Seahawks Drafts: From Busts to Super Bowl

0:00On March 26, the Seattle Seahawks have transformed from NFC West Dormats to Super Bowl champions over the last 10 years, largely thanks to Smarter, drafting. After struggling post their Super Bowl win with weak classes in the late 2010s, recent picks rebuilt the roster with stars who delivered a Lombardi Trophy. A new ranking of their drafts from 2016 to 2025 puts the worst at the bottom and highlights how key selections changed everything. The bottom ranks go to 2021 in 2016, both hampered by busts and injuries. In 2021, with just three picks after bad trades, wider receiver Dwayne Eskridge flamed out quickly. 2016, Fared Little Better, led by Underwhelming Tackle, Germain Eiffetti, and a bunch of role players who never stuck. Fans still crang in middling classes like 2017 and 2019, where high picks like Malik McDowell and L.J. Collier win, nowhere due to off-field issues or reaches.

1:03Bright spots emerged, such as corner, shack, riffin, and receiver DK Mechaff, but too many misses fueled playoff droughts and frustration after losing. The Legion of Boom era, newer drafts show the turnaround, with 2022 through 2025 packing talent like Tackle's Charles Cross in Abraham. Lucas, running back Kenneth Walker as Super Bowl MVP, and defensive studs, Byron Murphy and Nick Mnwery. 2023 tops the list, anchor by corner Devon Witherspoon, and wide out Jackson Smith and Jigba, now among the League's elite. These rankings prove drafts build dynasties, and Seattle's front office nailed the formula just in time to hoist the trophy and eye more contention. Ahead.