The NFL draft will take place as scheduled April 23-25 but will be featured in a completely virtual format. With the league’s biggest event of the year set to kick off in less than two weeks, here’s another look at a pundit’s mock draft for Seattle.
ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay is sticking with the majority and predicting the Seahawks select a defensive player in the first round of April’s draft.
McShay now predicts Seattle picks defensive end K’Lavon Chaisson out of LSU at No. 27 overall.
“Value, value, value.” McShay writes. “In my eyes, Chaisson is the second-best edge rusher in the draft class behind Young, and he really popped at the end of the 2019 season, so getting him here is a terrific return. With Jadeveon Clowney’s future still up in the air, Seattle’s edge is a dearth of playmakers. In fact, the Seahawks only got home on the quarterback 28 times last season, tied for No. 29 in the NFL, with Clowney. Chaisson has good bend and burst off the edge.”
Time is ticking for Clowney to decide whether or not he will re-sign with Seattle. If not, the Seahawks will have to look elsewhere – perhaps to Chaisson -in this year’s NFL draft.
