Huard: 2 draft prospects Seahawks shouldn’t pass on if available

When wanting again on the Seahawks’ 2022 season, it’s clear to see the areas the place they should enhance.

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With free company and the NFL Draft quick approaching, many Seahawks followers are taking a look at defensive linemen, linebackers and inside offensive linemen who may be part of the staff this offseason.

However on the subject of the draft, are there any gamers the Seahawks ought to draft early who don’t play any of these positions?

Former NFL quarterback Brock Huard recognized two prospects he thinks Seattle ought to draft in the event that they’re obtainable regardless that they don’t play a place of want.

“Nook and security could be a few these spots,” Huard mentioned throughout Tuesday’s Brock and Salk on Seattle Sports activities 710 AM. “There’s a child out of (Texas) A&M that I really like … Antonio Johnson, the security/nickel.”

Johnson, a first-team All-SEC participant in 2022, is Professional Soccer Focus‘ No. 30 draft prospect.

“He performed some nickel early as a result of they’d some safeties. He’s a killer,” Huard mentioned. “He’s a 6-foot-3, ‘I need to simply tear you aside’ dude. Type of a Deebo Samuel on protection. So regulate him.”

The opposite participant Huard mentioned triggered him to deliver up when the Seahawks drafted future Corridor of Fame guard Steve Hutchinson again in 2001. And it’s not as a result of this participant is an offensive lineman.

“I’ll name this just like the Steve Hutchinson. The Seahawks didn’t need to draft a guard, however Steve Hutchinson was on that board and it’s like, ‘This man is definitively such a greater participant than some other guard,’ and (then-head coach) Mike Holmgren and crew took him and it was the appropriate transfer,” he mentioned. “Corridor of Fame, superb participant paired with Walter Jones and (helped) flip Shaun Alexander into an MVP and went to a Tremendous Bowl.”

So who is that this participant that triggered Huard to deliver up a Corridor of Famer?

“Tight finish out of Notre Dame Michael Mayer. Freakshow,” Huard mentioned.

Mayer, PFF’s No. 17 draft prospect, had 809 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns in 2022 and was a consensus first-team All-American.

Simply how good does Huard suppose Meyer is? He introduced up not one however two future Corridor of Fame tight ends when discussing Mayer’s skillset.

“He’s 6-foot-6, 265 (kilos). Type of a Travis Kelce as a receiver – like, you’ll be able to’t guard him, after which dominating like (Rob Gronkowski) as a blocker as a result of he’s 265,” he mentioned. “And I do know that’s not a place of want. You’ve bought Noah Fant, you’ve bought Colby Parkinson, and we’ll watch Will Dissly’s harm.

In Mayer’s case, Huard thinks he could be somebody for the Seahawks to contemplate with their second first-round decide, which is No. 20 total.

“He’s completely different than the remainder of the tight ends on this class,” Huard mentioned.

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