Draft Pick Rundown: 7 points on Seahawks second round selection Marquise Blair

Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty ImagesOriginally set to pick 37th on Friday night, the Seattle Seahawks slid down once, 10 spots in exchange for the Panthers’ second and third round selections (numbers 47 and 77). At pick 47, the Seahawks selected Utah safety Marquise Blair—a tremendously fun player, but a selection that led to some vintage eyebrow raising in Seattle’s direction.

Size wise, Blair is an exception to a mold the Seahawks have stuck to quite closely. At just 195 pounds, Blair is nearly 10 pounds lighter than the next lightest safety Seattle’s drafted since 2010 (Tedric Thompson at 204 pounds). Blair—like Earl Thomas—plays like he’s 220 pounds, and that was surely taken into…