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Monday, May 24, 2004

TRIANNUAL 

Jay Glaser of SportsLine is setting the waiting period to evaluate NFL draft classes at three years.

So looking at it now, how was the Seahawks' 2001 draft class? You might be surprised.
    The Seattle Seahawks had the best first round for who they drafted and who they didn't. What am I talking about, you ask? The room was split between Koren Robinson and David Terrell. The Niners swapped first-rounders with the Seahawks to take Andre Carter. The Bears then took Terrell at No. 8, which allowed the Seahawks to come to agreement on Robinson, a Pro Bowl-caliber talent. Later in the round, they got an immediate starter in Steve Hutchinson, who played in the Pro Bowl this past season. DB Ken Lucas came in Round 2 and has started every year since. LB Orlando Huff came in Round 4 and he has started nine games the past two seasons. They got another starter in big ol' Pork Chop Womack with a compensatory pick all the way down at No. 128, then at 140 picked up a Pro Bowl special teams ace in WR Alex Bannister.

    Hold your applause, kids, because there's more. This was also the year Seattle traded their third-round pick and swapped No. 10 for No. 17 with Green Bay for Matt Hasselbeck, a Pro Bowl player this past year. Great job by the Seahawks' personnel department; they had the best draft from start to finish.
By golly, we've seen every one of those guys hit the field for the Seahawks. Now if they'd had this kind of luck with a couple other acquisitions (Nate Odomes, Fred Vinson)...

Still, I've been waiting with baited breath for the 2004 Seahawk season ever since Al Harris scampered into the end zone last January. Here's to a Super Bowl run and a parade down a rainy 4th Avenue (if they win the Super Bowl, we at least have to be realistic with the weather) in downtown Seattle next February.

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post written by David, published at 4:16 PM
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