The Seattle Seahawks seemed to make out well in the first round of the NFL Draft last week, taking just the second defensive player off the board in Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy II despite picking at No. 16 overall.
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It appears the Seahawks were very sure about picking Murphy, too, based on some insight Seattle Sports’ Brock Huard shared during the Blue 88 segment of Wednesday’s Brock and Salk.
Huard, a former NFL quarterback who is now an analyst on FOX college football broadcasts, said the Seahawks had a lot of other teams talking to them about potential trades for that No. 16 pick. He pointed a bit to what ESPN Seahawks reporter and frequent Seattle Sports on-air guest Brady Henderson has uncovered while explaining.
“They didn’t just have four trade opportunities. There were more than that,” Huard said.
The reason? A run of six quarterbacks over the first 12 picks, plus the fact that only one other defensive player was taken before the Seahawks went on the clock, pushed a lot of good talent toward the middle of the first round.
“We talked (before the draft) about the Seahawks being the fulcrum (of the first round),” Huard said. “… Like, the best thing that can happen for the Seahawks is all these quarterbacks go. Take all six of them, and then take those three receivers and take a few of these tackles, and you could be sitting there at a spot at 16 with some defensive players that everybody wants.”
