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See off staraflogs, Rob Staten, joining us now in the Emerald

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Rob, how's it going?

Yeah, really good.

What is it, like nine days, though? Like, after the draft's finished, what am I going to have to talk about? So I'm going to try and relish the next nine days. And I am looking forward to that. I can't wait to ask you about the players they end up taking. And in the meantime, all we can do is try to project and look ahead.

Last time,

we asked you a lot about Judarian Price at 32. And we've been still hearing a lot of rumors about that,

a lot of people really liking that fit for Seattle. Is there anything in you that would be hesitant

about taking a running back with that first pick if Seattle were to stay at 32? Not really. Apart from the value side of things, like if you view Judarian Price as the 50th best player in the draft and you end up taking him at 32 simply because you think it's a huge need, I'm a bit uncomfortable with that. I'd rather than take more of a best player available approach than sort of reaching to draft the running back. It feels like that's kind of how they've made mistakes in the past, you know, a few years ago now, but that's kind of the thing that was happening there that meant that the first round picks did not go as successfully as they perhaps hope. But if they view him as anything from like the 40th best, 35th best player, I've got no problem with that. And a lot of the data that you look at, whether it's explosive run rate, whether it's yards after contact percentage, whether it's mistackles force rate, all of these things suggest that Jerry and Price is the kind of player that they need. They need big plays at running back. He provides big plays. So if he is the pick at 32, I'm not going to complain too much about it.

I'm trying to figure out, I'm looking at this team and there's no real need, right? Need that running back, of course.

But I look at all the other positions and I feel like they're okay. When only four picks, I'm trying to figure out exactly what their strategy is going to be.

Is there such thing as a disappointing draft from the Seahawks?

I think they perhaps deserve the benefit of the doubt because they've just won the Super Bowls.

So I don't think anybody should be too disappointed regardless of the decisions they make.

For example, I'm not the biggest Zion Young fan because I think if you get a

deed arrest and a speeding arrest weeks before the draft season begins, that does not

exactly scream reliable and smart.

And the tough, reliable and smart mantra has been a thing that has really helped the Seahork.

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