According to a report by Todd McShay at ESPN, the Seahawks are interested in Georgia’s interior defensive line stud Jordan Davis.
“I’m hearing a lot of noise about the Seahawks taking a hard look at Georgia defensive tackle Jordan Davis here. The massive run-stopper had a legendary combine workout, and he has been sneaking up boards ever since — and Seattle could take him in the top 10.”
There’s a ton of obfuscation this time of year designed to hide a team’s true intentions, so who knows if this is actually a real thing.
That said, taking a nose tackle with a top 10 overall selection would be very-much on brand for this organization which has made a meme of wasting draft capital since 2013. It’s exactly that kind of galaxy-brained 1984 thinking that has kept this team out of the NFC championship the last seven years despite having a borderline top-five quarterback the entire time.
To recap, the Seahawks have already acquired Shelby Harris as part of the awful Russell Wilson trade and he’s one of the league’s most underrated DL. They also re-signed veteran Al Woods and brought back Quinton Jefferson in free agency. Poona Ford is also still under contract for one more year. Add it all up and DT is perhaps their least-important position heading into this draft. Nothing against Davis as a prospect, but no team should be picking this position in the top 10 regardless of their interior depth.
Hopefully if Seattle is really interested in Davis the idea is to trade down and target him in the teens rather than pass up on blue-chip skill players or potentially-elite left tackles at No. 9 overall.
However, it shouldn’t shock anyone if Davis is their choice at that spot. Pete Carroll and John Schneider have used first picks on running backs, off-ball linebackers and defensive linemen multiple times before, after all.
At the end of the day, Carroll has a brilliant defensive mind but he’s living in the past by prioritizing positions that impact the…
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