penn State; Byron Murphy, DL, Texas; Johnny Newton, DL, Illinois
There are a few completely different instructions the Seahawks might go along with their first-round choose.
The simplest and most blatant route is to handle a protection that has ranked twenty fifth within the NFL in every of the previous two seasons and has main wants in its entrance seven. The Seahawks want to enhance their cross rush, they should enhance their run protection they usually desperately want some assist at center linebacker.
It could be greatest to handle the center linebacker spot in free company or later within the draft, as there should not many nice first-round choices within the No. 16 vary.
They may, nonetheless, make some large additions to the line of defense and the cross rush. That’s the place edge rushers like Jared Verse (Florida State) and Chop Robinson (Penn State) might be in play, whereas inside linemen like Byron Murphy (Texas) and Johnny Newton is also out there.
Seattle has the makings of a extremely good younger secondary, particularly after drafting Devon Witherspoon with the No. 5 general choose a yr in the past, however its run protection was in shambles in 2023, permitting 138 yards per sport (thirty first within the NFL).
The opposite — and considerably bolder — path that Seattle might take with its first-round choose is looking for a long-term quarterback. Geno Smith is a superb placeholder, however he’s not a long-term choice nor does he appear to be the participant to get them to a Tremendous Bowl. With the No. 16 choose Seattle might be in a spot to land one of many second-tier quarterbacks within the first-round, or even perhaps make an aggressive transfer up into the top-five. Smith might play out this season, give a rookie a yr to be taught, and Seattle might meaningfully handle the place in a powerful quarterback yr. The 2025 quarterback class doesn’t determine to be as sturdy.
