The News Tribune · Apr 28, 2019
Seahawks emphasized other areas in NFL draft. Now about that pass rush...“We’re not done”
The News Tribune’s Gregg Bell on what shocked coach Pete Carroll about the Seahawks’ 2019 NFL draft that had SO many moves. By
They traded like they were on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, not in a draft room in Renton.
They got 11 new players. They are signing maybe a dozen or so more undrafted rookie free agents the team will announce likely Monday or Tuesday. They fulfilled what coach Pete Carroll called their number-one priority in this draft: getting big, fast wide receivers who can fly down the field to maximize Russell Wilson’s deep-ball throwing. They got two safeties. Two linebackers. One guard. Even a running back.
