Building a Champion

BUIILDING A CHAMPION 29 DRAFT PICKS 20 FREE AGENTS 8 TRADE/WAIVERS/PRACTICE SQUAD S E A T T L E SEAHAWKS HOW THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED THE NFL'S BEST TEAM DE CLIFF AVRIL WR DOUG BALDWIN FREE ARCHITECTS T ALVIN BAILEY CB BRANDON BROWNER PAUL ALLEN (OWNER, CHAIRMAN) PETER MCLAUGHLIN (CEO) JOHN SCHNEIDER (GM)) PETE CARROLL (HEAD COACH) DE MICHAEL BENNETT AGENTS P JON RYAN LS CLINT GRESHAM LB HEATH FARWELL FB DERRICK COLEMAN DE KENNETH BOATRIGHT (IR) C/G LEMUEL JEANPIERRE G/T PAUL MCQUISTAN TE KELLEN DAVIS WR JERMAINE KEARSE FS CHRIS MARAGOS CB CHANDLER FENNER (IR) CB DESHAWN SHEAD The 2013-2014 Seattle Seahawks built on an excellent 2012-2013 campaign that saw them fall just short of the NFC Championship Game. The 2013-14 Seahawks rode a punishing rushing attack, the league's finest defense, led by an agressive secondary, and the most intimidating home field advantage in the NFL to a dominant Super Bowl XLVIII victory over the Denver Broncos. This chart shows you how through excellent drafting, shrewd free agent maneuvering and a handful of key trades and player acquisitions, the Seahawks braintrust was able to quickly turn around its roster into the league's best. TE ZACH MILLER QB TARVARIS JACKSON WR BRYAN WALTERS LB MIKE MORGAN WR RICARDO LOCKETTE S JERON JOHNSON (IR) DE BENSON MAYOWA WR SIDNEY RICE FB MICHAEL ROBINSON T RUSSELL OKUNG (1/6) 1 T JAMES CARPENTER (1/25) LB/DE BRUCE IRVIN (1/15) S EARL THOMAS (1/14) WR GOLDEN TATE (2/60) 2 RB CHRISTINE MICHAEL (2/262) C MAX UNGER (2/49) LB BOBBY WAGNER (2/47) 3 DT BRANDON MEBANE (3/ 85) DT JORDAN HILL (3/87) QB RUSSELL WILSON (3/75) 4 DT RED BRYANT (4/121) CB WALTER THURMOND (4/111) LB KJ WRIGHT (4/99) RB ROBERT TURBIN (4/106) DT JESSE WILLIAMS (IR) (5/137) 5 S KAM CHANCELLOR (5/133) CB RICHARD SHERMAN (5/154) LB KOREY TOOMER (5/154) CB HAROLD SIMON (PUP) (5/138) TE LUKE WILLSON (5/158) SEAHAWKS SEAHAWKS 6 SEAHAWKS CB JEREMY LANE (6/172) TE ANTHONY MCCOY (6/185) CB BYRON MAXWELL (6/173) Riddell RB SPENCER WARE (6/194) INSIGHTS: SEAHAWNS unton 7 ONLY 4 PLAYERS REMAIN FROM BEFORE CARROLL AND LB MALCOLM SMITH (7/242) G J.R. SWEEZY (7/225). T MICHAEL BOWIE (7/242) SCHNEIDER TOOK OVER. DE GREG SCRUGGS (7/232) SEATTLE BECAME AN ELITE TEAM QUICKLY BY FINDING GREAT SUCCESS WITH LATE-ROUND DRAFT PICKS, SUCH AS TRADE/ RB MARSHAWN LYNCH WR PERCY HARVIN (T) ALL-PRO CB RICHARD SHERMAN K STEVEN HAUSCHKA (W, DEN) WAIVERS/ T BRENT GIACOMINI T CAYLIN HAUPTMANN (PS) PRACTICE DT CLINTON MCDONALD HEAD COACH PETE CARROLL DE CHRIS CLEMONS (T) LB/DE O'BRIEN SCHOFIELD (W, ARI) SQUAD 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 NELVBAFCI TPCPHY FINAL RECORD: 10-6 FINAL RECORD: 4-12 FINAL RECORD: 12-6, FINAL RECORD: 5-11 MISSED PLAYOFFS FINAL RECORD: 7-9, FINAL RECORD: 7-9 FINAL RECORD:16-3 LOST NFC DIVISIONAL RD MISSED PLAYOFFS LOST NFC DIVISIONAL RD NO PLAYOFFS LOST NFC DIVISIONAL RD WON SUPER BOWL XLVIII KEY: (IR) = INJURED RESERVE (PS) = PRACTICE SQUAD (PUP) = PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM (W) = WAIVERS %3D DRAFT (ROUND/PICK) FREE AGENT TRADE/WAIVERS/PRACTICE SQUAD http://http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sea/ http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks http://www.nfl.com/news/story/Oap2000000318407/article/how-the-seattle-seahawks-were-built DRAFT ROUND (1-7) anov31 17ve PREECARROLL/SCHNEIDER ERA, SUPER BOWL XLVIII CHAMPIONS