There may simply have been nowhere for the Seahawks to go but down after three straight drafts from 2010 to 2012 that not only rank as among the best in franchise history but rival any three-year stretch for any team in the history of the NFL.
In those three drafts — the first three for the team under coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider — the Seahawks landed eight players who have played in at least one Pro Bowl, three who have been a first team All-Pro pick at least twice, a franchise quarterback, and at least five whose contributions already would seem to merit someday landing in the team’s Ring of Honor (and that doesn’t include receiver Doug Baldwin, an undrafted free agent in 2011, who also has made a Pro Bowl).