John Schneider, Seattle's GM, certainly impressed with his first draft haul sans Pete Carroll. Entering the weekend without a 2nd round pick, many people, maybe even John included, expected a trade down from the 16th overall pick. However, the first 15 picks saw just one defensive player selected before their pick which left the number one player on their entire board, Byron Murphy, available at 16. Murphy was never mocked to Seattle, as pretty much everyone believed he would be long gone by the time it came to be Seattle's turn. Murphy is a dominating, force of nature on the defensive line that makes everyone around him better. New coach, Mike Macdonald, gets to start his Seahawks career off with a bonafide star in Murphy. The 2nd round saw a lot of potential targets for Seattle fly off the board, as they waited patiently and let the draft play out. That worked out extremely well, as they ended up not having to move up to get the best pure guard in the draft class with Christian Haynes. On day 3, Schneider kicked off an impressive day by selecting developmental LB, Tyrice Knight out of UTEP. Knight has a lot to learn about pass coverage, but he finished last season with the most stops in D1 college football. They followed that by taking AJ Barner, the best blocking TE in the class and a scrappy outside corner in Nehemiah Pritchett. All five of these players will have starting roles early for Seattle on an already loaded roster.