The Seahawks Have a Massive Decision to Make at Pick 32 and You Need to Know Why
The NFL Draft is coming up and the Seattle Seahawks are sitting at pick 32 with some serious roster holes to fill. After losing Kenneth Walker III, Coby Bryant, Riq Woolen, and Boye Mafe, Mike Macdonald and the front office have their work cut out for them. So what's the move? That's exactly what the mock draft community has been debating nonstop, and the answers are all over the place.
Running Back is the Big Question Mark
Here's the elephant in the room: the Seahawks have major question marks at running back right now. Mike Salk has been asking the hard question on air: should Seattle actually spend their first-round pick on the position? It's a fair debate. The team just locked up Sam Darnold and revamped the passing game with Cooper Kupp, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and Rashid Shaheed already in place. But without Walker, who was their workhorse, the backfield feels thin. Different mock drafts have Seattle going different directions here, so there's no consensus yet on what John Schneider will do come April.
Internal Options Are Already on the Roster
Before you assume the Seahawks have to go outside, ESPN's Field Yates put out a reminder that shouldn't be ignored: sometimes the replacement is already in the building. That's worth thinking about. Rashid Shaheed has been floated as a potential answer to replace Walker's big play ability, according to ESPN's Benjamin Solak. So maybe the team moves someone around or develops what they already have before hitting the draft hard at running back.
With Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Devon Witherspoon both locked in through 2027 after the team exercised their fifth-year options, the Seahawks have some key pieces locked down. But pick 32 is still a huge opportunity to address the losses from last season and keep the momentum going. It's going to be fascinating to see which direction Macdonald and the front office lean when the draft finally gets here.
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