class with a draft class of eight players. They also made six selections on day three with a focus on versatility and improving depth at premium positions.just one year after taking Derrick Hall in the second round. They both provide some needed depth at the cornerback position. They give the Seahawks some flexibility to end up playing on the back end or allow Coby Bryant to shift to the safety position.
"Of course it's important because you're going to ask guys to do multiple things on any given down, but I think if you think big-picture, yeah, we want to be able to put guys in position to do what they want, what they can do best, so guys that have an elite trait, we're going to try to do that as much as we can, but if you can do more than one thing, now all of a sudden we can present the same looks and do multiple things out of those looks and create match-ups that we're...
This is the direction that the National Football League is moving, as putting players in position to succeed and capitalize on their traits and abilities are more important than fitting into a system. Talent matters a lot more due to the athletic ability that they possess compared to past years. The fascinating part about the discussion about versatility was the follow up question Macdonald got about intelligence and instinct, which he points out is a couple of conveluted ideas in football terms.
"A couple convoluted things back-to-back there. Yeah, you want smart football players that can adapt and adjust but when we've moved guys and they're playing 17 positions and I come up here and brag to you about how our guys are moving around, it's like, well, is that best for the player? Is he going to be able to play his best football if he's playing 17 positions? I don't think that's the right answer for you.
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