12th Man Rising

The Seattle Seahawks are off to a better start than expected in 2022. But in 2023 they could draft the class that helps put them back in the Super Bowl. This year’s rookie class is so far and so great. Pete Carroll and John Schneider chose wisely in the 2022 draft. I used Pro Football Network’s mock simulator for this exercise. One reason I like this one is that it offers trades that you can accept or reject. In this case, I was offered multiple trades for multiple picks and I took two of them. One was with the Seahawks first choice which was slated to be number 6. The other was a second-round choice. The first trade which sent Seattle’s number 6 pick to the Dolphins seemed a good one. Seattle moved back to number 11 but also picked up pick 54 and, most importantly, Miami’s first-round pick in 2024. Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud were off the board prior to pick 6 so the trade made sense.