APThe Seattle Seahawks added a couple of extra picks in a trade down with the Eagles Thursday night. Changing places with Philadelphia and back on the board at No. 15, the Seahawks selected Bruce Irvin out of West Virginia.
Irvin goes 6-foot-3, 245 and ran a 4.48 forty-yard dash at the Combine.
This pick will probably be panned because Irvin was widely projected as a second-day prospect in mock drafts and has a number of character red flags. But Irvin has the quickest first step of any pass rusher in the draft, and he has enough natural talent to be an immediate contributor in Seattle’s sub-package defense.
The criticism has already begun, in fact. Immediately after the Irvin pick was made, ESPN’s Mel Kiper referred to it as “mind boggling.”
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Why the hell does Mel Kiper know about football?
He is a sprinter not a football player. They will need to play defense with 10 guys and just have him chase the QB. Great athlete should have taken him lower.
He’ll probably be back in trouble with the law before the start of the season, no wonder the Seahawks never win anything. THE dumbest pick of the draft so far.
Go figure, Seattle screws up another 1st round pick. I’m glad I’m a Niner fan!
Haha….a wtf pick to match those ugly wtf jerseys!
kiper hair is mind boggling!!!
Red flags don’t scare Carroll, he saw plenty of them at USC.
Not thrilled about the health of our QB with this pick…
“Irvin has the quickest first step of any pass rusher in the draft, and he has enough natural talent to be an immediate contributor in Seattle’s sub-package defense.”
Who cares what the haters think…this dude is a PERFECT fit for the Hawks defense.
NICE PICK!!!!!
Kipers hair is mind boggling.
Steeler Nation LOLz at you losers!
What else could you say except that the pick was “mind boggling”. ……but then it’s mind boggling to think of Pete Carroll as an NFL headcoach.
I like the pick. I wished with my heart hawks would take this guy, in the second round. Oh well. I’m not upset. The guy has plenty of upside. Keep it going john and pete
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Why no thread about how the Rams have failed at this years draft in the first round (minus all the extra picks)
they missed out on, Blackmon / Kalil / Richardson / Claiborne / Floyd. LOLOL. WOW!
still jealous of all those picks
Bruce Irvin dropped out of High school and still made it to the NFL
As a Niner fan and a bigger WVU fan things just got really weird for me
it is
This is a great pick. Many teams wanted this guy
Kiper said the same thing when the Giants took Pierre-Paul.
The vikequeefs blow!
Muh…Mel Kiper. Didn’t he spout off about what a safe pick Curry was; can’t miss and all of that? And How about his man crush on Jimmy Clausen.
Kiper is a dolt, and anyone that would draft anyone based on what he says should be out of work…Like Tim Ruskell.
Passed on Ingram and Coples for him?
Let’s hope you guys did the right thing…
Am putting my faith and hope in pete and company on this one.. So far they’ve been right on.
whatta reach. Seattle’s f.o. sucks
Really?
Great move here to trade down and pick up two more. irvin perfect for this hybrid defense. he will be used like lawrence taylor was for big blue. An attack pass rusher,the best in the draft by far. the guys explosive and should help out clem a bunch.
Mayock’s take: “This might be the most natural pass rusher in the entire draft. He’s only 245 pounds, he’s got an explosive get-off, and he’s an explosive player.”
Well done Seattle….this kid should light it up for the Seahawks for MANY years to come!
He also just got arrested. Off field concerns and seattle’s track record make me doubt this pick.
He will shine under pete.
I thought Al Davis was dead. Why is he making draft picks for the Seahawks?
kleppnasty says:
Apr 26, 2012 11:28 PM
He also just got arrested. Off field concerns and seattle’s track record make me doubt this pick.
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So he had a little too much drunken fun on St. Patricks Day…So have a lot of kids. The charges were dropped BTW.
So many haters out here…. And all u niner fans can bl ow us u drafted another receiver now u have lik 500 receivers and Alice smith wont complete a pass to any of them…. Someone should tell the whiners to look at a qb.
I hope he makes 2 or 3 Pro Bowl rosters by the time his rookie contract is up. It would be great to see teams court him in free agency. But really, I hope he’s serious and hooks up with the right people and just prepare himself to play ball. He can be a special one. That first step is ill…
“Mind boggling” is a good description of Irvin’s first step.
Third and eight is going to be fun this year.
I think niners baited them into this pick…good job seattle you twitts lol…
Same size as Von Miller (height & weight), but even faster. For all of you asking “who?”, you’ll know who as your QB is being carted off the field.
BLEACHER REPORT gave this pick a F-
hahahahaha..back to the cellar for the sea chickens
Bruce Irvin, Defensive End, West Virginia
Well…this isn’t good.
The Seattle Seahawks made the Miami Dolphins’ reach for Ryan Tannehill at No. 8 overall look like a good pick. Bruce Irvin was graded as a third-round pick. Drafted at No. 15? That’s a huge mistake.
The Seahawks also reached last year with James Carpenter at the end of Round 1, and they did it again here with Bruce Irvin. They obviously like Irvin a lot, but they could have traded back to get him.
Grade: F-
In Pete We Trust…