What exactly is the plan?

There’s time, over the next couple of days, for clarity to emerge. There are still another six rounds. The Seahawks pick twice in round two — at #59 and #64.

Yet a strange and confusing off-season is getting even stranger.

The Seahawks ended 2019 needing to dramatically improve their pass rush. So far, they’ve lost Quinton Jefferson and reached a stalemate with Jadeveon Clowney. In response, they added Benson Mayowa and Bruce Irvin.

Russell Wilson called for superstars at the Pro Bowl. Instead, they spent considerable cap space retaining their restricted free agents and fringe players, before adding a host of low-level free agents.

It always felt like we needed to see the draft to get a real feel for the blueprint.

Yet here we are. Their most significant investment is on a… linebacker.

They didn’t cut K.J. Wright when it was financially beneficial to do so. A year ago, they traded up for Cody Barton in round three and then added Ben Burr-Kirven.

It’s not immediately obvious where Brooks fits in.

Lance Zierlein offers the following review:

“While his tackle production has been good in all four seasons, it’s hard not to come away from tape study feeling like his numbers should be even higher with his athletic traits and above-average instincts. Attacking blocks with better hand usage and greater physicality should allow him to eliminate some negative reps and become a more impactful player. He’s a potential future starter as an inside linebacker in even or odd fronts, but concerns with coverage duties could impact how teams see him as an every-down linebacker.”

It’s not a glowing review. But it gets worse.

Zierlein also notes that Brooks, “Failed to rise to the occasion against Oklahoma” before adding, “Gassed in late second quarter by Sooners’ pace.”

That’s not encouraging when they’re due to face the Rams, Niners and Kyler Murray six times in a season.

Where does he play? They’re not moving Bobby Wagner — he’s a heart and soul player who would cost Seattle $22m for him to play somewhere else in 2020. Do they cut Wright now? If it’s planning ahead for life after Wright — is a ‘weakside linebacker of the future’ really necessary?

And what does this say for Cody Barton?

Meanwhile the pass rush remains seriously undermanned. There’s no heir apparent for Duane Brown or serious challenger to Brandon Shell. They haven’t added a dynamic weapon for the offense.

What it means is at #59 and #64 — the needs we (not unfairly) felt they needed to address, still need to be addressed. Except now they’ve used their key asset and they didn’t turn #27 into further picks between #64 and #101.

Tomorrow they’re set to pick three times. There are still a lot of good players on the board.

They’ve got a ton of work to do though. They’re well into this off-season now and it’s hard to say with any conviction that they’re a better team.

I need to watch Jordyn Brooks tape. On the plus side, he ran a 4.53 but didn’t do any other testing so it’s hard to paint a proper picture of his physical potential.

Finally, if anyone’s interested, my mock draft finished third overall for scoring.

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