When pick 18 of the first round arrives around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, at the 2018 NFL Draft, and the Seattle Seahawks are finally on the clock, and Washington defensive tackle Vita Vea is still on the board, one impulse will course through thousands of fans’ nervous systems. Twelves will try and send one simple, ten-character message via telepathic means to the Seattle braintrust:
Draft Vea!
But the Seahawks won’t. Of course they won’t. John Schneider will trade back, or he and Pete Carroll will draw their smart little heads near to each other, nod, and proceed to take the guy you don’t want, the guy everyone had mocked later or not at all, the guy who sends your hand straight to your head, fully engaged in scratch mode.