Seahawks have effective draft

So last weekend I was up at my aunt and uncle's house in SLC and was lucky enough to catch the first round of the draft. I'm also lucky to have an amazingly understanding girlfriend who understands my love of sports and of the Seahawks, as she is a fan herself. It was actually productive for all of us as the TV was on in the background for most of the draft as I was able to chat with the family and watch the draft at the same time. Of course nobody else cares about football but I was loving life because I didn't feel bad watching the draft as I would carry on conversations with the fam and then look up to check out who was getting drafted where. These are secrets every sports fan should learn to do if they want to make their families happy along with fulfilling their sports needs.

Anyways onto the Seahawks. I was celebrating the pick of Aaron Curry (pics above). He is widely considered the best player in the draft, and we got him with the 4th pick! I started screaming when the Chiefs didn't take him with the 3rd pick cause I knew we had lucked out. This kid is going to be a stud...just check this youtube video of when he was drafted (it also has a few clips of football highlights). The kid seems like he has a passion for the game from his balling his eyes out plus he seems exited to come to Seattle...he's also a freaking heat seeking missile. Plus, along with the signing of Leroy Hill and Lofa Tatupu to long term deals, we now have three stud linebackers for at least the next 4 years.

Another move I loved was trading away our 2nd round pick for Denver's 1st round pick next year. Denver is going to be terrible next year (maybe even in the top 5 worst). So we have the possibility of getting another top 5 pick next year which we could use on a QB if Hasselbeck doesn't stay healthy or a great tackle if Walter Jones wants to retire. Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy are possibilities. Just root for Denver to suck next year.

We then made up for the 2nd round pick by trading back into the 2nd round and selecting who the Seahawks wanted anyways in the 2nd round, Max Unger (pic above), a great center out of Oregon. I expect this kid to be starting next year at center. He's that good. We needed to get younger and better on the OL and this is a step forward as Chris Spencer was just not the answer.

We traded up in the 3rd round to get Deon Butler (pic above) who looks like he could be a very good WR out of Penn St. He should fill the void of Bobby Engram quite nicely. Ironically they're both from Penn St.

So basically we traded a 3rd, 5th, and 7th round pick for a 1st round pick (probably in the top ten) next year. That's great value if you ask me. Hopefully, along with the signing of Ken Lucas (pic below) yesterday, this Seahawk team will be back winning divisions and advancing into the playoffs for years to come, as they should be.