With the NFL Draft coming up, Seahawks.com is taking a position-by-position look at where things currently stand on the Seahawks’ roster, as well as the top prospects at each position. We’ll also look at Seattle’s draft history at each position under general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll.
The Seahawks currently hold four picks in the 2019 draft, which begins April 25 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Seattle’s 2019 Draft Picks: Round 1, No. 21 overall; Round 3, No. 84 overall; Round 4, No. 124 overall; Round 5, No. 159 overall.
So far we’ve covered offensive line, defensive line, tight end and linebacker, and today we turn our attention to receiver. Wednesday we’ll take a look at where things stand at cornerback.
Draft History Under Schneider and Carroll: Golden Tate (No. 60 overall, 2010), Jameson Konz (No. 245, 2010), Kris Durham (No. 107, 2011), Chris Harper (No. 123, 2013), Paul Richardson (No. 45, 2014), Kevin Norwood (No. 123, 2014), Tyler Lockett (No. 69, 2015), Kenny Lawler (No. 243, 2016), Amara Darboh (No. 106, 2017), David Moore (No. 226, 2017).
Where The Seahawks Stand
The Seahawks didn’t pick a receiver in the 2018 draft, the first year they hadn’t drafted a receiver since 2012. And while a team heading into a draft with only four picks won’t be able to address every position, plenty of draft experts have speculated that the Seahawks could make receiver a priority this year.
In Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett, the Seahawks have a very good starting duo leading the way, so it’s not like the Seahawks are lacking playmaking pass-catchers, but that doesn’t mean the Seahawks might not want to add more to that position group. For starters, Baldwin is recovering from multiple offseason surgeries, so he likely won’t be available during offseason workouts, and while players like David Moore and Jaron Brown showed flashes last year, there could be room for another player to come in and compete for significant playing time along with Lockett and Brown.
That being said, the promise Moore showed, as well as the efficiency Brown demonstrated, recording five touchdowns despite limited targets, showed that the Seahawks have legit options behind their top two receivers even if they don’t draft one this year. Moore in particular showed big-play potential during a midseason stretch in which he had five touchdown catches during a seven-game stretch, including a 35-yard go-ahead score on fourth down in a road victory against Carolina.
“It was just a matter of consistency, really,” Carroll said of Moore at the NFL annual meetings. “David showed plenty of stuff and we’re really excited about him. Quite often it takes young receivers into their third year before they really settle in, I’m hoping that’s the case. David’s got marvelous talent, he’s a terrific competitor, we love the kid, but he just was inconsistent, and that causes him to keep out of the limelight a little bit. But he showed he can really contribute, so we’re called upon to figure part of it out for him. I think it’s just a natural transition for him to get better. We’re not going to ask him to do a lot of stuff that is different, so it will be a lot of repetition and we’re just going to count on him to be the kind of playmaker that he has been.”