Seattle Seahawks: Building Your 2022 NFC West Champions
Andrew Elderbaum
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Item 6 – Make some picks
Using the pick acquired from Cleveland, the Seattle Seahawks select Kaiir Elam as our first selection. Elam is a CB from Florida and is perfect for our system. At 6’2″ and 200-pounds. He’s long and fast with great ball skills.
We select Travon Walker, a defensive tackle, from Georgia in the second round. He’s big, fast, and showed the ability to be an impact player against both the run and pass. With our third-round selection, we replace Brandon Shell with Daniel Faalele of Minnesota. The 6’9″, 380-pound tackle is a monster with some quickness. He may never become a left tackle because of a lack of foot speed, but at this point is a devastating run blocker. Faalele only started playing football five years ago, so there’s a ton of potential development still to come.
This is a deep draft for receivers; we’ll add Khalil Shakir for depth with one of our two fourth-round picks and running back Jerome Ford with the other. From then on, it’s the best available prospect who can contribute to our special teams.
Item 7 – A re-check
With the roster almost set, we check back in on our own free-agents we were waiting on decisions from. Ryan Neal and Al Woods are coming back, but Green is moving on. Luckily, we drafted his replacement in the second round. We wrap things up by offering Shell and Jamarco Jones minimum deals to compete at right with Faalele and Jake Curhan. Shell finds no other opportunities to enter the year as a starter and accepts the offer. Jones declines and tries to catch on elsewhere.