Day 3 Draft thread

[trharder]

G Beau Stephens.... what did we trade to get him?

I seem to have a talent for reverse reality Seahawk draft picks.
1st I said they would not take the RB at 32.
Then I implied they weren't in the market for a guard.

[D-train]

And now the Seahawks will have at least six.

They entered the final day of the NFL draft with just two more picks, for a total of five for the event.

But the Seahawks pulled off a trade with Cleveland, trading a 2027 fourth-rounder for pick 148 in the fifth round.

The Seahawks then used that pick on guard Beau Stephens of Iowa.

Stephens is listed at 6-foot-5-1/2, 315 pounds and played all 620 snaps last season at left guard. But he also started 10 games at right guard in 2022 and he could be thrown into a competition at that spot with returnee Anthony Bradford, who is also entering the final season of his rookie contract in 2026.

The Seahawks have picks 188 and 216 in the sixth round still to come.

The trade of the pick to Cleveland leaves the Seahawks with what is projected to be 11 picks in 2027 as they are expected to get four compensatory picks along with their seven original selections and a seventh-rounder they got from Atlanta for O-lineman Michael Jerrell last year.

[auroraave]

G Beau Stephens.... what did we trade to get him?

I seem to have a talent for reverse reality Seahawk draft picks.
1st I said they would not take the RB at 32.
Then I implied they weren't in the market for a guard.

"They'll never win back to back to back super bowls" should be the next words out of your mouth.

[D-train]

The way the draft has gone, woolen was clearly replaceable. It's really whether they chose the correct replacement. It would point to using the first pick on Price. There wasn't a reason to give Woolen $15 MIL when you can find a replacement on a rookie contract. That to me is a question of depth. Mafe fits that too in my mind.

I think the bigger problem with Woolen is his huge mental lapses and shit-for-brains attitude at times - he singlehandedly cost us the SF game early on with multiple botched plays in that critical drive and his stunning fuck up against the Lambs giving them new life - unforgivable. Then gets burned for the TD on the next play. Can't do that to your teammates who have fought SO hard. That taunting play was the end of his time in Seattle. That play was the only time all year I saw infighting on the team - his teammates calling him out - and rightfully so. What that could have cost the team... you can't bring him back after that.

Yep, just like with DK I had no issues with him being gone.

[D-train]

Need a guard! Bradford is just not it.

Got one! Just for you!

[D-train]

Need a guard! Bradford is just not it.

It's too late now. Dunker was their last chance to address the RG situation and JS passed in order to gain a 7th round pick.

Wrong twice in a 25 word posts. lol 6th rounder and Stephens looks pretty good. Dunker's rating is 6.23 but crap shoot on who ends up being better.

[D-train]

More on Stephens:

“Having another guy there from Iowa to show me the ropes right away is going to be awesome,” Stephens said. “I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

Stephens said the Seahawks have not talked to him about what side of the offensive line he will begin his career but said he is comfortable at either right or left guard.

“Overall it’s not too much of a difference because I’ve been able to play at both and rip at both,” he said.



The Seahawks’ interest in Stephens had been well known as he took a 30 visit to the VMAC before the draft.

Stephens said he had some good talks then with offensive line coach John Benton and that he feels he will be a “good fit” in Seattle’s scheme and especially its emphasis on an outside zone running attack.

Stephens said the Seahawks are getting “a mauler in the run game and a technician in the pass game. … I’m not one to shy away from contact, for sure.”

Stephens was part of an Iowa offensive line that won the Joe Moore Award as the most outstanding offensive line in college football in 2025. Stephens was named an AP, USA Today and Pro Football Focus first-team All-American

Wrote PFF in its scouting report of Stephens: “Stephens produced high-level play on one of the nation’s top offensive lines, with strong results in both pass protection and the run game. He measured 6-foot-6 and 315 pounds, but his 31.63-inch arms rank in the ninth percentile at the position, which raises concerns about length and overall athletic profile. He earned a 91.6 pass-blocking grade in 2025 and did not allow a sack or a hit, while surrendering just four hurries across 304 pass-blocking snaps. Teams must weigh the quality of his tape against those physical limitations when projecting his role at the next level.”

The Seahawks have picks 188 and 216 in the sixth round still to come.

The trade of the pick to Cleveland leaves the Seahawks with a projected 11 picks in 2027 as they are expected to get four compensatory picks along with their seven original selections and a seventh-rounder they got from Atlanta for O-lineman Michael Jerrell last year.

[D-train]

damn we still have ELEVEN pick next year in what is projected to be a great draft class. Giddy the F up!

[D-train]

Hawks just traded down from 188 to 199 to add 242. Now will have the standard 7 picks.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Need a guard! Bradford is just not it.

It's too late now. Dunker was their last chance to address the RG situation and JS passed in order to gain a 7th round pick.

Wrong twice in a 25 word posts. lol 6th rounder and Stephens looks pretty good. Dunker's rating is 6.23 but crap shoot on who ends up being better.

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Hope that's right but here's a bigger gap between them according to the majority of draft analysts.