Post-NFL Draft Seahawks 53-Man Roster Projection Part 1: Offense
After setting a franchise record for points scored in 2020, the Seahawks hope to take their offense to even greater heights under Shane Waldron. Which players will the new coordinator have at his disposal in Week 1?
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May 10, 2021
Though training camp remains more than two months away, it s never too early to begin considering which players will make the Seahawks 53-man roster.
Seattle currently has 85 players on its roster with rookie minicamp and the start of OTAs right around the corner. While the team will certainly make a few more moves before the real bullets start flying in late July, the vast majority of offseason needs have been fulfilled with the initial waves of free agency and the draft in the books.
Jones Now The One To Lead Patriots Into a New Era
Bob George
The suspense is finally over.
The Patriots were going to trade up. They were going to make a run at one of the top five quarterbacks in the 2021 NFL Draft in Cleveland. Then there were rumours that Bill Belichick would trade down, as sources had the Patriots working on a deal to help bring Jimmy Garoppolo back to Foxborough. Maybe the Patriots spend the 15th pick on something other than a quarterback, perhaps Belichick and Josh McDaniels didn’t like any of the potentially available quarterbacks and would try to pry Garoppolo from the San Francisco 49ers.
After punting on the position in the 2020 Draft, finishing 7-9 with Cam Newton and watching Brady win another Super Bowl, you’d think the sense of urgency for New England to pick out its next long-term signal-caller would be at DEFCON 1.
Instead, the team remains slotted to pick 15th next Thursday, likely out of reach to draft any one of the consensus top-five quarterback prospects: Trevor Lawrence (Clemson), Justin Fields (Ohio State), Mac Jones (Alabama), Zach Wilson (Brigham Young) and Trey Lance (North Dakota State).
“It’s an interesting class,” Bill Belichick said last week. “It’s an interesting group of guys. Some are very strong in some skills. Some seem very strong in other skills. It’s definitely an interesting group.”
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The Russell Wilson rumors hovered over the Seattle Seahawks for most of the offseason.
Now that the potential of Wilson leaving has waned for the moment, they can focus on using their three draft picks from April 30 to May 1.
Seattle needs to be smart with its selections, which means it can’t waste any of its picks.
The Seahawks front office should have a list of needs, including cornerback and defensive end.
With those defensive needs at the forefront of the discussion, there should be plenty of prospects the Seahawks avoid because they need to get the best out of their selections, starting in the second round.
Is that because history, anecdotal evidence and FOMO have convinced you that if the Patriots ever want to legitimately contend for a Super Bowl, they need to spend a first-rounder on a quarterback this year and moving up is the best way to do it?
I know people like you. Ya gotta relax. Treating this year’s draft like it’s Black Friday at Best Buy is a losing proposition, especially for the Patriots.
What’s the first thing you do when you find yourself in a hole? You stop digging. The Patriots are in this hole not so much because they dug themselves here but because they just kinda sank by doing nothing.