As a reminder, all trades made on draft night within the top ten selections will still be included. The 2012 was loaded with quality quarterbacks, while also fielding some of today’s NFL defensive superstars.

This was extremely difficult, as the amount of defensive talent in this draft is incomparable to any other, so here are a few honorable mentions to this draft list just to show you how deep this draft went: Fletcher Cox, Josh Norman, Dont’a Hightower, Melvin Ingram, Whitney Mercilus, and Janoris Jenkins.

That is right, all those top-tier defensive players did not make the top ten. That just shows how stacked this class was.

The 2012 NFL Re-Draft is open, and the Colts are on the clock.

1: Indianapolis Colts: Russell Wilson, QB

Easily the top quarterback in this class. I like the original pick with Andrew Luck, but Luck’s retirement pushes Wilson to the top slot. Unlike in Seattle, Wilson will be able to have a strong run game, and have protection, thus making him more dominant than ever.

2: Washington Redskins: Luke Keuchly, LB

While they originally went with RGIII, I believe they should have gone elsewhere. While Luke Keuchly might have retired this offseason, he is still the best defensive player in this class. The Redskins defense has been lacking for many years now, but this all changes when they get Keuchly.

3: Cleveland Browns: Bobby Wagner, LB

Bobby Wagner might have the closest skillset to Keuchly not just in this class, but in the NFL as a whole. Wagner is a tackle machine, and this pick would be a complete reversal in impact on the team compared to Trent Richardson. Wagner would become a fan-favorite in Cleveland, and potentially even lead them to success.

4: Minnesota Vikings: David Decastro, OG

The Vikings went offensive line in the original draft, so I decided to stick with the same position despite there being better talent still left on the board. DeCastro is a great lineman who was rock-solid guarding Big Ben. Kirk Cousins will be lucky to have a strong line revolving around this guy.

5: Jacksonville Jaguars: T.Y. Hilton, WR

They went with J. Blackmon with the original pick. I like keeping the picks in the same position, so the Jaguars in this redraft will select the top wide receiver from this class T.Y. Hilton. If only he had a good quarterback to throw to him.

6: Dallas Cowboys: Stephon Gilmore, CB

Gilmore is easily the top cornerback in this class, and is potentially the best cornerback in the league. Gilmore solidifies the Cowboys’ secondary, which would be a better pick than Morris Claiborne.

7: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Harrison Smith, SS

The hard hitting safety is just what the Buccaneers need. Smith has dominated the competition, and his power is no match to anyone else. Smith could have been the next Ronde Barber, but instead, he is dominating on the Vikings.

8: Miami Dolphins: Chandler Jones, DE

The Dolphins get a great pass rusher in Chandler Jones. In Arizona, he and Patrick Peterson were able to lead a very solid defensive unit. The Dolphins have many holes, but they cover a big one with Jones.

9: Carolina Panthers: Lavonte David, LB

With Keuchley off the board in this redraft, the Panthers need to take the next best available linebacker. David may not be Luke Keuchly, but David’s versatility and IQ make him worthy of being selected at the ninth slot.

10: Buffalo Bills: Casey Heyward, CB

The Bills originally went with Gilmore here, so they now need to find a different cornerback to select. While Josh Norman and Janoris Jenkins are great players, I believe that Casey Heyward would fit in well in Buffalo.

Round 1 Pick 2, Redskins: DE, Chase Young, Ohio State

Round 1 Pick 3, Lions: CB, Jeff Okudah, Ohio State

Round 1 Pick 4, Giants: LB, Isaiah Simmons, Clemson

Round 1 Pick 5, Dolphins: QB, Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama

Round 1 Pick 6, Chargers: QB, Justin Herbert, Oregon

Round 1 Pick 7, Panthers: DT, Derick Brown, Auburn

Round 1 Pick 8, Cardinals: OL, Tristan Wirfs, Iowa

Round 1 Pick 9, Jaguars: CB, C.J Henderson, Florida

Round 1 Pick 10, Browns: OL, Andrew Thomas, Georgia

Round 1 Pick 11, Jets: WR, CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma

Round 1 Pick 12, Raiders: WR, Jerry Jeudy, Alabama

Round 1 Pick 13, 49ers: WR, Henry Ruggs III, Alabama

Round 1 Pick 14, Buccaneers: OL, Jedrick Willis, Alabama

Round 1 Pick 15 Broncos: DT, Javon Kinlaw, South Carolina

Round 1 Pick 16, Falcons: OL, Mekhi Becton, Louisville

Round 1 Pick 17, Cowboys: LB, K’lavon Chaisson, Louisiana

Round 1 Pick 18, Dolphins: Safety, Xavier McKinney, Alabama

Round 1 Pick 19, Raiders: LB, Kenneth Murray, Oklahoma

Round 1 Pick 20, Jaguars: Safety, Grant Delpit, Louisiana

Round 1 Pick 21, Eagles: WR, Justin Jefferson, Louisiana

Round 1 Pick 22, Vikings: WR, Denzel Mims, Baylor

Round 1 Pick 23, Patriots: DE, AJ Epenesa, Iowa

Round 1 Pick 24, Saints: QB, Jordan Love, Utah

Round 1 Pick 25, Vikings: CB, Kristian Fulton, Louisiana

Round 1 Pick 26, Dolphins: OL, Austin Jackson, Southern California

Round 1 Pick 27, Seahawks: LB, Zach Baun, Wisconsin

Round 1 Pick 28, Ravens: LB, Patrick Queen, Louisiana

Round 1 Pick 29, Titans: CB, Jeff Gladney, TCU

Round 1 Pick 30, Packers: WR, Tee Higgins, Clemson

Round 1 Pick 31, 49ers: OL, Cesar Ruiz, Michigan

Round 1 Pick 32, Chiefs: CB, Trevon Diggs, Alabama

The 2017 NFL Draft was loaded with superstars ranging in all positions. This draft class included offensive superstars such as Christian Mcafferey, George Kittle, and Chris Godwin; but, also includes defensive pro-bowlers in Jamal Adams, Myles Garrett, and Tre’Davious White.

This re-draft will include all draft day trades. Plus, not all selections were based on skill: it depends on replicability at the position. For example, if this re-draft was purely based on skill, then close to half of the top ten picks would have been a runningback.

Now that the perameters have been set, let us re-draft:

1: Cleveland Browns: Patrick Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech

After being benched behind Alex Smith in his rookie season, Patrick Mahomes has played two star seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs. In this timespan, Mahomes has won the NFL’s MVP award, and most recently a Super Bowl victory, to name a few of Mahomes’ many achievements. The Chiefs made what will eventually be considered as the best move in their franchise’s history by trading to the 10th pick for Mahomes, nabbing the best player in the NFL. However, in this re-draft, the Browns decide to pick Mahomes instead of star defensive end Myles Garrett.

2: Chicago Bears: Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M

While Garrett’s season was cut short due to his incident involving Mason Rudolph in a regular season game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, let that not undercut Garrett’s talent. Garrett was more than well-deserving of the first-overall pick, but having the generational talent in Mahomes forces Garrett to move down a spot. The only reason I do not have Deshaun Watson landing here is because I think the Bears stick with Mike Glennon after signing him to a ridiculously large deal that offseason.

3: San Fransisco 49ers: George Kittle, TE, Iowa

While we all like to think of the Niners defense as formidable, it was not thanks to the likes of Soloman Thomas. But, that does not mean the Niners did this draft wrong, as they selected George Kittle in the fifth round. In this redraft, the Niners decide to select Kittle with their first round pick, and wait until the later rounds before even considering Thomas. Kittle has been an unstoppable force ever since being drafted into the league. At this point in time, the Niners have many holes, including quarterback, but they wait to get a quarterback until trading for Jimmy Garropolo. Kittle provides their team a dynamic blocker as well as a receiving threat that will scare defenses for weeks to come.

4: Jacksonville Jaguars: Christian Mccaffrey, HB, Stanford

The Jaguars initially selected Leanard Fournette at this spot. While I think this was a great fit, I believe that the Jaguars could have gone with a better running back. With uncertainty with Blake Bortles at quarterback, Mccaffrey will be playing in a nearly identical situation to the one he is currently in with the Panthers. Overall, CMC is a much better fit with this squad then Fournette is.

5: Tennessee Titans: T.J. Watt, EDGE, Wisconsin

Watt has improved in every season he has played, and has become a Defensive Player of the Year candidate with the Steelers. The Titans went with Corey Davis with this pick, which proved to be bust-worthy, especially now that they have a run-dominated offense with Derrick Henry. The Titans in this redraft go with defense, deciding between Jamal Adams and Watt. They eventually go with Watt, showing that they are confident in their safety group that is lead by Kevin Byard.

6: New York Jets: Jamal Adams, S, LSU

It is not often that in a redraft, a team goes with the same guy they went with in the actual draft. Even though there is uncertainty in his future with the Jets this offseason, the smart move is to keep their pick with Adams going at 6.

7: Los Angeles Chargers: Chris Godwin, WR, Penn State

While this may seem as a surprise to many, I think that the Chargers picking Godwin would be perfect. They initially went with Mike Williams, who they had hoped would provide Philip Rivers with a solid WR2 option. This would have spread the field more, allowing their star WR Keenan Allen and TE Hunter Henry to have more open space, creating more big plays. Williams has been a good pick, posting solid numbers when healthy. But, in comparison to Godwin’s breakout season, Williams stands no match. Chargers stick with a wideout here.

8: Carolina Panthers: Marlon Humphrey, CB, Alabama

Ever since the departure of Josh Norman and the rest of the core 15-1 Panther squad, the defense has been lacking in overall talent in exception to newly retired LB Luke Kuechly. This class features many great cornerbacks, including Tre’Davious White, and Marshon Lattimore. But, I am going with Humphrey. Since 2017, Humphrey has been hawking every pass thrown to him down, breaking up 47 passes, ranking fourth since he was drafted into the league.

9: Cincinnati Bengals: Tre’Davious White, CB, LSU

Like I mentioned in the previous selection, this class is loaded with studs at cornerback. The Bengals in the actual draft went with John Ross, going for a speedy wideout to be opposite to AJ Green. Ross has been plagued with injuries, making him not worthy of this selection. The Bengals secondary has been abysmal at best, so they take Pro-Bowl cornerback White at this pick. However, this Bengals team is still far from where they have to be, and even with the selection of White, I would still see the Bengals winding up with the first pick in tomorrow’s draft.

10: Kansas City Chiefs: Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson

Those that are reading this, I know you are confused. The Chiefs trading to this pick for the fundamental purpose of drafting Patrick Mahomes. That is true. But, they still believe that they have their guy in Watson. While Watson might not be at the same level as Mahomes, Watson would play perfect to this speedy team. Andy Reid would style a playbook that would revolve lots of play-action, screens to both running backs and wide receivers, and QB runs, similar to the current Chiefs playbook. In my mind, this would be a no-brainer trade the Chiefs make to pick Watson.

Olsen has struggled with injuries during the twilight years of his career but his 14 games played this year was a nice improvement. Playing just 16 total games between 2017 and 2018, his health was a worry for many potential suitors.

The Seahawks already have a pair of talented Tight Ends in Jacob Hollister and Will Dissly. Dissly had an impressive start to the 2019 season but suffered a season-ending Achilles injury in Week 6.

Olsen was once one of the best Tight Ends in the NFL and the Seahawks certainly think he could return to what he once was. He is 34 years old, noticeably older than the current top Tight Ends in the league. Travis Kelce is 30, Zach Ertz is 29, and George Kittle is just 26 yet the Seahawks still took the risk. Jimmy Graham had great success with the Seahawks when he was signed in 2015, and the Seattle front office can only hope this signing turns out similarly.

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The OLine was

Offensive linemen

Breno Giacomini T61

Lemuel Jeanpierre C63

Rishaw Johnson G67

Paul McQuistan G74

John Moffitt G76

Russell Okung T *65

Frank Omiyale G75

Mike Person T64

J. R. Sweezy G60

Max Unger C *

All were part of the special 2012 season, as Unger and Okung were Pro Bowl selections in that Oline. But the OLine centered around vet Max Unger, rookie JR Sweezy, Tackle Breno Giacomini and Russell Okung and Paul McQuistan.

Lynch tore through the run game since that OLine was so good, running for 1590 yards and 11 Touchdowns, which led to a Wild Card birth wear they won against 1st overall pick RG3. Later losing to the Matt Ryan led Falcons.

The 2013 Seahawks looked not so different as this was the Super Bowl year adding Alvin Baley to the mix. Leading Lynch to a 1200 yard season and 12 TD’s on the ground while allowing Russ to run all over the team.

In 2014 the Seahawks lost Paul McQuistan to the Browns for 2 years 23 Mil where he retired after 1 year of that contract. And adding Justin Britt, who played Tackle at the time. The Seahawks did the same old same old and headed to the Superbowl losing of course, at the 1 yard line. Where this was the last year you could’ve considered this OLine “Elite”

The Seahawks over the offseason ended up trading Max Unger for Tight End Jimmy Graham, which ended up being a dud trade since Jimmy barely produced. As the OLine fell flat and the Seahawks went from Superbowl foes to Wildcard dwellers winning a lucky one in Minnesota to the Blair Walsh shank later losing to the 15-1 Panthers. Where more OLinemen were let go by Seattle after that season.

The Seahawks lost Okung to the Broncos and Sweezy to the Buccs, as the Seahawks lost all of the original OLine from the 2012 Season. And replacing that with now we can say bust Germaine Ifedi with the first round selection. That Season was also a dud as Seattle went
10-5-1 as Russell Wilson became the offense after Lynch’s retirement. And the Seahawks showed the OLine was a trouble as Britt had to switch to Center.

2017 was a scary year for the OLine signing bust Luke Joeckel and picking up Joey Hunt in the draft as the Seahawks went on the couches in January for the first time in 6 years. And the Seahawks showed as they had the worst OLine in the league that year.

2018, was the year of the Fanthom, former basketball player George Fant found his way on the team and helped the OLine improved where they signed Fluker and Former Seahawk JR Sweezy as they went from the worst to best in the matter of weeks. Yet falling short in Dallas.

2019 was a special year, a lot of improvements for the OLine but still made Russ run around in the pocket, 2020 is a do or die year as they MUST draft solid OLinemen or pick up good OLinemen in FA, the only thing we need to do is fix the OLine. So Russ won’t have to run for his life out there

16 DLinemen since 2013 also where only few have been homegrown, Frank Clark has been the good DE that we drafted in the past 7 years yet we let him go to the Chiefs for draft picks. The other 2 who can pan out is Rasheem Green (who led the Seahawks with sacks with 4) (also 97th in the league) and LJ Collier who hasn’t done anything to prove himself.

They had a defensive line that featured Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril, two free agents that Seattle signed prior to the 2013 season. Not until they drafted Frank Clark did they have a homegrown player that would make the Pro Bowl along the defensive line.

Hopefully in the draft we can get some actual good Linemen

Now yes I know they’re 13-3, you may keep saying you’re a elite team with Superbowl hopes, the surface numbers are downright amazing, but can you watch them play? You’ll see a team with a lot of flaws. They can’t play 60 minutes, they can just quit on offense, Aaron Rodgers overthrows a lot of people, yes the defense is good but then they end up having a shell of there former selves. Winning every game in a very unconvincing fashion is appalling, even against terrible teams, the Packers are frauds, having big breaks via the refs is amazing.

Anyways with that out of the way we can turn ourselves to a real article. On the other side of the Packers they have former Huskie corner Kevin King who is finally showing he’s a good corner with 5 int’s. The Smiths are racking up sacks and I can see them getting to Russ immediately. Then on the otherside there’s Aaron Rodgers, having one target is Davante Adams and that’s pretty much it. Graham could’ve been key for the Packers but he’s been mediocre at best

2019 season stats

REC
38
Tied-105th

YDS
447
94th

TD
3
Tied-73rd

AVG
11.8
69th

As these our pretty mediocre stats for a fomer elite TE, which all we need is Wright to cover Graham and just put Shaq on Adams. Aaron Jones will be a factor for the packs to win but can be stopped as the Seahawks front 7 led by Wagner and Clowney have stopped a lot of plays significantly, as Diggs returns soon.

The Seahawks offense is a mixed bag, Lynch reportedly going to get more snaps and Homer has been balling out, we’ve yet to see Robert Turbin but we’ll see him hopefully. DK Metcalf balled out also in the win vs the Eagles. It’ll be hard to cover him since we saw the most Yards caught in a postseason debut for a rookie ever. You can almost take David Moore and Ugo Amahdi for granted as they’re great WR’s when called for. The OLine, is well, a “Trash Can” as Ifedi continues to cause penalties as we need to stop the DLine of the Packers. The key to the win will be Russ needing to run the ball when there’s a lane and seeing Lynch getting room to run.

1. Are they still the same Running Backs that they were prior to leaving?

2. Are they still capable of keeping up with the game?

Lets start with the least popular one with Robert Turbin. Turbin of course became a bit of a venture man after leaving Seattle as he spent the 2015 season with the Browns and the Cowboys, then heading off to the Colts where he played with former Seahawk, now XFL First Round Pick Christian Michale. He went off the grid for a few years and now he’s a member of a potentially one seeded Seattle Seahawks team. 

Can he still keep up with the league today? And is he the same RB as he left?
He’ll be utilized as more of a 3rd string RB. I hope they include him for blocking and receptions. Not exclusively, but ¾ of the time he’s out there.  I’m sure he’s still in the same shape and hopefully could contribute quickly

Now lets get to Lynch, as we in a way “traded” him.

Here are his stats after leaving:

A total of 21 games

About 1100 yards of rushing

And 10 TD’s in Oakland

Now the latest stat we have is from 2018 where he didn’t preform as well, not his fault due to the OLine, none the less the whole team.  But I think he can catch up with the game again as he’s only been out for a year or so.  But will he be the same? That’s a question mark as he only has a few days to get ready.  All we need him to do is run up the gut a lot just like Carson. Hopefully he can beat the dominant front 7 of the 49ers.  I expect him to start and have Travis Homer as a 2nd string as he showed good flashes against the Cardinals in Week 16. 

Lynch could be utilized as we can still run him on the outside but not as much as he’s of course more of a “Powerback” weighing in at about 214 lbs.  Of course it’ll be interesting watching Lynch after being a year out of Football, just as Turbin is.  It’s exciting to see some fellow Seahawks back in town.

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