The Seahawks had three paths before them, and they opted get big and mean and start punching their opponents back.
The Seattle Seahawks stood pat and walked away from the 2024 draft with two projected starting linemen and no major blockbuster trades. Brady Henderson of ESPN revealed much of the decision-making process that led to the selection of Byron Murphy II at No. 16. As we posited before the draft, I believe this reveals a few elements of the new partnership between Mike Macdonald and John Schneider. I wrote this last week as one of the three paths the Seahawks might take during the draft.
With a slew of investments over previous two years in Boye Mafe, Darrell Taylor, Uchenna Nwosu, and Derick Hall, coach Macdonald apparently feels confident they’ll be able to get value out of the current rotation. Conversely, one could argue the two biggest moves that have been made with him as head coach are signing Leonard Williams and drafting Byron Murphy. Henderson’s insight about injury concerns was telling.
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