As you may have known, the Seattle Seahawks have been loading up on 2013 first round picks in the last year - Luke Joeckel, Dion Jordan, Barkevious Mingo, Sheldon Richardson, and Eddie Lacy chief among them. Of course, Seattle was able to acquire these players because they fell short of expectations with their original teams, either immediately or just before joining the Seahawks. Only Jordan remains from last year, while Mingo is just getting started.
It seems clear then that even if a prospect fails out of the gate, Pete Carroll and John Schneider will remain among those personnel people who believe that talent still exists within these players somewhere and that a realization of said talent could be just on the horizon.