Elijah from Vancouver, Washington asks, “Which side of the football, offense or defense, needs an upgrade? And if you had the first overall pick, which position would you take?” Lindsey from Salem, Oregon, also asks about position the Seahawks could be focusing on.
A: First off, if I’m ever in position to make the No. 1 pick, a lot will have gone very wrong, sort of an NFL front office designated survivor type situation, so let’s hope that never transpires. But for the sake of this question, my answer would be that I’m taking the best player at No. 1, regardless of position. Forcing a pick for need, especially a pick as valuable as the No. 1 overall pick, is a great way to make a decision you’ll come to regret down the road.
But since you asked about needs, a goal every team has going into the draft is to build a roster that doesn’t have a lot of obvious needs, reducing the temptation to make those aforementioned mistakes of drafting for need instead of taking the best player. Schneider himself has noted that the offensive line, and interior line in particular, is something of a need, so we can point to that as one of the more immediate needs. But it’s also worth remembering that, when teams are building their rosters, they’re constantly looking into the future as well, so just about any position can be one of “need” if you starting to look at who is and isn’t under contract in a year or two. For example, Devon Witherspoon and Riq Woolen give the Seahawks one of the best cornerback tandems in the NFL, so that doesn’t look like a need in 2025, but with Woolen and Josh Jobe on deals that expire after this season, could the Seahawks draft a corner this week anticipating a need in 2026 and beyond? Of course.
