Months of planning, mocking and predicting lastly got here to a conclusion with Day 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft placing 32 new gamers on new groups. The Seattle Seahawks added beef on the inside of the defensive position choosing Byron Murphy out of Texas with the No. 16 choose, however the staff nonetheless has important wants to handle over the ultimate two days of the draft.
The Hawks maintain six further picks Friday and Saturday, nevertheless, they’re scheduled to make only a single choice on Day 3. That choose is No. 81 within the third spherical, that means that barring a transfer so as to add a choose earlier than then, they’ll watch one other 48 gamers come off the board earlier than getting so as to add one other title.
That, after all, signifies that lots of the high names remaining could have been chosen lengthy earlier than the Seahawks comes again on the clock within the third spherical, however there’s all the time an opportunity that one or two of the highest gamers might drop. Whether or not or not that occurs gained’t be identified till nicely into Friday night, that means within the meantime will probably be left to followers to hope that the gamers they need to see slip to Seattle don’t have their title referred to as.
The perfect remaining gamers obtainable as groups put together for Day 2 of the draft is dependent upon the place one appears to be like, so here’s a sampling of the perfect obtainable from quite a lot of completely different sources.
My greatest obtainable going into day 2:
13) Jer’Zhan Newton, DL, Illinois
15) Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa
22) Jackson Powers-Johnson, IOL, Oregon
27) Kool-Help McKinstry, CB, Alabama
28) Ja’Lynn Polk, WR, Washington
31) Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon
32) Zach Frazier, IOL, West Virginia https://t.co/mXN0SejSJc— Connor Rogers (@ConnorJRogers) April 26, 2024
Greatest gamers obtainable on my board heading into Spherical 2:
1. Jer’Zhan Newton
2. Adonai Mitchell
3. Jackson Powers-Johnson
4. Cooper DeJean
5. Ladd McConkey
6. Troy Franklin
7. Cooper Beebe
8. Kool-Help McKinstry
9. Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
10. Kris Jenkins— Jacob Infante (@jacobinfante24) April 26, 2024
So, it appears regardless of the place one appears to be like lots of the gamers thought of the perfect obtainable as Day 2 opens are comparable throughout numerous retailers and assets:
- DT Johnny Newton
- CB Cooper DeJean
- C Jackson Powers-Johnson
- CB Kool-Help McKinstry
- WR Troy Franklin
It appears uncertain that the Seahawks will probably be fortunate sufficient to see considered one of these high names drop all the way in which to No. 81, however stranger issues have occurred and being a fan is all about rooting for the unlikely to start with.
