The selection of Ethan Pocic in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft was supposed to signal a change in the Seattle Seahawks’ philosophy. Following a year in which the Seahawks’ offensive line finished 26th by Football Outsiders, Seattle drafted a lineman in Pocic who was less explosive than their previous standards, and didn’t hit on any of the existing thresholds.
However, Pocic was also a known quantity. He was coming from a national powerhouse in LSU and he had pedigree, being named all-conference twice and All-American once.