NFC West
Seattle Seahawks NFL Draft Profile
How the Seahawks draft: the front office running the board, the needs shaping the next class, and every draft class we cover.
Front office and philosophy
General manager: John Schneider · Head coach: Mike Macdonald
Defending Super Bowl champions reloading rather than rebuilding. John Schneider is one of the league's most active traders and has a long-documented bias toward length, athletic testing and positional versatility. Mike Macdonald's disguise-heavy, pattern-match defense demands defensive backs who can align anywhere, which is exactly what the 2026 class (four DBs) targeted. With 10 of 12 above-70.0 defenders returning, the pressing need is interior offensive line: the one genuine weakness on a championship roster.
Schneider has traded down more often than almost any GM in the league and prizes athletic profile and arm/leg length over production. Seattle won Super Bowl LX in Macdonald's second season at 14-3. Anthony Bradford has not graded above 55.0 in three straight years and still starts at right guard, making interior OL the clearest 2027 target. Losing OC Klint Kubiak to the Raiders head-coaching job is the main threat to a repeat.
These tendencies are encoded directly into the simulator: when you run a mock and the Seahawks are on the clock, the engine applies this regime's positional biases and its balance between best-player-available and need-based drafting. See how the simulator works for the full methodology.
Inside the simulator, this regime leans toward the best player available, at roughly 65 to 35 against need, and is more likely to trade back and collect picks than to move up (45 against 30). Its clearest positional preferences are interior offensive line, edge rusher, tight end, which the engine applies on top of the needs list above. It also weights testing numbers more heavily than most, so athletic outliers rise on its board.
Current draft needs
Our needs assessment for the Seahawks entering the 2027 draft cycle, ordered by priority. These weightings are what the simulator uses when it evaluates this team's board.
Team needs were researched for this class from current rosters. They predate free agency and will be revised after March 2027.
A needs list is a judgement, not a fact, so it is worth saying how this one is built. We read the current depth chart rather than last season's production: a position counts as a need when the projected starter is a stopgap, is out of contract, or is the reason a unit underperformed, and it stops counting when the roster has an answer even if that answer is unspectacular. Contract structure matters as much as talent, which is why a position can appear here a full year before it looks like a problem on the field.
The 2027 class
The 2027 draft has not been held. On the projected order the Seahawks hold 6 picks, opening at No. 32. 1 came from other teams. 2 of their own have been traded away. The needs shaping that class are interior offensive line, edge rusher, offensive tackle.
The full 2027 Seattle Seahawks outlook breaks down every projected pick, the weighting behind each need, and which prospects are currently projected into the range where they pick.
Draft classes
| Class | Picks | First selection | First player | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 6 proj. | No. 32 | Not yet drafted | 2027 needs and picks → |
| 2026 | 8 | No. 32 | Jadarian Price | Full 2026 class → |
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