Biggest remaining needs for each NFC West team

Seattle Seahawks – Right tackle

I said in my draft review, that the Seahawks are in some type of rebuild or retooling process. No matter how you want to call it, I don’t think they are built to compete for championships right now. That’s why I didn’t like the selection of a running back in the first round and I think there’s no other team in the league with two more apparent positional needs.

If Earl Thomas stays in Seattle in combination with Bobby Wagner in the middle, they can build around those two guys. Offensively, it has been all Russell Wilson for the last couple of years. I understand that they want to help him out by providing a rushing attack to take some pressure off his back, but they don’t have anybody I’d be comfortable with as a second tackle to Duane Brown or as a pass-catching tight-end.

As far as right tackle goes, Germaine Ifedi and George Fant are both sub-par starters. I’ve never been very high on Ifedi. He simply isn’t under enough balance to play the position. Fant on the other hand, had a rough first year in the NFL, when he basically came straight off the court to square up against the elite edge rushers in this league and had to watch his quarterback scramble around from the sideline, with a torn ACL in his second season.

Jamarco Jones, who they were extremely lucky to grab late in the fifth round, is a promising young talent. Yet, he is more of a developmental prospect, who won’t be ready to go quite yet. Looking at the tight-end spot, after seeing Jimmy Graham leave for Green Bay, they selected Will Dissly in the third round. He might be a plan to help out on the edges in pass-protection, but he doesn’t offer much in the passing game, other than outlets and drag routes.