In the heady moments immediately following the NFL Draft just about every pick looks good, with coaches and general managers waxing optimistically about the future of each new player, fans giddy with excitement in what those players may accomplish down the road.
But the reality is that some will pan out and some won’t — conventional wisdom is that if three players out of a usual seven-man class become solid contributors, then it’s a good draft.
Seattle drafted 11 players last weekend, using a first-round pick acquired in the Frank Clark trade as collateral to then make a bevy of trades to increase its total from the five it held when the draft began.