Joey Hunt and the Seahawks’ zone blocking scheme

“I don’t know if Pete and I would’ve been able to leave the building if we didn’t come away with Joey.”

— John Schneider

“We had to get that done.”

— Pete Carroll

Of the ten players drafted by the Seahawks this week, only Joey Hunt was described as a player they simply had to have.

It was the most interesting part of Carroll and Schneider’s day three press conference. It made an undersized sixth round center thoroughly more fascinating than he otherwise would’ve been.

So this felt like the ideal place to start when reviewing Seattle’s draft class.

The Seahawks run a zone blocking scheme and yet the personnel they use is a real mixed bag. Mike Shanahan’s pure use of the scheme focused on agility…