Guest column by Benjamin Ellinger
Every year, NFL fans look back on the draft and immediately wonder: was it a good draft for my team? Pundits compare who was drafted to the consensus draft boards and are impressed when general managers make the obvious picks. Teams that have lots of high draft picks get excellent grades (unless they deviate too much from the conventional wisdom). The Seattle Seahawks get poor draft grades because nobody understands why they made the picks they did.
To make clear what my biases are: I'm a Seattle Seahawks fan. I would not trade Pete Carroll and John Schneider for Bill Belichick.