Flowers has measurables similar to other Seahawks cornerbacks, one reason Seattle thinks he can make a successful transition to a new position.
If Rashaad Penny was the Seahawks’ draft pick who inspired the most-heated debate and Michael Dickson the one who elicited the biggest eyebrow (from those wondering about taking a punter in the fifth round, anyway) then Tre Flowers might be the most intriguing.
He also, to some draft analysts, appeared the most mystifying.
One of the many criticisms levied at the Seahawks’ draft was that they didn’t take a cornerback.
Only, as the team made clear within minutes of Flowers’ pick in the fifth round, they did, just sort of in what might be viewed as the typical Seahawks’ way — drafting a safety to convert.