In the first three drafts of the Pete Carroll/John Schneider era, the Seahawks drafted the best middle linebacker in team history, another linebacker who became an immediate starter and will also go down as one of the best at his position in team history, and another linebacker who became a Super Bowl MVP.
And then — after acquiring Bobby Wagner, K.J. Wright and Malcolm Smith — the Seahawks pretty much just stopped drafting linebackers.
With little need to spend much on inside linebackers with Wagner and Wright entrenched at those spots, and with the strongside linebacking position used less and less (it comes off the field when Seattle goes to a nickel), the Seahawks haven’t drafted a linebacker since taking Kevin Pierre-Louis in the fourth round in 2014.